Celebrity Later in Life Moms

There are many celebrity moms who have had children later in life, whether for the first time or again, when they were age 35 or older.  Among them are:

Brooke Shields, Halle Berry, Sandra Bullock, Meryl Streep, Celine Dion,Madonna, Uma Thurman, Kelly Preston, Tina Fey, Jane Seymour, Iman, Salma Hayek, Garcelle Beauvais, Brooke Shields, Nicole Kidman, Marcia Cross,Jennifer Connelly, Marcia Gay Harden, Annette Benning, Jane Krakowski, Lisa Loeb, Julianne Moore, Mariah Carey, Maya Rudolph, Mira Sorvino, Rosie O’Donnell, Diana Ross, Jennifer Lopez, Edie Falco, Diane Keaton, Connie Britton, Madeleine Stowe, Naomi Watts, Debra Messing, Helene Bonham Carter, Angela Bassett, Meg Ryan, Helen Hunt, Sheryl Crow, Rachel Dratch, Beverly D’Angelo, Cheryl Tiegs, Sara Jessica Parker, Kim Fields, Mary-Louise Parker, Mimi Rogers, Kristin Davis, Viola Davis, Courtney Cox, Jennifer Beals, Cynthia Nixon, Jewel, Kate Jackson, Susan Ruttan, Judy Gold, Nancy Grace, Lisa Hartman-Black, Mariska Hargitay, Carla Bruni, Michele Pfeiffer, Jerry Hall, Alyssa Milano, Nia Long, Susan Sarandon, Holly Hunter, Geena Davis, Jane Kaczmarek, Penelope Cruz, Christina Applegate, Fergie Duhamel, Michelle Monahan, Elizabeth Berkley, Elizabeth Banks, Molly Shannon, Poppy Montgomery, Alanis Morissette and Molly Ringwald.

We salute all celebrity moms who had children later in life, as we do any woman who has made the choice to parent later in life, and the following are those celebrities we have profiled who were kind enough to share their road to later motherhood with us. Whether through natural childbirth, surrogacy, adoption, or assisted fertility efforts, each had their own unique path to parenting, and our hope is that through their experiences, later moms or aspiring later moms will feel empowered.  We invite you to share via social media. so others may gain from their stories.