Anne Heche and James TupperAnne Heche has announced that she’s expecting a child with boyfriend James Tupper.

A spokesperson for Anne told Us Weekly: “They are thrilled.”

The couple first met on the set of their short-lived show Men In Trees in 2006 and both left their partners at the time to pursue a relationship.

The child, due in the late spring next year, will be a first for James and a second child for Anne: she already has six year old son Homer from her marriage to Coley Laffoon.