There are some celebrities who love to celebrate their pregnancies under the spotlight, whether they call the paps whenever they’re headed to an OB/GYN appointment or Instagramming every time they get sick. Then there are these covert celebs, who prove that it is possible to keep a secret in Hollywood. And not just any secret — a family secret. Dun-dun-duuuuuuuuun.

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Kerry Washington
Washington has always kept her personal life on the DL, so we wouldn't be surprised if you didn't know that the actress is not only married (to retired NFLer and aspiring actor Nnamdi Asomugha) but the couple also have two children — daughter Isabelle and son Caleb. Bravo to Kerry, for keeping her private life private.
Kerry's — and other celebs' — pregnancy style, though ...
Kerry's — and other celebs' — pregnancy style, though ...

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Sandra Bullock
In January 2010, before she won the Oscar for her role in The Blind Side and while still married to that wretched cheater, Jesse James, the couple quietly adopted son Louis. And if you don't subscribe to People magazine, then you may have missed the December 2015 issue in which Sandy covered the mag with another child, revealing that she adopted a little girl named Laila.

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Sacha Baron Cohen
He's known for playing the most ridiculous roles, almost nothing paternal at all. But while he's wild on-screen, off-screen is a completely different story and he, wife Isla Fisher and their THREE CHILDREN (!!!) stay out of the spotlight as much as possible.

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Vin Diesel
He may be fast, furious and Groot-y, but Vin also happens to be a father of three. He and partner Paloma Jiménez are the proud parents of Hania, Vincent, and Pauline (who was named for his Fast and Furious co-star Paul Walker). We're not crying, you're crying.

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Matthew Rhys
Rhys and his The Americans co-star, Keri Russell, became in 2013 and pretty much kept to themselves — so much so that no one really knew she was pregnant with their child. It's like they were low-profile spies IRL too! Son Sam was born in May 2016, making him the younger sibling of Russell's two kids with ex Shane Deary.

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Alexis Bledel
Maybe because she still has the face of a young child but Bledel and husband Vincent Kartheiser, who met on the set of Mad Men, are notoriously private and the only reason we ever knew about the actress' pregnancy was when her Gilmore Girls co-star, Scott Patterson, let it slip. They have a son whom they welcomed in the fall of 2015. That's all we know — and probably all we'll ever know.

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Matt LeBlanc
Matt's nothing like Joey Tribbiani, nor is he like the Matt LeBlanc you may have seen on Episodes — except for the fact that Episodes Matt and Real-Life Matt both have kids. While on-screen he has two boys, LeBlanc and first wife Melissa McKnight had a daughter, Marina, in 2004.
"I remember when my daughter Marina was born," LeBlanc told The Telegraph. "The second I laid eyes on her, I was in love, and I had never felt that way before. I couldn't believe it. I knew from that moment there was nothing that would ever stop me from loving her — even if she crashed my Ferrari." That's love right there.
"I remember when my daughter Marina was born," LeBlanc told The Telegraph. "The second I laid eyes on her, I was in love, and I had never felt that way before. I couldn't believe it. I knew from that moment there was nothing that would ever stop me from loving her — even if she crashed my Ferrari." That's love right there.

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Leighton Meester
The actress formerly best known for being Blair Waldorf now plays a single parent on TV's Single Parents — but it's still hard to believe the actress is a mom IRL too. She and husband Adam Brody (another surprise) welcomed daughter Arlo in 2015.
"I don't talk about Arlo very much," she told Refinery29. "I am very proud of that area of my life. But I'm also really proud of the show [the now-defunct Making History], and of the work I do. I think the perception is: You're an ingenue, or you're an icon, or you're a mom. There's no in between." Touché, Leighton. Touché.
"I don't talk about Arlo very much," she told Refinery29. "I am very proud of that area of my life. But I'm also really proud of the show [the now-defunct Making History], and of the work I do. I think the perception is: You're an ingenue, or you're an icon, or you're a mom. There's no in between." Touché, Leighton. Touché.

