Jessica Biel has no desire to marry Justin Timberlake

Jessica Biel has no desire to get married.

The actress – who has been dating Justin Timberlake since last year – insists she won't be upset if she doesn't ever walk up the aisle.

She said: "The actual idea of signing those papers and doing all this stuff ... I've never been someone who's like, 'I have to, have to, have to have it.'

"But the idea of being with somebody I care about, who is my soul mate, that sounds groovy!"

The 26-year-old beauty also says she would like to have children at some point but is too busy concentrating on her career at the moment.

She added to Harper's Bazaar magazine: "I think when you make a decision to have a family and children, everything else comes second. But if I choose to have a family, I would hope to create a balance, because I don't want to lose my sense of identity, my career, and my independence. Why can't I have both? Why can't I have everything? So many women do it."