These stars,’ biological clocks continued ticking a little later in life. They defied the odds and didn’t let age be a factor when the decided to have children.
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Geena Davis
Davis was 46 when she had daughter Alizeh, then followed her up with twin sons, Kian and Kaiis, two years later.
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Susan Sarandon
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Kelly Preston
Preston was 47 when she and husband John Travolta welcomed their third child, son Benjamin, nearly two years after the death of their eldest son, Jett. They also have daughter Ella (pictured).
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Iman
The former model and late husband David Bowie struggled to have children. After two failed attempts with IVF, the couple considered adoption and of course that’s when Iman became pregnant. She had their daughter, Alexandria Zahra, in 2000 when she was 45.
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Holly Hunter
Hunter became a first-time mom at the age of 47, when she and Gordon MacDonald welcomed their twin boys, Claude and Press, in 2006.
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Laura Linney
At the age of 49, the actress managed to keep her pregnancy under wraps, right up until she delivered her son, Bennett. Impressive.
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Mira Sorvino
Sorvino and husband Chris Backus had daughter Mattea in 2004 when she was 36 and son Johnny when she was 38. She was pregnant three years later and delivered son Holden, and the actress was 44 when she had their fourth, daughter Lucia, in May 2012.
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Marcia Cross
Cross married Tom Mahoney in 2006, when she was 43. They wanted kids but were realistic about her chances of conceiving so the couple began in vitro immediately after their wedding. Fast-forward to February 2007 when the former Desperate Housewives star gave birth to twin girls, Eden and Savannah, a month before she turned 45.
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Beverly D’Angelo
The actress turned to IVF to conceive and she had twins Anton and Olivia when she was 49. She and the kids’ dad, Al Pacino, are no longer together.
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Geri Halliwell
The former Spice Girl was 44 when she gave birth to son Montague with husband Christian Horner. He joins Bluebell, her daughter from a previous relationship, who is 10 years older.
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Jane Kaczmarek
The Malcolm in the Middle star gave birth to her third child, Mary Louisa, with now-ex-husband Bradley Whitford, shortly before she turned 47. She followed their eldest daughter Genevieve, delivered when Jane was 42, and George Edward, when she was 44.
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Sophie B. Hawkins
The singer welcomed daughter Esther in 2015 when she was 50, seven years after having son Dashiell.
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Nancy Grace
The journalist was 48 when she and husband David Linch welcomed twins John David and Lucy Elizabeth in 2008.
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Helen Fielding
The author of the Bridget Jones books had son Dashiell when she was 43, then five years later she welcomed daughter Romy with her former partner, Kevin Curran.
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Rachel Dratch
The former SNL-er was shocked to learn at 44 that she was pregnant. She gave birth to Eli Benjamin in 2010 and the baby’s father, John Wahl, moved to New York City to be closer to Dratch and their son.
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Mary Stuart Masterson
The actress had her first child, son Phineas, in 2009 when she was 43. Two years later, she and husband Jeremy Davidson had twins, Wilder and Clio, then had a fourth child the following year.
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Jane Seymour
The actress has two children (in 1982 and 1985) from her third marriage to David Flynn, but a decade later, she had twins John and Kristopher with her fourth ex-husband, Stacy Keach, when she was 44.
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Helen Morris
Martin Scorcese’s fifth wife gave birth to their daughter Francesca when she was 52.
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Cheryl Tiegs
The former supermodel was 44 when she had her first child, son Zack, with ex Anthony Peck. In 2000, Tiegs and husband Rod Stryker welcomed twins Jaden and Theo when she was 52 — but via surrogacy.
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Halle Berry
Berry was 41 when she had daughter, Nahla, with ex Gabriel Aubry. Then she and now-ex-husband Olivier Martinez had son Maceo when she was 47. She sparked pregnancy rumours again, at 50, but she has since denied them.
