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Ruth Wilson 'thinks about having a baby every day'.

The actress, 40, said she has 'lots of kids in my life' who she adores, but can see both the 'benefits and the disadvantages' in raising her own children. 

The Affair star is currently taking a break with her American writer boyfriend - who she has previously refused to name - after a busy few years career-wise working on the His Dark Materials series, movie shoots and theatre performances.

When asked in an interview with the new issue of Radio Times magazine whether she wants a baby, Ruth responded: 'I think about it every day. I can see the benefits and the disadvantages every day. 

'I have lots of nieces and nephews, so I have lots of kids in my life and I love kids. It's just that… it changes your life entirely. So yes, I think about it a lot.'

The actress is the youngest of four children; her three older brothers all have their own kids and her parents - investment banker father Nigel and probation officer mother Mary - have been married for well over 40 years.

As a result, the screen star has previously said she has 'no example by which to live my life' and finds the baby question 'a really annoying thing to deal with'.

Ruth said in an interview with ES magazine in 2016: 'My mum had four kids at my age and all my brothers have replicated my parents' marriage - they've got kids and are settled. 

'I have no example by which to live my life, really. I feel I am a bit on my own and have to form it as I go. My parents' lives were in one place, static and maybe routine and my life isn't.