34 celebrities who became mothers after 40

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Gisele Bündchen is pregnant pinch her 3rd kid astatine 44.

Bündchen is expecting her 3rd child, which is her first pinch fellow Joaquim Valente, according to People. A root adjacent to nan supermodel told nan publication, "Gisele and Joaquim are happy for this caller section successful their life and they're looking guardant to creating a serene and loving situation for nan full family."

Bündchen has 2 older children, Benjamin and Vivian, pinch her ex-husband, Tom Brady.

Uzo Aduba, 43, gave commencement to her girl Adaiba successful November 2023.

The "In Treatment" and "Orange Is nan New Black" prima collapsed nan news connected Instagram prior to making her red-carpet uncover astatine nan 2023 Tony Awards. 

"What a blessing. My hubby Robert and I are truthful happy to participate this adjacent section together arsenic parents. I americium beyond excited. I get to beryllium someone's Mommy!," Aduba wrote.

She gave commencement to her daughter, Adaiba, successful November 2023.

Hilary Swank gave commencement to twins astatine property 48.

Swank announced her pregnancy successful October 2022. In April 2023, Swank posted a sunset photograph pinch her twins connected Instagram, revealing she'd fixed commencement to a boy and a daughter, Ohm and Aya.

"It wasn't easy. But boy (and girl!) was it worthy it," she wrote, adding that she was posting "from axenic Heaven."

These are her and her hubby Philip Schneider's first children.

In February 2023, Maria Menounos announced she was expecting her first kid via surrogate astatine property 44.

"Just aft a decade of trying everything, we are truthful grateful to nan beautiful family helping america conceive our baby," Menounos, past 44, told People successful February 2023. "[Husband] Keven [Undergaro], my dada and I are each beyond excited for this psyche to travel into our lives. What a blessing."

She added that she "definitely didn't deliberation it was going to return this long. It's been years. We've utilized different services, different people," including IVF. "It's conscionable been a very frustrating process," she continued.

Paris Hilton, who turned 43 successful February, announced nan commencement of her boy successful January 2023. Her girl was calved that November.

Hilton announced nan news successful a Twitter (now X) station connected January 25, 2023. "You are already loved beyond words," she wrote, accompanied by a photograph of her and her son's hand.

People reported that her son, Phoenix, was calved via surrogate. "It's ever been my dream to beryllium a mother and I'm truthful happy that [husband] Carter [Reum] and I recovered each other," Hilton told People. "We are truthful excited to commencement our family together and our hearts are exploding pinch emotion for our babe boy."

Ten months later, nan heiress announced nan birth of her daughter, London, connected Instagram. Not only did she astonishment her followers pinch nan news, she amazed her family arsenic well.

"Everyone thought, like, a magician was coming. Like, we person a performer coming in, truthful everyone's each excited," Hilton said during an quality connected "Live pinch Kelly and Mark." "I locomotion successful conscionable holding a pinkish broad pinch nan baby, and everybody was sitting location like, 'What?'"

Rebel Wilson announced nan commencement of her girl connected Instagram successful November 2022.

Just a fewer days after denying she and Ramona Agruma were engaged, Wilson, now 44, announced her real news: She has a daughter.

"Beyond proud to denote nan commencement of my first child, Royce Lillian, calved this past week via surrogate," nan then-42-year-old prima wrote connected Instagram.

"I can't moreover picture nan emotion I person for her, she's a beautiful miracle! I americium everlastingly grateful to everyone who has been involved, (you cognize who you are), this has been years successful nan making…but peculiarly wanted to convey my gorgeous surrogate who carried her and birthed her pinch specified grace and care," she continued.

She and Agruma married successful 2024, pinch their girl by their side.

Michelle Williams, 44, gave commencement to her 3rd kid astatine immoderate constituent successful October 2022.

During a May 2022 question and reply pinch Variety, Williams low-key revealed that she was expecting her 3rd kid (second pinch hubby Thomas Kail) by nan extremity of 2022.

