12 Celebrities Who Ignored All Stereotypes And Had Children After Age 35

Prejudices about the need to have children as early as possible have long since sunk into oblivion. Becoming a mother after 30 is no longer out of the ordinary. After all, more and more modern women choose to have children later.

We, from awesome.clubwe decided to find out which famous women had children in their late 40s and older.

Alyssa Milano is best known for her role as Phoebe Halliwell on Young Witches. Among his last film works is the Christmas romantic comedy New Year’s Eve. Alyssa was married twice, and it was in her second marriage that her long-awaited children were born. The firstborn, a boy, arrived in the world when the actress was 38 years old. She gave birth to her second daughter at 41.

Melanie Griffith is a famous actress of the 80s and 90s, known for the films A Secretary from the Future, I Want to Say I Love You and others. She had several highly talked about romances and marriages. In addition to her eldest daughter, actress Dakota Johnson, known for her role as Anastasia in the film Fifty Shades of Grey, Melanie Griffith also has a younger daughter, Stella (pictured right), who she had at age 39 with actor Antonio Flags.

Molly Ringwald is the star of the films Pussies & Pussies, The Breakfast Club, The Girl in Pink Shocking and others. The actress gave birth to her three children from her second marriage to writer Panio Gianopoulos. The youngest — twins Adele and Roman — were born when Molly was 41.

Among the famous films with the participation of Marcia Gay Harden are the feature films O Clube das Desquitadas, Encontro Marcado, O Sorriso de Mona Lisa, the Fifty Shades of Gray trilogy and others. The actress has three children. She had her first daughter at age 39. And at 44, the actress gave birth to twins.

The actress is known for her roles in the films I Know What You Did Last Summer, Garfield: The Movie, the series Criminal Minds and others. Jennifer Love Hewitt is married with three children. She gave birth to her youngest son Aidan in 2021 at the age of 42.

Lena Headey is best known for her role as Cersei Lannister in the Game of Thrones series. The actress also starred in famous movies like The Brothers Grimm, 300, 300 – Rise of an Empire, and others. Now, she is divorced with two children. She gave birth to her youngest daughter at the age of 41.

The actress has several cinematographic works associated with her name. His most notable roles were: in the Spider-Man trilogy, in the films Interview with the Vampire, Mona Lisa Smile, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Marie Antoinette and others. Kirsten has built a family relatively recently. She got married in 2017 and gave birth to her first child in 2018. The second child was born in the spring of 2021. At the time, Kirsten Dunst was already 39 years old.

Rachel McAdams has also participated in many famous feature films. She is best known for her roles in Mean Girls and The Notebook. The actress had several novels. She is currently in a relationship with screenwriter Jamie Linden. In 2018, aged 39, Rachel became a mother for the first time and in 2020, aged 41, the actress became pregnant with her second child.

Felicity Huffman is best known for playing Lynette Scavo on the Desperate Housewives series. The actress was lucky in her love life: she and her husband were together for 15 years before officially getting married, adding up to a total of almost 25 years of union. She has two daughters. The youngest, Georgia, was born in 2002, a few months before Felicity’s 40th birthday.

Today, Meghan Markle is known as the wife of British Prince Harry. As an actress, her most prominent role was in the series Men in Suits. Meghan Markle has two children. She gave birth to her youngest daughter, Lilibet, in June 2021, exactly two months shy of her 40th birthday.

We remember Drew Barrymore in the movies: As If It Was the First Time, The Panthers, Fever Ball and others. The actress had many romances and two daughters with her ex-husband, art consultant Will Kopelman. The youngest was born when Barrymore was 39 years old.

The world-famous German supermodel has collaborated with a number of well-known fashion houses. She has graced the covers of Cosmopolitan, Elle, Harper’s Bazaar, Marie Claire, Vogue and more. The model manages to reconcile work and family: she is married and has three children. She gave birth to her youngest daughter at the age of 39.

Do you agree that it’s never too late to be a mother? What other women inspire you not to be afraid to have children at any age? Tell us in the comments!