Celebrating These Famous Single Moms
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Mindy Kaling
The hilarious and talented Mindy Kaling is rocking it as a single mother! Her daughter Katherine Kaling was born in 2017 and her son Spencer was born in 2020, but apart from that, Mindy keeps details about her children very private. You go, Mindy!
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Charlize Theron
The stunning and talented Charlize Theron is a single mother of two! She has a son named Jackson and a daughter named August! She once joked that her dogs are her co-parents!
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Michelle Williams
Michelle Williams had no choice but to become a single-mother to daughter Matilda when Heath Ledger passed away in 2008. She has done an incredible job!
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Sandra Bullock
Sandra Bullock is one strong single mom! After she separated from Jesse James in April 2010, she finalized the adoption of her son Louis and then five years later, the actress adopted her daughter Laila.
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Padma Lakshmi
The beautiful Padma Lakshmi was raised by a single-mother herself and so when she was told she couldn't have children but ended up getting pregnant with her now-ex Adam Dell, she totally embraced the role of single-mom to daughter Krishna Thea!
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Jennifer Garner
Jennifer Garner has three kids with actor Ben Affleck. When they separated in 2018, Jennifer has stepped up her game as a single-mother while Ben was in and out of rehab.
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Mary-Louise Parker
Although Mary-Louise Parker shares custody of her son William with ex Billy Crudup, she also adopted a daughter named Caroline Aberash Parker in 2007 on her own. How amazing!
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Denise Richards
Denise Richards is a rock star of a mother! She has two daughters with ex Charlie Sheen AND she adopted another daughter named Eloise on her own.
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Katie Holmes
Katie Holmes has been a single mother to her daughter Suri (born on April 13, 2006) ever since she and Tom Cruise divorced in 2012. Reportedly, Tom didn't even see Suri for quite a few years.
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January Jones
January Jones gave birth to her son in September 2011. She has been rocking single parenthood since then and the father of her child has never been revealed.