Robin Arzón, Naomi Campbell, and 52 Other Celebs Who Had Kids After Age 40

After announcing her pregnancy at 48, Da Brat gave birth to her first child at 49 with wife Jesseca "Judy" Harris-Dupart on July 7. "I can't believe he came out of me!" the rapper told People, gushing about her baby boy. "Feels like a dream. He's perfect in every way."

The 53-year-old supermodel recently announced the birth of her second child in a sweet Instagram post. "It's never too late to become a mother," she wrote alongside the photo, holding her newborn's hand with her first child, whose birth was also announced quietly on social media. Campbell announced that she'd welcomed a baby girl on Instagram in 2021. "A beautiful little blessing has chosen me to be her mother," she captioned a photo of her holding her daughter's feet. "So honoured to have this gentle soul in my life there are no words to describe the lifelong bond that I now share with you my angel. There is no greater love."

Hilary Swank welcomed twins on April 9, 2023, at 48 years old. She has been vocal about the older-parent bias that can come with getting pregnant later in life.

On "Good Morning America," the actor revealed that becoming a mother was a dream come true for her. "This is something that I've been wanting for a long time, and my next thing is I'm going to be a mom — and not just of one, but of two," she said.

The 54-year-old actor had her son, Rockwell, now 7 years old, via surrogate in her late 40s. She left LA for NY to raise her kid on her own. In coming to the decision to have a child, Liu says she didn't take much time to think about it. "I just pulled the trigger," she said. "I can think myself out of something easily; if I think too much, I won't do it. It's better for me to feel something and just go for it."

Gwen Stefani was 44 years old when she welcomed her youngest son, Apollo Bowie Flynn, to her growing brood of boys with ex-husband Gavin Rossdale. She was already mom to Kingston and Zuma, who were both born when she was in her 30s.

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The actress welcomed her first baby at 48. In December 2018, soon after giving birth to her daughter, Weisz told the Daily Mirror that she didn't plan on having any more children. She also divulged a bit of her parenting style that her youngest daughter will experience as she grows up: "I'm a bit of a pushover as a mother. I'm not super strict. I love it, so I'm a very happy mother."

Paris Hilton, who turned 42 in February, announced the birth of her son in January 2023. On Feb. 22, the 42-year-old DJ and heiress shared an Instagram post with her son's name — Phoenix Barron Hilton Reum — and wrote that the name "means so much to me" in the caption.

Olivia Munn had her first baby when she was 41 with comedian John Mulaney in Dec. 2021. The actor opened up about postpartum depression shortly after in a vulnerable Instagram post for her first Mother's Day. "Happy Mother's Day to all the moms out there, but especially to the moms who are struggling with post partum depression/anxiety, still wearing their maternity clothes because you've realized that the snap back is bulls--t and so unreal, and feel insecure as they scroll through Insta today realizing they don't have the energy, creativity or brain power to post a beautiful pic of motherhood," Munn said.

Laura Linney was 49 years old when she gave birth to her son. "I'm certainly not an advocate for having children later, but for me, it's been wonderful and I'm deeply grateful," Linney said in an interview with The Guardian. "People would say to me, 'Your life's going to change.' Good! I want my life to change."

Kim Basinger and then-husband Alec Baldwin welcomed their daughter Ireland on Oct. 23, 1995, when Kim was 41. She shared a birthday post for Ireland in 2022, writing: "My greatest achievement… Happy birthday Tiny Dancer. I love you up to the stars and down to the bugs in the grass, forever."

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Susan Sarandon gave birth to her first child, daughter Eva Amurri, in 1985 at the age of 39. She then went on to welcome sons Jack Henry and Miles Guthrie at age 42 and 45, respectively.

Already mom to two daughters and a son, Meryl Streep gave birth to her fourth child, Louisa Jacobson Gummer, on June 12, 1991, just before her 42nd birthday.

Marcia Cross, who married Tom Mahoney in 2006, gave birth shortly after to twin girls, Eden and Savannah, in February 2007 — just before she turned 45. Cross was very realistic about her chances of conceiving. Instead of a honeymoon, the couple began in vitro immediately after the wedding.

Jennifer Connelly was 40 years old when she and husband Paul Bettany added a daughter to their all-boy brood. Agnes Lark joined big brothers Kai and Stellan (pictured above) in May 2011.

Cameron Diaz welcomed her first child in 2020. She was 47 at the time and announced the exciting news on Instagram. We are so happy, blessed and grateful to begin this new decade by announcing the birth of our daughter," she and husband Benji Madden wrote in a joint statement. "She is really really cute!! Some would even say RAD."

The pop icon welcomed her first child at 38 and second at age 42. Madonna, now 64, has since adopted four more kids.

Hoda Kotb adopted her first daughter, Haley, when she was 52. She adopted Hope two years later.

Kotb told Dr. Oz in 2018: "I remember I said to Joel, 'I want to ask you a question. I'm going to bring something up to you and don't answer me right now.' I said, 'Just let it marinate for a day or a week or as long as you need.' He said, 'OK.' I said, 'I can't hold it in, so I'm going to say it.' So I said, 'I'd like to explore adoption with you.' And he said, 'I don't need a day.'"

Kristen Wiig had twins via surrogate in 2020 at age 46. In an interview for the September 2020 issue of InStyle, she said, "So many things were bittersweet. I was over the moon feeling them kick for the first time, but then I would get in my head and ask myself all these questions, like, 'Why couldn't I do this?' At the same time I would tell myself it didn't matter. She was giving us the greatest gift, and I just wanted them to get here!" She added, "Overall it was a very beautiful thing, and now that I'm on the other side, I wouldn't have had it any other way."

Sandra Bullock adopted her son, Louis, when she was 45, and adopted her daughter, Laila, a few years later. "I finally realize, 'Oh, this is what I was supposed to do when I grew up," she said. "Not be an actress; to be a mom. . . . This is my purpose," she told Today in 2018.

The TV host, 44, confirmed in Feb. 2023 that she's expecting her first child via surrogate. "Just after a decade of trying everything, we are so grateful to the beautiful family helping us conceive our baby," Menounos told People. "[My husband] Keven, my dad and I are all beyond excited for this soul to come into our lives. What a blessing."

Kristin Davis adopted a daughter when she was 46 and a son when she was 53. "I felt like there was a child out there who I needed to find that was my child. I can't explain it. It was a spiritual kind of a thing . . . [Adoption] is a long road. It's not an easy road," she told Jada Pinkett Smith on an episode of "Red Table Talk."

Michelle Williams, 42, gave birth to her third child in October 2022. Williams quietly confirmed her pregnancy to Variety. "As the years go on, you sort of wonder what they might hold for you or not hold for you. It's exciting to discover that something you want again and again is available one more time," she said. "That good fortune is not lost on me or my family."

The 42-year-old actor announced the birth of her first child in an Instagram post. "Beyond proud to announce the birth of my first child, Royce Lillian, born this past week via surrogate," she wrote. "I can't even describe the love I have for her, she's a beautiful miracle!"