Mary Lynn Rajskub, who plays the quirky computer genius on "24," has good news to handle this time.

The actress is pregnant with her live-in boyfriend Matthew Rolph's baby, reports People.

"With the strike going on, I had to keep busy," says Rajskub. "We are thrilled and couldn't be more excited."

Rajskub, 36, and Rolph, a 27-year-old personal trainer, are expecting the child at the end of summer.

Rajskub is known for playing the wry Chloe O'Brian on FOX's "24." Her other credits include "Little Miss Sunshine," "Legally Blonde 2," "Punch-Drunk Love" and "Dude, Where's My Car?"

Mary Lynn Rajskub is an American actress, artist, and comedienne of Czech and Irish descent.

She has been nominated twice for a Screen Actors Guild Award; once in 2005, and again in 2007 for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series.

She is also a skilled guitar player, and was part of a comic duo (with Karen Kilgariff) called Girls Guitar Club. In 2006, she made a cameo appearance in an episode of Gilmore Girls where she played a troubadour looking for her big break. (Rajskub had previously appeared on Gilmore Girls as the female lead in A Film by Kirk, a short film made by the character Kirk Gleason).

Rajskub has volunteered as an actress with the Young Storytellers Program. She has an educational backgound as a painter, having attended the San Francisco Art Institute.

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