40 stars who have had babies in their forties: Halle Berry to Madonna and Kareena Kapoor

Stars have spoken candidly about adding to their families in their forties

Spice Girl Geri Halliwell had son Montague Horner in 2017, when she was 44. Getty Images

Madonna was 41 when she had son Rocco Ritchie in 2000. Reuters

Halle Berry had both her children over the age of 40. She welcomed daughter Nahla Ariela Aubry when she was aged 41 and son Maceo Robert Martinez aged 47. Getty Images

Actress Julianne Moore is mum to Caleb and Liv Freundlich. She welcomed daughter Liv in 2002 when she was 41. Getty Images

Naomi Watts is mum to Sasha and Kai Schreiber. She welcomed Kai when she was aged 40. GC Images

Susan Sarandon had her sons Miles Robbins and Jack Henry Robbins when she was 42 and 45, respectively. Getty Images

Christie Brinkley was 44 when she had youngest daughter Sailor Lee Brinkley-Cook, who is now aged 23. AFP

Nicole Kidman had her daughter Sunday Rose, now 13, when she was 41. GC Images

Actress Brooke Shields is mum to Rowan and Grier Henchy with her husband Chris Henchy. Shields gave birth to Grier in 2006, aged 40. Getty Images

Meryl Streep had her youngest daughter, Louisa Gummer, when she was 40. AFP

Salma Hayek was aged 41 when she had daughter Valentina Paloma Pinault, now 14. AFP

Jennifer Connelly's had her youngest child, Agnes Bettany, at 40. GC Images

Kareena Kapoor Khan's son Jehangir was born when the actress was aged 40. Getty Images

Iman had daughter Alexandria Jones in 2000 when she was 44. GC Images

Annette Bening had youngest daughter, Ella Beatty, in 2000 when she was aged 41. Getty Images

Kim Basinger was 41 when she had daughter, Ireland Baldwin, now aged 26. AFP

Laura Linney was aged 49 when she had her son, Bennett Armistead Schauer. AFP

Stylist Rachel Zoe is mum to Skyler and Kaius Berman with husband Rodger Berman. Kaius was born when Zoe was aged 42. AFP

Celine Dion welcomed her twin sons Eddy and Nelson when she was aged 42. Getty Images

Eva Longoria welcomed her son Santiago Enrique Baston when she was 43. Getty Images

Molly Ringwald was 41 when she welcomed twins Adele Georgiana Gianopoulos, pictured, and Roman Stylianos Gianopoulos. AFP

Eva Mendes, now 48, was 40 when she had daughter Esmeralda and 42 when she welcomed Amada. AFP

Actress Marcia Gay Harden was 44 when she had twins Julitta Dee Harden Scheel, pictured, and Hudson Harden Scheel in 2004. AFP

Tina Fey was 41 when she had youngest daughter Penelope Athena Richmond, right. WireImage

Alanis Morissette has three children, Onyx Solace, Ever Imre and Winter Mercy Morissette-Treadway. She had son, Winter, in 2019 when she was aged 45. AFP

British TV presenter Amanda Holden is mum to Hollie Rose Hughes and Alexa Louise Florence Hughes. She had her youngest daughter, Alexa, in 2012 when she was aged 41. GC Images

Gwen Stefani with her husband Blake Shelton. She has three sons with her ex-husband Gavin Rossdale - Zuma, Kingston, pictured, and her youngest, Bowie, pictured, whom she had when she was 44. AFP

Tana Ramsay, wife of TV chef Gordon Ramday, is a mum of five, she had her youngest son, Oscar, when she was 44. Getty Images

Bollywood star Neha Dhupia was 41 when she welcomed her second child, a son, in 2021. AFP

Uma Thurman was 42 when she welcomed youngest child, daughter Luna Thurman-Busson in 2012. Getty Images

Helen Hunt was 41 when she had daughter Makena Lei Gordon Carnahan in 2004. Getty Images

Bollywood star Farah Khan was 43 when she had triplets Czar, Anya and Diva Kunder in 2008. AFP

Alyssa Milano was 41 when she had daughter Elizabella Bugliari. AFP

Mariah Carey was 42 when she had twins Monroe Cannon and Moroccan Scott Cannon in 2011. AFP

Jane Krakowski was 42 when she had son Bennett Robert Godley. AFP

Molly Sims is mum to Brooks Alan, Grey Douglas and Scarlett May. She gave birth to Grey and Scarlett when she was 43 and 41, respectively. EPA

Mary Stuart Masterson had her son Phineas Bee when she was 43, and twin son and daughter Wilder and Clio at the age of 45. Reuters

TV presenter Christine Lampard is mum to Patricia Charlotte and Frederick George Lampard. She gave birth to her son at the age of 42 in 2021. Getty Images

Geena Davis had all three of her children in her 40s. She was aged 46 when she welcomed daughter Alizeh in 2002 and 48 when she had twin sons, Kian and Kaiis in 2004. EPA

Jennifer Love Hewitt, 43, is mum to Autumn, Atticus and Aidan Hallisay. Aidan, who is now 7 months old was born in 2021, when the actress was aged 42. Getty Images

Britney Spears has announced that she is pregnant with her third child, which she will give birth to later this year.

The Toxic singer is 40, so depending on how far along she currently is, she will either be aged 40 or 41 when she welcomes the new arrival. She is already mum to two sons — Sean Preston, 16, and Jayden James, 15 — with Kevin Federline. This will be her first child with fiance Sam Asghari.

There is no set timeline on a woman having a family, as Hollywood stars have proven by adding to their broods or starting their families in their forties.

Click thorough the gallery above to see 40 stars who have had babies in their forties.

Halle Berry, Madonna and Kareena Kapoor Khan all had children during their fifth decade.

Berry, 55, who is mum to Nahla, whom she welcomed aged 41, and son Maceo, whom she had at 47, spoke candidly about having a "geriatric pregnancy" during an interview with Ellen DeGeneres.

"I was, you know, on my way … this is probably way TMI, but I was really, you know, kinda premenopausal so to have this happen was a huge [shock]," she said of her second pregnancy.

Salma Hayek says she is happy that she had her daughter Valentina, now aged 16, when she was 41.

“I thought I was going to need help getting pregnant, and I didn’t,” she said in a conversation with WebMD.

“I’m a more fulfilled human being now, and I probably wouldn’t have been 10 years ago. She gets a better mother for being born now.”

This sentiment is not echoed by British actress Naomi Watts who has sons Kai, 13, and Sasha, 14, with ex-husband Liev Schreiber.

“I should have had more kids, started younger,” Watts told People magazine in 2014. She was aged 40 when she had Kai.