Compiled by Jason Alcorn, Noah Davis and Erika Gimenes
Kelly Preston, 38
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Daughter: Ella Bleu, 1
Son: Jett, 9
Mommy Moment: Preston on breaking the news she was pregnant with Ella Bleu to hubby John Travolta: “He was away shooting Battlefield Earth, so when he was due home, I wrapped up the little EPT test–you know, the pee-on-the-stick thing–like it was a present. He opened it up and thought it was something to test the water. So I just had to tell him.” — from Britian’s WENN media.
Annette Bening, 42
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Daughters: Kathlyn Elizabeth, 9; Isabel Ira Ashley, 4; Ella Corinne, 1
Son: Benjamin, 6
Mommy Moment: Husband Warren Beatty on his and Annette’s decision to wed–and procreate: “We made Bugsy together, and at the end of the movie, I asked Annette if she wanted to have dinner and have a baby and she said yes. And we did that night.” — from Britain’s WENN media.
Nicole Kidman, 33
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Daughter: Isabella Jane, 8
Son: Connor Anthony, 6
Mommy Moment: Kidman on her crusade to keep the paparazzi away from her kids: “It’s my job as a mother to protect my children and to protect their privacy.” — from the Sydney Morning Herald.
Jada Pinkett Smith, 29
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Daughter: Willow Camille Reign, 1
Son: Jaden Christopher Syre, 3
Mommy Moment: “The one end I cannot slack on is the mothering end…. My kids are so good; I’ve got very well behaved children. I mean, they’re still kids, but they know the boundaries. And once you’ve established those boundaries it’s very clear. You get spanked or punished or whatever it takes – or you get a look.” —Tallahassee Democrat
Madonna, 42
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Daughter: Lourdes, 4
Son: Rocco, 9 months
Mommy Moment: Following the birth of her daughter, Madonna said, ”My daughter comes first, that’s how it’s changed my perspective, and everything else falls behind it. I mean, it’s changed my priorities. And I’m sure that it will affect every decision I will make until I die…. I don’t think I’ll ever make another selfish decision.” —Knight Ridder
Christie Brinkley, 47
Daughter: Alexa, 15; Sailor Lee, 2
Son: Jack, 5
Mommy Moment: “My soul is as a mom–nurturing my babies, making a beautiful home, gardening, and putting down roots. I love all of that.” —Good Housekeeping
Catherine Zeta-Jones, 31
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Son: Dylan Michael, 9 months
Mommy Moment: “When [Dylan] was born it just blew my mind away that a complete little stranger would fill me with this overwhelming desire to nurture and protect him, and I would go to such big lengths to do that.” —InsideOut Film
Susan Sarandon, 34
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Daughter: Eva, 15
Sons: Jack, 11; Miles, 8
Mommy Moment: “I’m rather lenient with my children because I believe parents should err on the side of loving too much…. I’m not interested in raising normal kids. I want to use my celebrity to give them everything I never had.” —Showbizz
Pamela Anderson Lee, 33
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Sons: Dylan, 6; Brandon 5
Mommy Moment: “Once you give birth, once you have kids, you realize what’s important in life, and you realize it’s really not difficult to be a good person. And so when people aren’t good around me, I tend to move away from that. There are so many good people in the world, and you want to surround your children with that. I gave birth at home both times–natural–with a midwife, in water…with nothing.” —celebritywonder.com
Vanessa Williams, 38
Daughters: Melanie, 13; Jillian, 11; Sasha, 2
Son: Devin, 7
Mommy Moment: “This past year I got married to a man who loves me, who’s younger than me, and we have a beautiful baby…. Everything I’ve ever dreamed about has come true.” —People
Kate Winslet
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Daughter: Mia, 7 months
“I adore babies and children, and Jim and I want three or four…. And I want to be a young mom so that my experience of being a child and a teenager is still fresh.” —Telegraph, UK
