About a boy all grown up... Nicholas Hoult becomes a father

NICHOLAS Hoult has become a father after ‘welcoming his first child’ with his girlfriend of just over one year Bryana Holly.

The British actor, 28, pictured, who shot to fame as a child star opposite Hugh Grant in About A Boy, and lingerie model Bryana, 24, are reported to be delighted.

A source told People magazine: ‘They have kept the news under wraps, but are so happy and excited.’

The reported birth ends weeks of speculation after Los Angeles-based Bryana revealed a prominent bump while out and about with The X Men: First Class star in March.

Nicholas is understood to have started the relationship with Bryana at the start of 2017.

The actor had previously dated Oscar-winning Hollywood superstar Jennifer Lawrence, 27, on and off for four years.

Bryana had previously dated Five Seconds of Summer star Aston Irwin and Brody Jenner, the stepbrother of US socialite Kim Kardashian, with whom she regularly featured on the popular fly-on-the-wall reality show Keeping Up With the Kardashians.

Bryana went out with Brody for several months in 2013 before a dramatic falling out at the annual Playboy Mansion Halloween party. She now enjoys a comparatively private relationship with her current partner.

Nicholas gave an insight into life with Bryana in November, when asked if she had her own space in his bedroom.

‘I don’t feel as though I’m that possessive over things like that,’ he told Mr Porter’s The Journal. ‘She can put her stuff where she likes. My dad was an air pilot so he was flying a lot, and I grew up with my two sisters and my mum.’