The Internet went crazy when reel-life couple Son Ye-jin and Hyun Bin (they played star-crossed lovers in the hit romantic drama Crash Landing On You) went public with their relationship, and subsequently got married with a luxurious wedding in March 2022.

A few months later, on Nov 27, 2022, they welcomed their son, nicknamed “Little Sweet Bean”. The couple have been fiercely protective of his identity, having only shown pictures of his feet on social media.

Jamie Yeo and her British husband Rupert welcomed their son Luke in 2017, when Jamie was 40 years old. She also has an elder daughter, Alysia, from her previous marriage, who is now 13.

The former radio DJ has also opened up about the trauma of having preterm babies, especially with her oldest daughter. She tells The Weekly more here.

Korean mega-star, Choi Ji Woo, made headlines in December 2019 when she announced that she’s pregnant with her first child at the age of 44. On May 16, her agency YG Entertainment confirmed that the Winter Sonata star and her non-celebrity husband welcomed a healthy baby girl in the morning. Congrats to the new mum!

Chinese actress Zhang Ziyi started the year off on a high note by announcing that she gave birth to a baby boy just on New Year’s Day. The 41-year-old is mum for a second time as she already has a daughter, four-year-old Xing Xing, with her rocker husband Wang Feng.

On May 2, 2020, 45-year-old actress Chloe Sevigny gave birth to her first child, a healthy baby boy, who she named Vanja Sevigny Macckovicc. The American Horror Story star had what is considered a “geriatric pregnancy”, which is what the medical world uses for any woman who gets pregnant after they turn 35.

In late 2019, the Japanese singing sensation welcomed a baby boy at age 41. The baby’s father remains a mystery but Ayumi had a sweet message to share on her fan page about her little miracle: “I gave birth to an angel at the end of last year and became a mother. Many times, I get disappointed in myself because I couldn’t achieve the life I want. However, I am very happy to take care of my child and he’s become a part of my life. I would like to thank everyone for being understanding and accepting of me. This also goes out to all the mothers in the world, you deserve [the] utmost respect.”

Two years later in 2021, the J-pop star announced that she had given birth to her second child, though she did not reveal the gender of her baby.

In 2008, the Big Little Lies actress was overjoyed when she gave birth to her first biological daughter at age 41, after experiencing fertility issues for years. In fact, the star has spoken candidly about her struggles to conceive, having suffered an ectopic pregnancy and miscarriage when she was still married to Tom Cruise, leading the couple to adopt two children.

Three years after Sunday Rose was born, she and her husband Keith Urban welcomed their second daughter, Faith Margaret, via surrogate.

Janet Jackson gave birth to her first child in the year that she turned 50 — that’s 2017. The singer postponed her Unbreakable tour the year before to start a family with her husband Wissam Al Mana but sadly, the couple are no longer together.

She was 44 years old when she welcomed Apollo Bowie Flynn to her growing brood of boys. She was already mom to Kingston and Zuma, whom she had in her 30s. Their Dad is rock musician Gavin Rossdale.  The pair, however, had called it quits in 2015 after nearly 12 years of marriage.

Halle Berry was 41 when she had her first child with her ex Gabriel Aubry, daughter Nahla Ariela Aubry, in March 2008. Five years later, her son Maceo-Robert Martinez, whom she shares with ex-husband Olivier Martinez, was born.

In an interview with Instyle, she said, “I felt the sexiest during both my pregnancies. I became a mom at 40. Knowing that someone would always be counting on me made me a better person. I’m more focused and in line with my values and my goals.”

Kim Basinger had her only daughter Ireland — with then-hubby Alec Baldwin — when she was 41. The actress and Alec divorced in 2002 after nine years together.

After multiple rounds of IVF and one devastating miscarriage, Celine Dion was 42 when she gave birth to twin boys, Eddy and Nelson, in 2010. She gave birth to her first child Rene-Charles at the age of 32, and when her late husband Rene Anglil was 59, after a round of IVF treatments.  Angelil passed away in 2016 from throat cancer,

One of the most anticipated celebrity births of 2011, then 42-year-old Mariah Carey gave birth to twins, son Moroccan and daughter Monroe in April of that year. It wasn’t her first pregnancy though. Shortly after getting married, she and then-husband Nick Cannon found out they’d lost their baby.

After having two kids with ex-husband Ethan Hawke, Uma Thurman had her third, Rosalind Arusha Arkadina Altalune Florence Thurman-Busson, in July 2012 at 42 years old with her former fiance Arpad Busson.

In an interview in 2014, she touched on being an older mum, sharing that she was more mature, and no longer felt guilty about being a working mum. When I was younger and became a mother I didn’t think I could do anything else and was completely overwhelmed,” she explained. “I’d feel guilty and afraid if I worked, and guilty and afraid about not working. So it’s awesome to have another baby now I’m a grown-up.”

In April 2002, Julianne Moore welcomed her second child, Liv, at the age of 41. She has an older son, Caleb, who she had when she was in her late 30s. She shares her kids with her husband film director Bart Freundlich.

The pop star gave birth to two children – Lourdes, daughter of Carlos Leon, a personal trainer, at age 38, and Rocco, son of her ex-husband, Guy Ritchie, at age 41.

Text: Shenielle Aloysis, Natalya Molok, Elizabeth Liew, and Michelle Lee

This post was updated on Sep 28, 2023.

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