‘s female fans better sit down for this: The star is not just getting married, but he and fiancee Sophie Hunter are having a baby.
A rep for the actor confirmed that he and Hunter are expecting their first child, adding, “They are both over the moon.”
Cumberbatch and Hunter, an actress and theater director, , and the two have made multiple red-carpet appearances together since then, including at and this past weekend’s Palm Springs Film Festival.
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The actor also that, like his fans, his “mother is also waiting for Cumberbabies.”
The wait will soon be over.
Cumberbatch is a for his role as
Alan Turing in . He has already been nominated for a Golden Globe, SAG Award and Critics Choice Award for the role.