LOS ANGELES - Pregnancy has been an engaging experience for Jessica Alba.

Actress Jessica Alba, right, arrives with boyfriend Cash Warren for the 78th Academy Awards Sunday,
in this March 5, 2006 file photo, in Los Angeles. [Agencies]

The 26-year-old actress, who announced earlier this month that she's expecting, is now engaged to her boyfriend and the baby's father, producer Cash Warren.

"I can confirm that they are engaged," Alba's publicist, Brad Cafarelli, said in an e-mail to The Associated Press on Thursday.

The couple is expecting their first child in late spring or early summer, Cafarelli said.

Alba stars in the thriller "Awake," and recently appeared in "Good Luck Chuck" and "The Ten." The sex symbol first gained fame as an action star on TV's "Dark Angel," then in films including "Fantastic Four" and "Sin City."