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Da Brat, Alyssa Milano, and 28 Other Celebrity Moms to Have Kids After 40
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There’s no perfect time to start – or grow – a family and become a parent, but for some celebrity moms, the sweet spot came at or after the age of 40. And the same goes for many childbearing individuals, famous or not. In fact, recent US Census data show that fertility rates have declined for younger women and increased for older women (67 percent, to be exact, for those age 35-39 between 1990-2019). Despite past beliefs and stigmas, people are having children later in life. If you’re wondering which famous faces have given birth later into adulthood, keep scrolling to see which celebrities have welcomed sweet babies while in their 40s (and in the case of one mom, while 50!).
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Da Brat
She hasn’t given birth yet, but Da Brat recently announced her pregnancy at 48 years old. The “Funkdafied” singer told People in an interview published Feb. 21 that she and her wife, Jesseca “Judy” Harris-Dupart, are expecting their first child together. “It’s been quite a journey,” Da Brat said, “there’s a lot of stuff we learned about women over the age of 40.”
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Gwen Stefani
Gwen Stefani was 44 years old when she welcomed her youngest son, Apollo Bowie Flynn, to her growing brood of boys with ex-husband Gavin Rossdale. She was already mom to Kingston and Zuma, who were both born when she was in her 30s.
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Eva Mendes
Eva Mendes shares two daughters with Ryan Gosling, Esmeralda Amada, born in 2014 when Eva was 40, and Amada Lee, born in 2016 when she was 42.
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Tina Fey
For comedian and actress Tina Fey, the decision to have another baby after welcoming daughter Alice Zenobia in 2005 wasn’t an easy one. In her memoir “Bossypants”, Fey explained her trepidation, writing, “Science shows that fertility and movie offers drop off steeply for women after 40.”
Fey gave birth to baby number two, daughter Penelope Athena, in 2011, at the age of 41.
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Susan Sarandon
Susan Sarandon gave birth to her first child, daughter Eva Amurri, in 1985 at the age of 39. She then went on to welcome sons Jack Henry and Miles Guthrie at age 42 and 45, respectively.
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Geena Davis
In 2002, at age 46, Geena Davis gave birth to daughter Alizeh Keshvar. Then, just two years later in 2004, the then-48-year-old welcomed twin sons, Kian William and Kaiis Steven.
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Meryl Streep
Already mom to two daughters and a son, Meryl Streep gave birth to her fourth child, Louisa Jacobson Gummer, on June 12, 1991, just before her 42nd birthday.
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Jennifer Connelly
Jennifer Connelly was 40 years old when she and husband Paul Bettany added a daughter to their all-boy brood. Agnes Lark joined big brothers Kai and Stellan (pictured above) in May 2011.