Actress Helena Bonham Carter is expecting her second child with film director Tim Burton.

A spokeswoman for the couple said they were "very happy", and the baby was due later this year.

The pair met while filming Planet Of The Apes in 2001, and had their first son, Billy, three years ago.

Bonham Carter, 41, who stars in the latest Harry Potter film, recently admitted she wanted another child, saying: "We've got to get on with it."

The actress, who was nominated for an Academy Award for Wings of a Dove, has appeared in four of Burton's movies - including Big Fish and animation The Corpse Bride.

The couple are currently working on their fifth joint project, a musical adaptation of Sweeney Todd co-starring Johnny Depp.

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