By Catherine Elsworth in Los Angeles
(Filed: 12/01/2006)
Angelina Jolie, the actress, has confirmed that she is expecting a child with Brad Pitt, it was reported yesterday.
Jolie, 30, told a charity worker in the Dominican Republic, where she is working on a film, "Yes, I'm pregnant", according to People magazine.
Representatives of both stars confirmed the news to the magazine, it reported.
The baby, due in the summer, will be Jolie's first biological child.
She has a four-year-old son, Maddox, whom she adopted from Cambodia, and a daughter, Zahara, one, adopted from Ethiopia.
Rumours about the pregnancy have circulated for weeks, with Jolie photographed visiting a hospital and having to have costumes for her current role refitted.
The couple have been linked romantically since starring in Mr and Mrs Smith last year, but remained reticent about their relationship, usually describing themselves as friends.
Pitt, 42, separated from Jennifer Aniston, his wife of four and a half years, a year ago. They divorced in October. Pitt has denied that Jolie was the reason for the split.
