Oscar winning actress Rachel Weisz believes motherhood has made her sexier.

The Constant Gardener star says she is happy with her family life after her son's birth in May 2006, thesun.co.uk reports. She is also upbeat about having completed filming the comedy Definitely, Maybe.

She said: "I feel sexier after having a baby. I think you feel a lot more confident and much more appreciative of your body and what it's capable of doing. I've got a lot more respect for it."

"When I stopped breastfeeding I gained some. It took me more than a year to get back to where I was," she added.

She won a best supporting Oscar for her performance in 2005 release The Constant Gardener.