Yahoo Lifestyle Game of Thrones star Lena Heady is pregnant!
Lena Heady has announced she is expecting her second child later this year. Photo: Getty Images
Game of Thrones star Lena Heady' has announced she is pregnant with her second child.
"I'm happy to confirm that I'm having my second child this summer," she said in a statement to People.
"I only hope that this announcement can help me to regain some of the privacy I have recently lost to prying photographers and ask that they please respect my privacy and let me enjoy this time."
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Lena is already a mum to four-year-old son, Wylie, with ex-husband Peter Loughran, who she separated with in 2012 after five years of marriage, however she has not provided any details of who the father is.
The 41-year-old actress, who plays Queen Regent Cersei Lannister in the hit show has most recently been linked with her former co-star, Pedro Pascal.
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Pedro Pascal and Lena Heady on the set of Game of Thrones. Photo: HBO
Pedro, who played Oberyn Martell in the hit show (but was killed off in season four) gushed about his co-star in a Reddit interview last year.
"Lena is one of my favourite persons. And she is so funny and so smart, such a good person, a good friend and a good mother," said the 39-year-old Chilean actor.
"I think everyone on that set and anyone who comes in contact with her develops an instant crush."
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