The American singer, songwriter and music producer decided to become a mother in her 40s, but she was not expected to have twins. The same singer confessed that her pregnancy at 42 years old had not been an easy thing, but she finally managed to fulfill her dream with Nick Cannon.
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Salma Hayek
Although her husband, François-Henri Pinault, already knew the feeling of having children, Salma Hayek wanted to live the experience. Finally, the couple decided to try their luck and welcomed her daughter Valentina Paloma, when Hayek was 41 years old.
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Celine Dion
The French-Canadian singer and businesswoman decided to undergo in vitro fertilization treatment to become a mother. She eventually gave birth to her twins, aged 42.
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Meryl Streep
It was at the age of 42 when the famous American actress decided to become a mother once more, by then, Meryl Streep was already a mother of 3, so she already had experience.
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Paula Andrea Betancur
Former Colombian beauty queen and model who represented the department of Amazonas in the 1992 National Beauty Contest and was elected Señorita Colombia in the same year. After divorcing, following 10 years married and three children, she found love once more with Luis Miguel Zabaleta with whom she married and decided to have her fourth daughter, Fatima, already over 40 years old.
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Jessica Dela Pena
The journalist and presenter of Noticias RCN also decided to become a mother having passed the age of 40. In 2017, the journalist married her current husband, Ernesto Chalela, with whom she has a daughter born in the same year.
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Uma Thurman
Actress Uma Thurman was 41 years old when she decided to be a mother for the third time, giving birth to her daughter Luna.
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Carla Bruni
She is an Italian former model, singer-songwriter, and actress who in 2011 gave birth to her second child, Giulia, at the age of 43.
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Eva Mendes
The American actress and model of Cuban descent, Eva Mendes, decided to enter the world of motherhood with Ryan Gosling. By then she would have been 40 years old when she had her first daughter, but she did not stop there but following two years she wanted to be a mother once more with her second daughter, Amada.
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Halle Berry
When the actress was 41 years old, she became a mother for the first time with her partner Gabriel Aubry. And following separating from her previous partner, the actress wanted to repeat the experience of motherhood at the age of 46, but this time with her current partner Olivier Martínez.
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Naomi Watts
Award-winning British actress Naomi Ellen Watts gave birth to her second son, Samuel, when she just turned 40.
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Nicole Kidman
The famous actress Nicole Kidman fulfilled her desire to be a mother when she adopted her first child with her partner at the time, Tom Cruise. However, her first biological daughter came into her life when she was 40 years old and two years later, she would perk up once more.
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Manuela Gonzalez
The actress Manuela González, who captivated Colombians for her beauty and talent, had previously been the mother of her first son Pedro, but at the age of 42 she decided to try it for the second time and had a beautiful girl.
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Julianne Moore
The Scottish-born American actress and producer also decided to become a mother for the second time at age 42, giving birth in 2002.
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Susan Sarandon
The famous American actress experienced motherhood for the first time in her 40s, being a first-time mother at 43, while she had her second child 3 years later.
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Marcia Cross
The American actress of ‘Desperate Housewives’ (‘Desperate Women’), Marcia Cross, had the opportunity to live a twin pregnancy at the age of 44 years.
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Geena Davis
The award-winning and well-known American actress, producer and writer also decided that a good time to be a mother was in her late 40s, as her professional career made it difficult for her. For this reason, she had her first child at the age of 46 and the twins, later, at the age of 48.
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Kim Basinger
The American actress, producer and model also embarked on the world of motherhood with Alec Baldwin at the age of 43, with their first child Ireland.
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Rachel Weisz
Actress Rachel Weisz decided to have her second child at 43, being the first child together with her husband, Daniel Craig. Although both actors already had a son as a result of their previous relationships.
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Diane Kruger
The actress became a mother at the age of 42. Although for her partner, the actor of ‘The walking dead’, Norman Reedus, it was her second child.
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Janet Jackson
The famous singer, Janet Jackson, decided to have her first child at the age of 50, Eissa.
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Pilar Schmitt
The Colombian presenter and model who became known in the National Beauty Contest of 1996, also decided to be a mother once more at 42 years old, having what would be her second son, Martín.
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Madonna
The singer and queen of pop decided to get back on track in motherhood with her second child when she was 41 years old, giving birth to her son Rocco on August 11, 2000.
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Gwen Stefani
The singer Gwen Stefani decided that 44 years was the perfect age to have her third and last child, and thus enjoy being a mother once more.
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Ivy Queen
The Puerto Rican reggaeton singer had her daughter, Naiovy Kháli, at the age of 41, whom she welcomed on November 25, 2013, in Miami.
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Helen Hunt
The American actress and director had just turned 40 when she had her daughter, Makena Lei Carnahan, in 2004.
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Amanda Peet
The ‘Love Is What You Have’ actress had her third child with her husband, David Benioff, at the age of 42. Although both had already been parents of little Frances and Molly.
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Monica Bellucci
The Italian actress, Monica Bellucci, was 40 years old when she gave birth to her daughter Deva for the first time. In addition, at the age of 45 she had her second child, Léonie.
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Courteney Cox
The actress of the legendary series ‘Friends’ became a mother when she had just turned 40, of her daughter Coco.
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Thalia
The Mexican singer had her second child in 2011, when she was only two months away from her 40th birthday. By then, the artist was already the mother of a girl.
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Back Horner
The former ‘Spice Girls’ member had her second child, Montage George, in her 40s, when she was 43.
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Monica Layton
Colombian actress Mónica Layton, who has participated in several productions such as ‘Chepe fortuna’ and ‘La teacher de Inglés’, became pregnant for the first time at the age of 40, following wishing for it throughout her youth and not having had the opportunity before.
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