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Mature Moms! World’s Most Famous Stars Who Embraced Parenthood After 40 — Celine Dion, Meryl Streep, Salma Hayek and More
By Angilene Gacute,
2024-08-06
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Alyssa Milano
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Alyssa Milano gave birth to her daughter, Elizabella Dylan Bugliari , in September 2014, a few months before she turned 42.
"My daughter! My daughter! My daughter!" she posted on X at the time. "Elizabella has made my heart swell and ache with love. Thank you for your sweet messages."
Following previous IVF attempts, Brooke Shields became a mom again at 40 when she and Chris Henchy welcomed their daughter, Grier Hammond Givenchy , on April 18, 2006.
"So, you know what? We had a miscarriage," the "To Love You More" who has been battling stiff-person syndrome , revealed on Good Morning America . "We tried [IVF] three more times. It did not work. ... We are trying again for the fifth try. It's aboard right now. All aboard."
Eva Mendes
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At 40, Eva Mendes became a first-time mom to her daughter, Esmeralda Amada , with Ryan Gosling . Two years later, the Hitch actress — who was 42 at the time — delivered their second baby, Amada Lee .
"It's such a personal choice for a woman, obviously," the Girl in Progress star admitted. "Then you run the risk of... you're always running a risk. When I was pregnant there was always something to worry about. But thankfully I had really healthy pregnancies and I was happy I waited."
"I never thought I would actually be in preschool again because I had him so late. It was such a miracle surprise that I had him in the first place, so I'm just trying to savor every moment," she said.
In her interview with InStyle , the Catwoman actress revealed how she wished she had more kids.
"I loved being pregnant," she disclosed. "Had I started earlier, I probably would have had five children. Or if I hadn’t been busy trying to make movies, I would have been the perfect surrogate. All the hormones made me feel amazing. I was so alive with my purpose and my femininity . It felt like my body was doing what it was built to do."
Hilary Swank
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Hilary Swank was 48 when she welcomed her twins with Philip Schneider in April 2023.
"It's the best in the whole wide world," she shared while appearing on The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon . "Yes, it's more joy, more fun and more exhausting. It's more everything than I ever thought it would be. It's more glorious, it's the most extraordinary thing in the world."
Janet Jackson
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Julianne Moore was 41 when she gave birth to Liv in 2002. She told The Guardian in an interview that she dreamed of having her daughter.
"I always tell my little girl that I can remember lying in the bathtub when I was pregnant, and I say, I wished and wished for a girl and got her," she continued.
Meryl Streep delivered her youngest child, Louisa Jacobson , in 1991 before turning 42.
In 1998, she opened up about her motherhood journey in her interview with The Washington Post .
"I need to know there is a reason to take time out from the very intricate and exhausting and deeply interesting job of being with my kids and with my husband . To take four months and do a movie, it has to be worth it," The Devil Wears Prada actress shared.
Nicole Kidman
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Nicole Kidman told Who magazine in Australia how conceiving and giving birth to her child, Sunday Rose , with Keith Urban when she was 41 was a miracle in her life.
"So much is stepping aside and letting them become who they are. I don’t know if I’m teaching that as much as giving them their voices. I let them negotiate so they get a sense of who they are and what they can achieve and accomplish," she shared with Today the ways she was raising her daughters.
"I think it’s very good to have a child at this age," she revealed. "I enjoyed it. It came to me and I said, 'Okay, this is where I go now.' I had diabetes while I was pregnant. I became huge. And I said, 'This is what it takes for me to have this baby, and I really want it.' Then you don’t know if it’s going to be healthy; you are completely out of control. So the experience really makes you humble."
Her dirty little secret is about to be exposed in Hollywood just like the others. Question is, who will throw who under the bus first. I hear Meryl is one of the worst in Hollywood.
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