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Idris Elba
The Sexiest Man Alive (technically, this year, for some; for the rest of us, forever and ever) actually has two children: daughter Isan with ex-wife Kim Nørgaard, and son Winston with Elba's former girlfriend, Naiyana Garth. At one point, Idris thought he was the father of another boy but a paternity test proved he wasn't.
"It wasn't immediately obvious — well, it was, because he didn't look like me. But it wasn't immediately obvious what had gone down," he told GQ in 2013. "To be given that and then have it taken away so harshly was like taking a full-on punch in the face: POW."
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"It wasn't immediately obvious — well, it was, because he didn't look like me. But it wasn't immediately obvious what had gone down," he told GQ in 2013. "To be given that and then have it taken away so harshly was like taking a full-on punch in the face: POW."
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Jeremy Renner
Renner's marriage to Sonni Pacheco lasted 10 months, which was less than it took them to finalize their divorce. But after the year-long battle, they share custody of daughter Ava Berlin, who was born in March 2013.
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Rachel McAdams
McAdams not only kept her pregnancy under wraps but we also had no idea she delivered. The first time she spoke about motherhood was in November 2018, when she opened up for the first time about her son with boyfriend Jamie Linden.
"It's the greatest thing that's ever happened to me, hands down," McAdams told The Sunday Times. "[People say] your life is not your own anymore, but I had 39 years of me, I was sick of me, I was so happy to put the focus on some other person."
"It's the greatest thing that's ever happened to me, hands down," McAdams told The Sunday Times. "[People say] your life is not your own anymore, but I had 39 years of me, I was sick of me, I was so happy to put the focus on some other person."

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Tom Hardy
Hardy may be our favourite bad boy but there's a reason he's mastered the art of telling a bedtime story. It's because he happens to be the father of two — eight-year-old Louis, with ex-girlfriend Rachael Speed, and another son, name unknown, with wife Charlotte Riley. Night, night.

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Sofia Vergara
Vergara is mom to 24-year-old Manolo, whom she had when she was 19 with high school sweetheart Joe Gonzalez. They divorced a year after he was born and she's now married to Joe Manganiello.
Other celebrities who became moms at a young age.
Other celebrities who became moms at a young age.

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Norman Reedus
We're used to seeing The Walking Dead star kicking ass and taking names but that doesn't mean he lacks a paternal side. On the contrary, Reedus is the father of two — 19-year-old son Mingus with ex Helena Christensen, and a reported months-old daughter with girlfriend Diane Kruger.
Other celebrity kids who've grown up so fast.
Other celebrity kids who've grown up so fast.

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Hugh Grant
The actor isn't just a dad; he's a dad five times over. You read that right — five. And it's a little bit scandalous. His eldest daughter, Tabitha, came from his relationship with ex Tinglan Hong. He then had sons John and Felix — John with Anna Eberstein; Felix with Hong. In fact, the boys are only five months apart in age. Things with Hong didn't work out but Grant and Eberstein did. They had two more children and are now married. FIVE.

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Rainn Wilson
It's hard to imagine Wilson as a dad, only because all we see is Dwight Schrute. On the contrary, the actor has a 14-year-old son, Walter, with wife Holiday Reinhorn. As long as he plays no pranks on his dad, we think they're probably doing just fine.

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Donald Glover
The first and only time we knew Glover/a.k.a. Childish Gambino had a child was during his 2017 Golden Globes acceptance speech. "I really want to say thank you to my son, and the mother of my son, for making me believe in people again and things being possible." He's basically a ninja.

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Scarlett Johansson
ScarJo may be in the throes of a new-ish relationship with SNL star Colin Jost but she still has tons of time for her daughter, Rose, of whom she shares custody with ex-husband Romain Dauriac.

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Eva Mendes and Ryan Gosling
OK, technically we know that Eva and Ryan have two daughters; they themselves have talked about them during interviews and speeches. But it's still hard to believe — mainly because they keep their girls hidden.
Mendes managed to keep her first pregnancy hidden for seven months, and her second time expecting, she kept it a secret even longer. They've never made announcements; daughters Esmeralda and Amada simply exist. Somewhere. Somewhere we'll never know.
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Mendes managed to keep her first pregnancy hidden for seven months, and her second time expecting, she kept it a secret even longer. They've never made announcements; daughters Esmeralda and Amada simply exist. Somewhere. Somewhere we'll never know.
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