Kerry Washington is a first-time mother - report

Actress Kerry Washington has secretly given birth to a baby girl.

The Scandal star and her husband, former football player Nnamdi Asomugha, welcomed daughter Isabelle Amarachi Asomugha at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles on 21 April (14), according to TMZ.com.

Little Isabelle is the couple's first child.

The private pair has yet to confirm the baby's birth, but the low-key arrival shouldn't come as a surprise to fans - Washington didn't even go public with the romance until after it emerged that they had wed in Idaho last year (Jun13), and she only revealed she was pregnant three months after the news broke in the media.