10 Black Women Who Gave Birth After 40, Proving It’s Never Too Late - Page 4

3. Maya Rudolph gave birth to her fourth child at 41

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Maya Rudolph and her long-time partner have been together since 2001. She welcomed her first child in 2005, her second in 2009, her third in 2011, and they completed the family in 2013, when she was 41 years old. The actress, now 52, reflected on how her motherhood journey helped keep her grounded in an interview with Harper’s BAZAAR.

“I cheated my way to the place of shedding bullshit by having a child. It’s a really direct line to getting to what’s important. I don’t know that I would have been able to personally do that on my own without following that trajectory. I think having a child was really helpful to ground me solidly in a place of “These things need to get done” or “Everybody is going to Madison Square Garden tonight to see Andy [Samberg] sing with Justin Timberlake, and my daughter has a fever. I’m going home.”