Drummer Lars Ulrich and actress Connie Nielsen of the U.S. TV series "Law and Order: Special Victims Unit" are expecting their first child. The baby is due in the summer. Nielsen and Ulrich have been dating for two years.

Nielsen, 42, has a 16-year-old son, Sebastian, from a previous marriage. Ulrich also has two sons from a previous marriage, Myles, 8, and Layne, 5. This year, Nielsen appeared as Detective Dani Beck on the NBC police drama. On the big screen, she co-starred with Russell Crowe in 2000's "Gladiator" and will play a journalist in Iraq in the drama "The Situation," scheduled for a February release.