At 48, Hilary Swank announced, not without joy, expecting twins on October 5, 2022, with her husband, entrepreneur Philip Schneider. A news that shows how more and more women, by choice or by surprise, are getting pregnant past the 40 and even 45-year-old mark. If the biological clock is undeniable and sometimes inevitable, so-called “late” pregnancies have allowed many people to realize a dream, including ten stars:
Monica Bellucci
Married at the time with the French star Vincent Cassel and already a mother with him of Deva, Monica Bellucci announced that she was pregnant with her second child when she had passed the 40-year mark. A late pregnancy that occurred when she was 45 years old and the little girl, Léonie, arrived four months before she celebrated her 46th birthday.
Alanis Morissette
The unforgettable Canadian performer from Ironic is the mother of three children with rapper Souleye, whom she married in 2010. First there was Ever, born in 2010, then six years after Onyx in 2016. On March 25, 2019, she posted a photo on her Instagram account announcing her third pregnancy at the age of 45 years old. The baby arrived during the summer but is named Winter (winter).
Marcia Cross
After being alone for a long time, Marcia Cross, aka the maniac Bree from Desperate Housewives, married Tom Mahoney, a 48-year-old broker to whom she had become engaged in early 2005. A year later, she gave birth in Los Angeles at the dawn of her 45 years old, to twins, two daughters, Eden and Savannah. A happy event for the star, less for the scriptwriter of the series Marc Cherry who did not hide his dissatisfaction with this pregnancy, which he believed to compromise the history of the series.
Adriana Karembeu
Ex-wife of footballer Christian Karembeu, Adriana remarried in 2014 to businessman André Ohanian. After a miscarriage, the Slovak model announces her new pregnancy in 2018, when she 46 years. On August 17, his little Nina arrives.
Halle Berry
Already mother of Nahla, born of her relationship with model Gabriel Aubry, Halle Berry is expecting a child with French actor Olivier Martinez when she 46 years. The little boy was born on October 5, 2013 when she celebrated her 47th birthday and is swimming in happiness. However, her relationship ended in 2016. She is currently with artist Van Hunt.
Susan Sarandon
American actress, producer and activist, Susan Sarandon is also a mother. She had a daughter, Eva, born in 1985 from her relationship with director and screenwriter Franco Amurri, then two boys with the man who directed her magnificently in The Last Walk, Tim Robbins. This is how after Jack, born in 1989, comes Miles in 1992 when she 46 years.
Holly Hunter
Oscar winner for The Piano Lessonactress Holly Hunter won her most beautiful trophy in 2006, two months before reaching the 48 years old : twins whose father is actor Gordon MacDonald.
Geena Davis
The famous half of Thelma & Louise had three children with the surgeon Reza Jarrahy, with whom she was married from 2001 to 2017. After Alizeh were born the twins Kaiis and Kian, born on May 6, 2004 when she had already celebrated her 48 years old.
Rachel Weisz
The divine Rachel Weisz took the heart of the no less attractive Daniel Craig, after having been in a relationship with the director Darren Aronofsky, father of her son Henry. The actress, married in 2011 to James Bond, announced in 2018 either at 48 years old, being pregnant with her second child and first with the Briton. Their daughter was born on September 1.
Janet Jackson
Michael’s sister is in a relationship with Wissam Al Mana, a Qatari billionaire nine years her junior, whom she marries a year later. On April 6, 2016, she announced on social media that she was expecting her first child by the end of the year, at the age of 50 years, conceived by in vitro fertilization. She gave birth to her baby on January 3, 2017, a boy named Eissa Al Mana.