Elizabeth Olsen is pregnant. The 37-year-old Marvel star and Emmy-nominated WandaVision actress is expecting her first child with husband Robbie Arnett, People confirmed on June 12, 2026. The news broke not through a carefully worded statement or an Instagram post, but through paparazzi photographs of Olsen gently cradling a visible baby bump during a lunch outing at All Time Restaurant in Los Angeles earlier this week.
The Marriage They Kept Secret
For a couple who guarded every detail of their relationship, the pregnancy reveal marks a rare public chapter. Olsen and Arnett, 34, met through mutual friends in 2017 while vacationing in Mexico. By 2019 they were engaged, and before the COVID-19 pandemic shut down the world, they had already quietly eloped. The public only learned they were married in June 2021, when Olsen casually referred to Arnett as her "husband" during a conversation with Kaley Cuoco for Variety's Actors on Actors series.
We eloped and then we had a wedding at another time. It was before COVID.Elizabeth Olsen, Actress
A Quiet Baby Boom in the Olsen Family
The pregnancy news lands with striking timing: Olsen's older twin sisters Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen celebrate their 40th birthday on June 13, 2026 – just one day after the confirmation. The famously private family has already expanded once in recent years: Ashley Olsen and her husband, artist Louis Eisner, welcomed their first child, son Otto, in 2023. Elizabeth's baby will give Otto a first cousin, and the tight-knit Olsen siblings yet another reason to stay out of the spotlight together.
Robbie Arnett: Musician, Author, and Soon-to-Be Dad
Arnett, 34, is a member of the Los Angeles-based indie band Milo Greene, which released its self-titled debut album in 2012 and followed up with Control (2015) and Adult Contemporary (2018). Beyond music, he co-authored a children's book with Olsen – a project that now reads like an early hint at their shared future. The couple has also traveled together for philanthropic work, keeping even their charitable efforts largely off social media.
Back in 2014, a then-25-year-old Olsen told ABC News she was not ready to become a mother, saying she only recently had developed "a mother instinct" and that working with a 4-year-old on set made her realize "how much energy children do require." A decade later, at 37, that reluctance has clearly dissolved. Her Marvel schedule has lightened since Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness (2022) and the indie drama Eternity (2025), giving her a natural window to step into this next role.
Whether the couple will share more about the pregnancy or retreat further into the privacy they have long guarded remains the one question no paparazzi photo can answer. For now, a hand resting on a growing belly at an LA lunch spot has said more than any press release ever could.
