Nancy Grace – 48
TV journalist Nancy Grace has been known to stir the pot when a big story hits the news. However, these days she’s busy raising two teens. Grace never thought she’d get married after the tragic death of her fiance; however, that all changed in 2007. After keeping in touch with a friend from college for years, it became clear that the two had a deeper connection.
Grace married her former classmate, Atlanta investment banker David Linch, in a spur-of-the-moment ceremony in 2007. That same year she gave birth to twins, John and Lucy, at the age of 48!
Audra McDonald - 46
Broadway actress Audra McDonald has two children under her belt. Her first, daughter Zoe, was born in 2000 during her marriage to bassist Peter Donovan. The two split in 2009, and just a few years later, McDonald married a fellow theater actor, Will Swenson in 2012, and the pair are still cohabitating and doing the parenting thing together to this day.
The couple was ecstatic to learn that they were expecting a child together. In 2016, McDonald gave birth to another daughter, Sally James, at the age of 46. Swenson also has two children from a previous relationship, making them quite the modern family!
Geri Halliwell - 44
Former Spice Girl Geri Halliwell has come a long way since her days on tour. Today she has two children. Her first is with her ex-boyfriend, screenwriter Sacha Gervasi. Together they have a daughter named Bluebell Madonna, born in 2006 when Halliwell was 34 years old.
She later began dating Christian Horner, the team principal of Red Bull Racing Formula One in 2014. The couple was married just over a year later and didn’t wait long to try for kids. With the help of IVF, Halliwell gave birth to her second child, a son named George, in 2017. She was 44 years old at the time.
Kelly Preston - 48
Actress Kelly Preston had three children with her actor husband, John Travolta. Their first child, Jett, was born in 1992, eight years before their daughter Ella Bleau was born. Unfortunately, their son passed away in 2009 after hitting his head in the bathtub during a seizure. In addition to being autistic, Jett had Kawasaki Syndrome, which caused the attacks. The couple was shocked to learn that Preston was pregnant the following year.
Benjamin was born in 2010 when the actress was 48-years-old! She described how she learned she was expecting, saying that when she found out she was pregnant, she was floored. She snuck out of bed and then woke Travolta up, they both started crying with joy. Preston recently passed away in 2020 after battling breast cancer for two years.
Uzo Aduba - 42
Uzo Aduba married her kindred soul, filmmaker Robert Sweeting, in a secret ceremony in New York. Since the two kept their relationship pretty low-key, it's not clear when they met, but they tied the knot in 2020. The "Orange Is the New Black" and "In Treatment" actress took to Instagram to reveal that she and her husband would be expecting at some point in 2023.
At the age of 42, this would be her first child that she would be delivering. Aduba stated that she and her hubby were so happy and beyond excited to enter the next phase of life with the new baby that was entering theirs. She added that she was beyond excited to get to be someone's mommy.