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Benedict Cumberbatch, fiancée Sophie Hunter expecting baby

Sherlock star Benedict Cumberbatch and theatre director Sophie Hunter announced in November that they were engaged. Now the couple says they are expecting their first baby.
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Sophie Hunter and Benedict Cumberbatch arrive at the 26th annual Palm Springs International Film Festival Awards Gala on Saturday, Jan. 3, 2015, in Palm Springs, Calif. (Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP)

There's good news — again — from Sherlock star Benedict Cumberbatch.

The actor and theatre director Sophie Hunter announced in November that they were engaged. Now the couple says they are expecting their first baby.

Cumberbatch's spokeswoman Karon Maskill confirmed the news in a brief statement Wednesday, saying "they are both over the moon."

Cumberbatch, 38, rose to global popularity with his modern-day portrayal of Britain's most famous sleuth in the BBC series Sherlock. He has also garnered praise for his role as Second World War code-breaker Alan Turing in the film The Imitation Game.

Hunter, 36, is known as a director of avant-garde plays. She has also appeared in films, including the 2009 thriller Burlesque Fairytales, which she and Cumberbatch appeared in together.

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