"It's wholly joyous," she said. "As nan years spell on, you benignant of wonderment what they mightiness clasp for you aliases not clasp for you. It's breathtaking to observe that thing you want again and again is disposable 1 much time. That bully luck is not mislaid connected maine aliases my family."

Williams was spotted by The Daily Mail on a locomotion pinch her newborn successful October 2022.

Williams, 44, gave commencement to her first child, Matilda, successful October 2005. Matilda's begetter was Heath Ledger, who died successful 2008. Williams past welcomed her 2nd child, Hart, pinch Kail successful June 2020.

In May 2021, erstwhile Naomi Campbell was 50, she announced nan commencement of her girl connected Instagram. Her 2nd kid was calved successful 2023.

Campbell, 1 of nan astir iconic supermodels of each time, revealed connected Instagram that she has a marque caller babe successful 2021.

"A beautiful small blessing has chosen maine to beryllium her mother, So honoured to person this gentle psyche successful my life location are nary words to picture nan lifelong enslaved that I now stock pinch you my angel. There is nary greater love," nan now-54-year-old wrote.

Her boy was calved successful 2023.

In 2024, she confirmed to The Times she utilized a surrogate for some her children.

Christina Ricci, now 44, gave commencement to a babe girl, Cleopatra, successful December 2021.

The actor, who besides has a 10-year-old boy pinch ex-husband James Heerdegen, welcomed her girl successful December 2021 erstwhile she was 41. The small woman is nan first kid for Ricci and her husband, Mark Hampton.

"Baby Cleo is here," Ricci wrote connected Instagram connected December 8, 2022, alongside a video of nan newborn. "We are truthful successful emotion pinch her."

Mena Suvari gave commencement to her first kid successful April 2021 astatine property 42.

Back successful October 2020, nan "American Pie" character told People she could hardly judge she was pregnant.

"It's still this process for maine of believing it and accepting that thing this beautiful could hap for me," she said. "It's been a very affectional experience. It's very weird uncovering retired — I was like, I can't judge it!"

Her rep confirmed successful April 2021 to People that Suvari, now 45, and her husband, Michael Hope, had welcomed their first kid together, saying, "Both babe and mom are doing wonderfully."

When Kristen Wiig, now 51, hosted "SNL" successful December 2020, she confirmed she had go a mom that year.

It was first reported that Wiig had go a mom successful June erstwhile she hosted nan "SNL At Home" section for Mother's Day successful 2020, successful which she thanked her mom for "preparing maine to beryllium a mom myself." People reported that Wiig and her now-husband, Avi Rothman, had welcomed twins via surrogate that January.

When she returned to big nan 2020 Christmas show, she confirmed nan news during her monologue, saying that while it had been an "icky" year, it hadn't been each bad because she had twins.

Chloë Sevigny was spotted pinch her fellow and a caller babe — her first — successful May 2020, erstwhile she was 45.

According to TMZ, nan "American Horror Story" prima was spotted connected nan streets of NYC successful January 2020 alongside her caller boyfriend, Sinisa Mackovic, and notably, she was besides rocking a babe bump!

Her rep confirmed to Us Weekly that their babe arrived successful May 2020.

In 2016, Sevigny, now 49, shared that she believed nan cardinal to having awesome tegument is not having kids.

"I deliberation it's not having had a babe yet. Because I deliberation nan babe deterioration and tear and accent connected your assemblage is portion of nan logic why group say, 'Why do you still look truthful young?' I really deliberation that that unluckily ages women, particularly erstwhile they person children successful their 30s, not successful their 20s. So I think, first and foremost, it's that and genetics," she told W Magazine.

Janet Jackson was 50 years aged erstwhile she announced she was pregnant pinch her first son, who was calved successful January 2017.

Jackson, now 58, announced she was pregnant successful October 2016. The vocalist had antecedently halted her circuit successful April that twelvemonth truthful she and her then-husband, Wissam Al Mana, could attraction connected "planning our family."

She gave commencement to her son, Eissa Al Mana, successful January 2017.

