Is she or isn't she? Newlywed Kerry Washington sparks more rumours she is pregnant by wearing loose fitting gown at Emmys

PUBLISHED: 12:22, 23 September 2013 | UPDATED: 12:58, 23 September 2013

Just like any other newlywed she has been subject to speculation that she is expecting a child.

But for Kerry Washington, the rumours hit fever pitch on Sunday night as she attended the Emmy Award Ceremony in Los Angeles in a flowing dress.

The star of political thriller Scandal was nominated for Outstanding Actress in a Drama Series but missed out to Homeland’s Claire Danes.

With child? Kerry's dress could be hiding the beginning of a baby bump

However, the 36 year-old set tongues wagging once more by wearing a flowing Marchesa gown which may or may not have been hiding the very beginnings of a baby bump.

The beautiful floor length, cream design with rose detailing and gold thread was regarded by many celebrity watchers as just the kind of loose fitting number you would chose if you were in the early stages of pregnancy.

Gossip that she was expecting a child first began to circulate when she married in private with just her parents and sister in attendance last July.

Gorgeous: Pregnant or not Kerry stunned in the Marchesa design

Kerry, wed San Francisco 49ers cornerback Nnamdi Asomugha, 32, in Ohio after dating for a year.

So far she has kept mum on the baby question although in 2010 when she was engaged to actor David Moscow she told Jet magazine that she was not ready for children.

More recently in July, shortly after her wedding, she told People magazine: ‘I'm blessed in all areas of my life.’

Keeping mum: Kerry is known to be extremely protective of her private life

The actress who plays Capitol Hill crisis management guru Olivia Pope in the ABC show is known to be fiercely protective of her private life.

In October's Glamour magazine, she said: 'I learned through experience that it doesn't work for me to talk about my personal life. I've had earlier times in my career when I did talk about it.

'But I couldn't just turn around and say, 'I only want to talk about the good stuff, but not the bad stuff.' So I just thought, 'OK, no more,' she said.