‘I’m seriously preggo’: Claire Danes reveals she is expecting her second child with Hugh Dancy

Claire Danes has revealed that she is expecting her second child with actor husband Hugh Dancy.

The Homeland star unexpectedly announced the happy news when asked what she does to prepare for “love scenes” during an interview with Howard Stern.

“I’m pregnant. Like seriously preggo” she replied. “You’re the first person I’ve told!”

The 39-year-old star, who rose to fame in cult 90s show My So-Called Life, later confirmed that she is “deep into her second trimester” and had filmed the nude Homeland scene while pregnant.

Refusing to name her unborn child after Stern, the actress chose to keep the baby’s sex to herself.

Danes, who already has five-year-old son Cyrus with Dancy, previously opened up about being a mother, describing it as “incredibly challenging”.

Speaking to Harper’s Bazaar she said: “We all have that resentment at times and anxiety about being trapped by the role, that responsibility. And, then chemically it can run riot, and there’s no ‘off’ button.

“[For me] that was the hardest adjustment. You always feel beholden to somebody. And, for so long they’re like koala bears, you just feel a physical responsibility to be there for them to cling to. It’s pretty primal.”

The American actress has been married to Dancy since 2009, after meeting on set of the film Evening three years prior.