"For personification for illustration me, raised successful show business wherever self-concern is ever a priority, really fortunate I americium now to beryllium concerned, first and foremost, pinch nan use of personification else. Day aft time and nighttime aft night, holding my babe successful my arms, I americium astatine peace. I americium blessed. I consciousness bliss. In those moments, each is correct pinch nan world," she told Billboard.

Eva Longoria was 42 erstwhile she revealed she was pregnant pinch her son.

Longoria revealed she was pregnant pinch her boy successful December 2017. Six months later, nan "Desperate Housewives" prima gave commencement to her son, Santiago.

Santiago is Longoria's first child, though her husband, Jose Baston, has 3 different children from his erstwhile marriage.

"Santi was meant to beryllium pinch maine astatine this shape successful my life. I'm patient, I don't activity arsenic overmuch — moreover if it doesn't look that way! It's nan correct time," Longoria, now 49, told Parents Latina successful 2019.

Cameron Diaz was 47 erstwhile announced connected Instagram successful January 2020 that she and Benji Madden had welcomed their first child, Raddix. Their 2nd kid was calved successful 2024.

Diaz revealed she and her husband, Good Charlotte beforehand man Benji Madden, had welcomed a daughter. Baby Raddix was reportedly calved successful December 2019.

"Happy New Year from nan Maddens! We are truthful happy, blessed, and grateful to statesman this caller decade by announcing nan commencement of our daughter, Raddix Madden. She has instantly captured our hearts and completed our family," Diaz, now 52, wrote connected Instagram successful a since-deleted post.

"While we are overjoyed to stock this news, we besides consciousness a beardown small heart to protect our small one's privacy. So we won't beryllium posting pictures aliases sharing immoderate much details," she continued.

In March 2024, Madden announced nan commencement of their son, Cardinal, on Instagram. "He is awesome and we are each truthful happy he is here! For nan kids' information and privacy, we won't beryllium posting immoderate pictures — but he's really cute," he wrote.

Hoda Kotb adopted her first daughter, Haley, erstwhile she was 52. She adopted Hope 2 years later.

The "Today" co-anchor revealed connected her show that she had adopted her first child, a girl named Haley Joy, successful 2017. In April 2019, she and her then-fiancé, Joel Schiffman, adopted different girl, Hope Catherine.

Kotb, now 60, has discussed her travel to motherhood successful nan past, opening up astir really a conflict pinch bosom crab near her incapable to conceive.

"One of nan things successful my life I've ever wanted was to beryllium a mom. Sometimes successful your life, things conscionable don't activity retired for immoderate reason, truthful you say, 'Well, I wasn't meant to person that.' But it was really difficult to travel to position pinch it," Kotb told People successful 2017.

In 2024, Kotb cited wanting to walk much clip pinch her daughters arsenic a logic for stepping backmost from "Today."

Sandra Bullock adopted her son, Louis, erstwhile she was 45 years old. She has since adopted different child, Laila.

Bullock's individual life has been often scrutinized, including her determination to adopt Louis successful 2010 — while she was successful nan midst of her very nationalist divorcement from Jesse James.

"We spent truthful overmuch clip successful New Orleans aft Katrina, and 1 day, it was conscionable a emotion that came that alternatively of bringing different life into this world, we wanted to scope retired and find our kid successful New Orleans," Bullock told People successful 2010.

In 2015, Bullock, now 60, announced she had adopted different child, her girl Laila, besides from Louisiana. "My family is blended and diverse, nutty, and loving and understanding," Bullock told People. "That's a family."

Tamron Hall gave commencement to her first kid astatine 48.

Hall and her husband, Steven Greener, welcomed their first son, Moses, successful 2019. They person been unfastened astir really they're raising him successful an interfaith household, arsenic Hall, now 54, is Christian and Greener is Jewish. He moreover had a bris (a Jewish circumcision ceremony).

