Anna Paquin just announced that she’s expecting her first child with her husband of almost two years, Stephen Moyer. I know these two have been married for a while, but this announcement surprised me. They just seem like the type of couple who is content without children. Plus they’re often seen out with Moyer’s children. He has a 10 year-old daughter from his last relationship and a 12 year-old son from another relationship. Maybe I’m confusing these two with their True Blood characters, though. Here’s their announcement, which was in Entertainment Weekly.
True Blood costars Anna Paquin and Stephen Moyer are expecting, their reps confirmed to EW today. The pregnancy is Paquin’s first; Moyer, 42, has two children from previous relationships. Paquin, 29, is due this fall. The couple were married in Malibu, Calif., in 2010 after meeting on the set of True Blood ‘s pilot season in 2007. Paquin is the second-youngest Oscar winner of all time, taking home the gold man for The Piano when she was just 11.
Paquin and Moyer will return to play Sookie and Bill as True Blood returns for its fifth season on HBO June 10.
[From EW]
Kaiser reminded me about this story from Star in 2009 that claimed that Anna wanted to get pregnant after she first got engaged and that she had “already talked to the producers about working around her if she gets pregnant.” Who knows if that was true back then, though. Stephen also very curtly addressed the issue last year of expanding his family with Anna. He said “We are busy at the moment, but it will happen at some point.”
I like that they went with EW to announce Anna’s pregnancy instead of People or US. It seems more fitting since they don’t court the celebrity press. This has me wondering how far they are in filming this season of “True Blood” and if producers will have to work around Anna’s pregnancy for the later episodes. I doubt they’ll have a Twilight-style hybrid baby on the show, or even some kind of werewolf offspring. They’ll probably just creatively film it so we don’t see Anna’s midsection. Just two more months until TB premieres!
Congratulations to Anna and Stephen on their happy news!
These photos are from 2/26/12 at the Elton John AIDS foundation Oscar benefit, from 11-14-11 out with Stephen’s daughter, Lilac, from 10-16-10 at the Scream Awards and 8/29/10 at the Emmys. Credit: WENN.com
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