15+ Actresses Who Acted Pregnant, But Audiences Never Noticed

Sometimes, when watching certain movies, we don’t even notice that an actress is pregnant. For example, Catherine Zeta-Jones, danced in the musical Chicago when I was already in the first months of pregnancy. Another example: when Zooey Deschanel participated in new girlher character was on the bench of a jury so that the public would not notice her belly.

We, from awesome.clubwe couldn’t even imagine that Naomi Watts, playing a pregnant woman in the film Linked Destinationswas actually pregnant, just like Olivia Colman in The Night Manager🇧🇷

When filming for the musical began, Catherine was in the early months of her pregnancy. This is the easiest moment to hide, but not in the movie, as the actress had to wear tight clothes. In some of the scenes where the character was supposed to be shot from behind, Catherine was replaced by a stunt double. She, however, personally participated in several passages in which the character dances.

Emily Blunt carefully concealed her pregnancy in On the Edge of Tomorrow. She only admitted this a while later on a TV show. That’s probably why Emily asked the production to provide a stunt double in scenes with complex stunts. By the way, in some passages, Emily had to wear a exosuit (special suit to film certain images in the cinema) of almost 40 kilos. Courageous!

In the seventh season of the series, there was an unexpected twist for many fans: the protagonist became pregnant. The news had a reason: Emily Deschanel was, in fact, expecting a baby. The curious thing is that she recorded the first half of the season pregnant for real. Afterwards, she gave birth, and went on to film with a fake belly.

When Zooey got pregnant while filming new girl, the creators decided to put the character on the bench of a jury. The members of that jury, in this case, would have to be isolated during the trial, given the complexity of the process — which also explains, in the context of the story, the long absence of the character, creating a more than convenient excuse to hide her big belly. When Zooey had to go on maternity leave, a new character was introduced.

Helena found out she was expecting a baby while working on Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince — situation that did not fit the profile that the role required. That’s why her character was seen in loose suits and often hiding behind furniture.

Right at the start of filming the film Burke & Hare, Isla was already three months pregnant, but decided to hide this fact from everyone. “It was difficult (…), I was afraid of not being able to wear the clothes”, she admits. “I pretended to be wearing a corset, but I wasn’t really wearing it.” The actress managed to hide her secret so successfully that none of her colleagues until the last moment found out about the fact.

For Claire, Homeland It has become a real “family business”. Not only did she participate in the filming along with her husband, but she also became pregnant twice during production. Claire acted in the second season being pregnant with her first child and, five years later, expecting her second “offspring”.

Some viewers did not even suspect the pregnancy. After all, for most of the 13th episode of Season 4, Angela sat at the table, hidden behind purses or bouquets. And all precisely because she needed to hide her belly. The fact is that the trick was the best the scriptwriters could manage, given the fact that the pregnancy does not make sense in the context of the plot.

Angela told the details of that episode: “I will never forget the scene where we were supposed to eat. My daughter, from inside, was kicking me like crazy. I took Ed’s hand under the table and placed it on my stomach. He turned to me, his eyes widened because he felt the kicks, and he said, ‘Oh my God!’”

Mandy became pregnant shortly before the start of the fifth season, but the event did not bring about any drastic changes to the storyline. The producers decided to “play”, going back and forth in time, in the character’s story. Thanks to this, Mandy didn’t have to hide her baby bump for most of the season. In the moments when she played the adult character, her belly was hidden behind baggy clothes.

the actress of gossip Girl Kelly Rutherford was pregnant during the filming of season two. Her belly was hidden under the character’s costumes: coats, bulky scarves and purses.

Kerry played a politician in the TV series Scandal and her pregnancy did not fit the heroine’s profile at all. As in most similar cases, the actress hid her belly behind huge bags and baggy clothes. However, she had to adhere, by the logic of the plot, to a dress code more formal, typical of a person in politics. The actress admitted that it was very difficult to act in this situation.

The actress played pregnant for most of the sixth season. It wasn’t the simplest mission, because, according to the plot, she would have to fight zombies and save her friends from danger. Alanna admitted that the production adopted the classic trick of disguising the pregnancy by placing large, moving objects in front of the character and making her wear baggy clothes.

The movie footage Colossal began after the actress had already passed the first trimester of pregnancy. Before, upon discovering the pregnancy, the actress called the director and told the news. He was happy and after five minutes he asked if she could act even in that situation. Anne replied that, if there was no objection on his part, she would gladly act. As a colleague said, “the power of blouses and sweaters” made the difference when it came to disguising the belly.

Cate has also recorded while pregnant. Was Charlotte Grey. But surprisingly, neither the set partners nor the director knew. In an interview, she said that filming was quite difficult, both physically and emotionally.

According to the plot, Naomi Watts plays a pregnant woman. Which, of course, was quite convenient, considering she was pregnant in real life as well. She played the lead role, but only spent eight days on set.

Olivia Colman was in her fifth month during her work on The Night Manager🇧🇷 She found out about the pregnancy when she had already been approved for the role. The actress admitted that she was very worried about the director’s reaction when she heard the news. However, everything went well and Colman’s pregnancy was written into the script.

Have you ever had an insight during a movie or series where you realized that an actress was pregnant? In which story? Tell us!