( usmagazine.com ) - Actress Milla Jovovich and her fiance, writer/director Paul Anderson, are expecting their first child this fall, her rep confirms to Usmagazine.com. The couple have been engaged on-and-off for four years. ) - Actress Milla Jovovich and her fiance, writer/director Paul Anderson, are expecting their first child this fall, her rep confirms to Usmagazine.com. The couple have been engaged on-and-off for four years. "He got me an antique ring and he proposed four years ago but we broke up in between," the Jovovich-Hawk designer explained to Us Weekly earlier this month. She and Anderson, 42, have been dating for seven years, since he first directed her in the film Resident Evil. . The low-maintenance gal also revealed that she eventually had Anderson downgrade the impressive sparkler he used to pop the question. "I was training for a film at the time and I was unable to train with the ring he got me, so I asked him to get me a more casual, smaller ring and he bought one for me," she said. The low-maintenance gal also revealed that she eventually had Anderson downgrade the impressive sparkler he used to pop the question. "I was training for a film at the time and I was unable to train with the ring he got me, so I asked him to get me a more casual, smaller ring and he bought one for me," she said. However, don't expect to see the pair rushing down the aisle. When asked whether they've set a date, Jovovich responded, "No, not yet. We talk about it casually. I have a good girlfriend in Italy. She is part of an ancient Italian family and they have a castle so we are hoping to get married there." However, don't expect to see the pair rushing down the aisle. When asked whether they've set a date, Jovovich responded, "No, not yet. We talk about it casually. I have a good girlfriend in Italy. She is part of an ancient Italian family and they have a castle so we are hoping to get married there." Jovovich, 31, was previously married for two years to director Luc Besson , but they divorced in 1999. In 1992, when she was only 16, Jovovich eloped to Las Vegas with her Dazed and Confused costar Shawn Andrews. Her mother had the marriage annulled a month later. Jovovich, a native of Kiev, Russia, launched an international modeling career in 1989 when she landed on the cover of Seventeen magazine at the age of 12. She is currently the face of L'Oreal cosmetics.