"My mom astir passed out. We had some grandparents connected each broadside there, and he's going to Texas to person a Christening aliases a Confirmation astatine my mom's Southern Baptist church. We've conscionable mixed our life experience, and we want to thatch him tradition," Hall told EEW successful 2019.

Kristin Davis adopted a girl erstwhile she was 46, overmuch for illustration her "Sex and nan City" character, Charlotte.

Davis adopted her daughter, Gemma, successful 2011 and a son, Wilson, successful 2018. The "Holiday successful nan Wild" prima opened up astir being a achromatic mother to 2 Black children during an affectional "Red Table Talk" question and reply successful 2019.

"Because my children are African American, I consciousness for illustration it's my work and my occupation to do arsenic overmuch research, arsenic overmuch work, build arsenic galore bridges arsenic imaginable because you are their community," said Davis, who is now 59, connected "Today." "I activity astatine that each time trying to fig retired really I tin make judge they person entree to nan Black community, that they're portion of it, that they're not separated from it."

Rachel Weisz gave commencement to her first kid pinch Daniel Craig erstwhile she was 48.

Both Weisz and Craig person children from anterior relationships, but they had their first kid together, a daughter, successful September 2018.

They are notoriously private, but Weisz, now 54, acknowledged her gestation successful a 2018 New York Times profile, saying, "Daniel and I are truthful happy. We're going to person a small human. We can't hold to meet him aliases her. It's each specified a mystery."

Alanis Morissette had babies astatine 42 and 45.

Morissette had her first boy successful 2010 erstwhile she was 36 years old. She past welcomed 2 much kids, Onyx and Winter, successful 2016 and 2019, respectively.

"I deliberation this gestation is different from nan first 2 times because of my expertise to consciousness what's going connected wrong my assemblage successful a batch much of a subtle way," Morissette, now 50, told Self successful 2019. "I'm 1 of those women who really bask being pregnant."

Brigitte Nielsen was 54 erstwhile she gave commencement to her youngest daughter, Frida, successful 2018.

Nielsen, now 61, announced her gestation connected Instagram successful May 2018 and gave commencement to her 5th kid a period later. The "Creed II" character had been unfastened astir expanding her family for complete a decade. In 2008, she revealed she wanted to research IVF treatments aft doing a photograph sprout for Playboy.

"IVF is not a process everyone could header with. You're connected a batch of medication. It is very expensive. Hormones will do different things to different women ... you ever deliberation you're going to get pregnant, but astir of nan time, nan telephone telephone comes and it's: 'I'm sorry.' It is devastating," she told The Guardian successful 2019.

TV characteristic Nancy Grace simultaneously revealed she had secretly gotten joined and was expecting twins astatine 47.

Grace, now 65, collapsed nan news successful 2007, telling The New York Post, "I ne'er thought it would hap for illustration this. I thought 'mother' and 'wife' was conscionable not portion of God's scheme for me." She gave commencement to Lucy and John successful November of that year.

"Real Housewives of Atlanta" prima Kenya Moore gave commencement to a patient babe woman astatine property 47 aft getting diagnosed pinch preeclampsia.

Moore and her then-husband, Marc Daly, welcomed their daughter, Brooklyn Doris, successful November 2018. Moore's labour was induced aft she was diagnosed pinch preeclampsia, which caused her to summation 17 pounds successful conscionable a week.

"I've waited my full life for this infinitesimal … to beryllium called a mother," nan now-53-year-old wrote on Instagram.

Laura Linney was 49 years aged erstwhile she amazed nan world and gave commencement to her boy successful 2014.

Linney, now 60, ne'er publically confirmed her pregnancy, opting to hold until her son, Bennett, was born. "I was an older mother-to-be, and it had taken maine a very, very agelong clip to person a child, truthful I wanted to make judge that my kid really arrived, and was safe and healthy," she explained successful 2016 during an quality connected "Live pinch Kelly."

Audra McDonald became a mom for nan 2nd clip astatine 46 successful 2016.

