actress Alyson Hannigan may have yet another reason to celebrate.
With the birth of Jessica Simpson’s daughte r earlier this week, Hannigan unofficially claimed the title as having the “biggest baby bump in Hollywood.”
“Congrats to Jessica Simpson!” the 38-year-old actress tweeted following Simpson’s delivery. “Does this mean I now have the biggest baby bump in Hollywood?”
Hannigan, who plays (currently pregnant) Lily Aldrin on the CBS show How I Met Your Mother , announced in mid-December of 2011 that she is expecting her second child with husband Alexis Denisof. The happy couple are also proud parents to 3-year-old daughter Satyana.
Ontheredcarpet.com writes that Hannigan and Denisof, 46, have been married since 2003, after the two met while filming season 3 of Joss Whedon’s cult TV series “Buffy the Vampire Slayer.”
In the show Alyson took on the role of Buffy’s friend Willow, while Alexis portrayed Wesley Wyndam-Pryce — a member of the Watchers’ Council (an organization which trains Slayers to fight monsters such as vampires and demons).
After Buffy, Denisof reprised his Wyndam Pryce role on the spin-off show “Angel” and also played Senator Daniel Perrin in “Dollhouse,” another Whedon sci-fi series that aired on Fox network from February 2009 to January 2010. He currently plays Sandy Rivers on “How I Met Your Mother” and has appeared in 7 episodes to date, most recently being seen on the April 16, 2012, episode.
On the big screen, Denisof has played minors parts in films such as Innocent Lies , First Knight and True Blue . He stars in Whedon’s new film “The Avengers,” which is set for release on Friday, May 4, playing a mysterious character called “The Other.”
As for Alyson Hannigan, besides her well known roles on HIMYM and the American Pie series, the actress also has a recurring guest role on Veronica Mars as Trina Echolls and even has Theatre experience, starring alongside Luke Perry in a stage adaptation of When Harry Met Sally in early 2004.
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