9 Dedicated Actors Who Still Filmed While Their Pregnancy

Many famous women have given birth on sets of movies and TV shows. While the pregnancies of some of these great mothers were incorporated into the plots of their respective roles, others hid their growing bellies behind bulky props and costumes. This list of pregnant actresses who have worked in cinema and television is generally ordered by the level of celebrity each actress has achieved.
What well-known actress gave birth during filming? Our number one choice is Julia Roberts. While filming Ocean's Twelve in 2004, Julia Roberts discovered she was carrying twins. While filming Eastern Promises in 2007, Naomi Watts unexpectedly discovered she was pregnant after two weeks. She portrays a midwife in the film who wants a baby. Helena Bonham Carter directed Tim Burton's 2007 picture Sweeney Todd while she was seven months pregnant with their first child.
There have been several pregnant actresses and other TV personalities. Season five of "Sex and the City" was shot while Sarah Jessica Parker was pregnant with her first child. Since there were only eight episodes in the season, Parker could rest easy and avoid working late into her pregnancy. Season 3 of "Seinfeld" was shot while Julia Louis-Dreyfus was pregnant. She hid the fact that she was expecting by using several huge cushions.

1. Emily Blunt

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Emly Blunt's second daughter, Violet, was conceived while filming Girl on the Train in 2016. She claims that being pregnant "just contributed to [her] delicate state" while playing the emotionally tormented character of Rachel.

2. Julia Roberts

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Ocean's Twelve was filmed in 2004 while Julia Roberts was pregnant with her twins, Hazel and Phinnaeus Moder.

3. Jennifer Garner

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Jennifer Garner's first daughter was born in 2005, when she was filming Alias. In the color violet, Affleck. A daughter was born to her character, Sydney Bristow, during the fifth season.

4. Reese Witherspoon

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While filming Vanity Fair in 2004, Reese Witherspoon was expecting her second child, Deacon Phillippe. She felt that being pregnant gave her an advantage when performing. Having a baby offered her "much more to play with," she added. "I adore the brightness that pregnancy provides, the fleshiness, the large bosom," she remarked.

5. Sarah Jessica Parker

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While filming Season 5 of Sex and the City, Sarah Jessica Parker was pregnant with her first child. As Parker's pregnancy progressed, she was spared further work as the season only had 8 episodes. In 2002, she gave birth to a son, James Wilkie Broderick.

6. January Jones

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As Season 5 of Mad Men was being shot, January Jones was pregnant. Her character gained weight during the season to hide the pregnancy, and Jones used clever makeup to make it look like the weight was distributed evenly throughout her body. Her son Xander was born in September 2011.

7. Naomi Watts

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While filming Eastern Promises in 2007, Naomi Watts unexpectedly discovered she was pregnant after two weeks. She portrays a midwife in the film who really wants a baby. Sasha Schreiber, her first child, was born in July 2007.

8. Courteney Cox

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While filming the last season of Friends, Courteney Cox was seven months along. Producers hid Cox's pregnancy by having her wear baggy clothes because Monica Geller Bing couldn't have children. Coco Arquette was born in June 2004, and in the series finale, Monica took her newborn twins from foster care to join her family.

9. Julia Louis-Dreyfus

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Season 3 of Seinfeld was filmed with Julia Louis-Dreyfus throughout her pregnancy. She hid the fact that she was expecting by using a number of huge cushions. In 1992, she gave birth to her first child, a son named Henry Hall.