Previously, McDonald had fixed commencement to her daughter, Zoe, successful 2001, and she is simply a stepmom to her hubby Will Swenson's 2 teenagers. But McDonald became a mom again successful 2016, erstwhile she gave commencement to different daughter, Sally James.

"I'm calmer this clip around, 16 years later. Or possibly it's that I'm conscionable tired because I'm older, but I don't sweat nan mini worldly arsenic much," McDonald, now 54, told People.

Morena Baccarin welcomed her 2nd kid pinch chap "Gotham" prima Ben McKenzie astatine nan property of 41.

The mates announced nan commencement of their son, Arthur, connected Instagram successful March 2021.

Baccarin, who is now 45, wrote connected Instagram: "2021 is looking up. Welcome to nan world Arthur. Trust us, you haven't missed overmuch yet."

The mates welcomed their first kid together, girl Frances Laiz Setta Schenkkan, successful 2016 and sewage joined nan pursuing year. Baccarin besides shares a boy pinch her ex-husband.

Sheryl Crow adopted her first boy astatine 45 and her 2nd boy astatine 48.

Crow announced connected her website successful 2007 that she had adopted her first child, her boy Wyatt. "His sanction is Wyatt (after my dad) Steven (after my small relative and Scooter) and we are enjoying immoderate very backstage family time," she wrote astatine nan time.

She adopted her 2nd son, Levi, successful 2010. Again, she revealed nan news connected her website."I person immoderate breathtaking news to stock pinch you guys. Wyatt has a caller small brother," nan now-62-year-old wrote.

Madonna was 42 erstwhile she gave commencement to her boy Rocco. She's since adopted 4 much kids: David, Mercy, Estere, and Stella.

Madonna, now 66, has six kids total. The "Madame X" songstress became a mom for nan first clip successful 1996, erstwhile she gave commencement to Lourdes astatine 38. Four years later, she welcomed her boy Rocco pinch then-husband Guy Ritchie astatine property 42.

In 2006, nan singer, past 48, adopted different son, David, from Malawi, per nan BBC. Three years later, she adopted different kid from Malawi, her girl Mercy. In 2017, she adopted twins, Estere and Stella, besides from Malawi, according to The Guardian.

Angela Bassett welcomed twins via surrogate successful 2006, erstwhile she was 48.

Bassett, now 66, and her husband, Courtney B. Vance, welcomed nan twins, Slater and Bronwyn, successful January 2006. "If I tin put immoderate apparel connected by 5 p.m., it's rather an accomplishment," said Bassett astatine nan time.

Sarah Jessica Parker was 44 erstwhile she welcomed twins via surrogate successful 2009.

Parker, now 59, gave commencement to her first child, her boy James, successful 2002. Seven years later, a 44-year-old Parker and her husband, Matthew Broderick, announced nan commencement of their copy daughters, Marion and Tabitha. 

"She's made a really large prime to beryllium portion of our lives and I deliberation she's an honorable person," said Parker to People of her family's surrogate.

Diane Keaton adopted 2 kids aft she turned 50.

Keaton adopted her daughter, Dexter, successful 1996 astatine property 50. She adopted her son, Duke, 5 years later successful 2001.

"Motherhood has wholly changed me. It's conscionable astir for illustration nan astir wholly humbling acquisition that I've ever had. I deliberation that it puts you successful your spot because it really forces you to reside nan issues that you declare to judge successful and if you can't guidelines up to those principles erstwhile you're raising a child, hide it," she said successful a 2003 question and reply pinch Film Monthly.

"I mean, we tin each beryllium present and talk, but it's different point to enactment that measurement successful your life. So, I deliberation that children are wholly challenging and wholly intoxicating," nan now-78-year-old continued.

At 44, Gwen Stefani gave commencement to her 3rd child, Apollo.

Stefani, now 55, had 2 different sons, Kingston and Zuma, erstwhile she welcomed her youngest son, Apollo, successful 2014.

"But having children, it's really absorbing to watch them and person nan work of trying to make them bully people. Parenting is terrifying, but it's besides truthful unthinkable and rewarding," she said to Parents.