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Eliza Dushkuis pregnant and expecting her first child with husbandPeter Palandijan, PEOPLE confirms.

“So much to be happy and grateful for, we could not be more thrilled,” Dushku said on the red carpet with Palandijan, who is also executive producer of the film.

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TheBuffy the Vampire Slayeralum, 38,tied the knot withbusinessman Palandijan, 54, in August. Alongside news of her nuptials, Dushku also shared a series of images from the pair’s romantic outdoors ceremony in Boston.

In one photo, the bride appeared to triumphantly raise her hands while the pair walked down the aisle, and in another, the coupleshared a sweet kiss on the lips. For the ceremony, Dushku wore a form-fitting, lacy white gown featuring an elegant cutout across her back.

The actress also shared a snapshot of herself and Palandjian kissing on a tandem bike at theBoston Bike Party, a monthly occurrence that was last held on Aug. 17 — one day before the pair’s nuptials.

Fittingly, she simplycaptioned the post, “8.18.18,” including two heart emojis.

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Dushkuannounced her engagementto the businessman on Instagram in June 2017, when she shared a photo from the proposal. “YES!! Absolutely, my love,” Dushkucaptioned a snapof the pair holding hands.

Palandjian is the CEO ofIntercontinental Real Estate Corporationand a former professional tennis player. The father of four graduated from Harvard in 1987 and was a two-time captain and four-year letter winner for the Crimson, earning All-Ivy honors before turning pro.

Though Dushku has largely kept her relationship relatively out of the public eye, she and Palandjian shared a sweet embrace and posed on a red carpet in New York City in April, when she showed off her gorgeous engagement ring.

source: people.com