Actor Kidman is Pregnant

The Australian actor Nicole Kidman is pregnant, her publicist confirmed last night.

The 40-year-old and her husband, the country singer Keith Urban, are "thrilled" at the news, Catherine Olim said.

It will be a first child for Kidman and Urban. The actor already has two adopted children, Isabella, 14, and 12-year-old Connor, with her ex-husband, Tom Cruise.

Kidman recently told a magazine that she had a miscarriage early on in her relationship with Cruise, prompting them to adopt.

She is currently in Sydney, working on director Baz Luhrmann's epic romance film Australia.

Kidman was due to start filming Stephen Daldry's post-World War II drama The Reader later this month, but her Australian publicist said she was thought to have withdrawn from the project because of the pregnancy.