Daniel Radcliffe expecting his first child with partner Erin Darke

Harry Potter star Daniel Radcliffe expecting his first child with long-term partner Erin Darke

  • A source for the pair said: ‘Daniel and Erin could not be happier to be expecting. They are absolutely thrilled and can’t wait to become a family of three’
  • The couple met while working together on Kill Your Darlings in 2012 and have been together for more than a decade 

Daniel Radcliffe is expecting his first child with girlfriend Erin Darke, it’s been reported. 

A spokesperson for the Harry Potter star, 33, is said to have confirmed the happy news on Saturday.

It’s thought that the couple, who’ve been together for over a decade, are ‘absolutely thrilled’ to become parents. 

A source close to the couple revealed to The Mirror: ‘Daniel and Erin could not be happier to be expecting. They are absolutely thrilled, and can’t wait to become a family of three.

‘They told their families and friends recently. It’s an incredibly exciting time.’

Congratulations! Daniel Radcliffe is expecting his first child with girlfriend Erin Darke, it’s been reported 

Pitter Potter of tiny feet! A spokesperson for the Harry Potter star, 33, is said to have confirmed the happy news on Saturday (pictured in September 2022)

Yer a father, Harry! Daniel shot to fame aged 12 as the titular boy wizard in the popular wizarding franchise (pictured alongside co-stars Emma Watson and Rupert Grint)

While a source added to The Sun: ‘Daniel is so excited to be a dad. His relationship with Erin is really special and everyone thinks they will be amazing parents.

‘They have kept it pretty quite up until now but she can’t hide her bump anymore.’

MailOnline have contacted representatives of Daniel for comment. 

The news comes just a day after the pair enjoyed a loved-up stroll in New York, with Erin, 38, seen with a significantly rounded stomach. 

The parents-to-be both cut laidback figures as they wrapped up from the cold. 

Daniel wore a blue padded jacket over dark jeans and navy blue trainers, while adding a splash of colour with a bright yellow and blue striped bobble hat.

Erin donned a checked coat over a black zip-up hoodie, teamed with black leggings and orange boots.

The couple met while working together on Kill Your Darlings in 2012 and have been together for more than a decade. 

Over the moon: It’s thought that the couple, who’ve been together for over a decade, are ‘absolutely thrilled’ to become parents

Lovely news: Daniel is so excited to be a dad. His relationship with Erin is really special and everyone thinks they will be amazing parents 

Bumping along nicely: The news comes just a day after the pair enjoyed a loved-up stroll in New York on Friday , with Erin, 38, seen with a significantly rounded stomach 

Daniel opened to People about the first time he met Erin in 2020, saying: ‘It’ll be a hell of a story to tell our kids one day because of what our characters do with each other’ referring to a sex scene the couple has in the film. 

He continued: ‘Our characters are meeting and flirting with each other, so there is this kind of sweet record of us just meeting for the first time and flirting.’

In 2015, he spoke to Playboy about how he was immediately attracted to her in their first scene together in the film. 

He said: ‘There’s no acting going on—not from my end, anyway. There’s a moment when she makes me laugh, and I’m laughing as me and not as my character. 

‘She was incredibly funny and smart. I knew I was in trouble.’

Erin told People that the pair bonded over “how much we really love what we do, and there’s something that’s really beautiful and really lovely about being with someone who just innately understands that about you.’

She added: ‘We’re both incredibly supportive of the other person’s career.’

Daniel is most famous for starring as the titular Harry Potter in the movie series, while Erin has starred in Still Alice, The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel and Good Girls Revolt. 

First meeting: The couple met while working together on Kill Your Darlings in 2012 (pictured) and have been together for more than a decade

Long term love: Daniel opened to People about the first time he met Erin in 2020, saying: ‘It’ll be a hell of a story to tell our kids one day because of what our characters do with each other’ referring to a sex scene the couple has in the film (pictured in 2014)

Love at first sight: ‘There’s no acting going on—not from my end, anyway. There’s a moment when she makes me laugh, and I’m laughing as me and not as my character’ (pictured in March 2022)

The couple shared the screen together once again in 2021, in a an episode of The Miracle Workers, and they haven’t ruled out working together again.

Daniel said: ‘We obviously met on film and so getting to do stuff on Miracle Workers with her last year was incredibly special and felt lovely.

‘Hopefully we’ll get to do more in the future, but we also both write, so maybe we’d write something together at some point, and that would be cool.”

Both notoriously private, the couple rarely step out together in professional settings but live together in New York City. 

Daniel and Emma’s news comes after his co-star Rupert Grint, who played Ron Weasley, became a dad in May 2020 when girlfriend Georgia Groom gave birth to a baby girl.

Daniel spoke about the idea of being a parent as he revealed on Bravo’s Watch What Happens Live that he’s texted his congratulations to pal Rupert, 34.

He said: ‘I texted him the other day and said I was so happy for him and it’s very very cool. It’s also like super weird, for me, to think that we are all at the age where we are all having children, but we definitely are.’ 

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