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Gyllenhaal, Sarsgaard getting engaged

First marriage for both; couple have been dating for four years

MAGGIE GYLLENHAAL PETER SARSGAARD
Actress Maggie Gyllenhaal and Peter Sarsgaard arrive for the Independent Spirit Awards. The couple is engaged and expecting a baby.
Reed Saxon / AP
updated 9:26 a.m. ET April 12, 2006

NEW YORK - Maggie Gyllenhaal and Peter Sarsgaard are engaged and expecting a baby, her publicist said Tuesday.

It will be the first marriage for both actors, Gyllenhaal's representative, Amanda Silverman, said Tuesday. No other information was released.

The couple have been dating for four years.

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Screen credits for the 28-year-old Gyllenhaal include roles in Oliver Stone's upcoming "World Trade Center," "Mona Lisa Smile," "Secretary" and "Donnie Darko," co-starring her brother, Jake Gyllenhaal.

Sarsgaard, 35, starred alongside Jake Gyllenhaal in last year's war drama "Jarhead." His screen credits also include "Boys Don't Cry," "Shattered Glass" and "Kinsey."

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