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Reese Witherspoon revealed she was pregnant just before filming 'Vanity Fair' (2004) began. Fortunately, the fashion of the time helped conceal her bump, with empire-line gowns and soft, dim lighting minimizing any visibility.
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Bryce Dallas Howard, known for her action roles, appeared in 'Spider-Man 3' (2007) and even performed her own stunts, including a fall from a building. Remarkably, she didn’t find out she was pregnant until after filming was finished.
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Naomi Watts was unaware she was pregnant while filming the 2007 thriller 'Eastern Promises'. She performed intense scenes, like riding a motorbike through traffic, which she likely would have avoided if she had known.
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Isla Fisher managed to keep her pregnancy a secret from her co-stars while filming Burke and Hare in 2010. At just three months pregnant, she was still able to fit into her corset!
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Sarah Jessica Parker became pregnant during the fifth season of 'Sex and the City'. To keep it hidden, the writers dressed her in loose-fitting designer clothes and cut the season short. They decided not to include the pregnancy in the storyline since it didn't fit her character.
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In 'X-Men: Days of Future Past' (2014), Halle Berry was three months pregnant during filming. She had to finish all her scenes quickly before her growing baby bump made it impossible to fit into her leather suit!
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Scarlett Johansson, known for her physical role as Black Widow, had to take it easy during the filming of Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015) because she was pregnant with her first child. Although her pregnancy wasn’t obvious, her stunt double handled the more challenging scenes.
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Emily Blunt was actually pregnant while playing a baker's wife trying to conceive in 'Into the Woods'. To hide her bump, the filmmakers often placed her co-star James Corden in front of her, and they kept raising the apron around her waist as her pregnancy progressed.
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Ellen Pompeo, who plays "Meredith Grey" in 'Grey's Anatomy', revealed she was pregnant during the sixth season. To work around it, the writers decided to write her out of the final episodes, giving her and her baby bump some time off.
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When Lisa Kudrow became pregnant during the filming of 'Friends,' it was written into the storyline that she was acting as a surrogate for her brother and his wife. The same couldn't be done for Courteney Cox due to a previous storyline where "Monica" discovered she couldn't get pregnant. When the actress started to show her bump during the final season, they just dressed her in looser clothes.
See how these actresses hid their baby bumps while filming. From smart wardrobe choices to camera tricks, they kept their pregnancies under wraps.
Discover the behind-the-scenes secrets that let them stay in character without revealing a thing.