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Very little is known, too, about the children of Enrique Iglesias and Anna Kournikova. The couple has been together since 2001 and they have three children.
Their twins, Nicholas and Lucy, were born in 2017 and their daughter, Mary, was born in January 2020. In both cases the pregnancy was kept a secret.
Actors Ellen Barkin and Gabriel Byrne were married for 11 years and have two kids. Their son, Jack, was born in 1989 and their daughter, Romy, was born in 1992.
Sources suggest that Keener gets on well with her son and that they have a close relationship. He is a musician.
Actors Catherine Keener and Dermot Mulroney were married in November 1990 and had one son, Clyde Keener Mulroney, who was born in 1999. They divorced in 2007.
Of course, it is common knowledge that Eva Mendes and Ryan Gosling are an item. Fewer people are aware that they also have two daughters, Esmeralda and Amada.
Actors Billy Crudup and Mary Louise Parker started going out in 1996. Crudup left Parker for Claire Danes in 2003, while Parker was seven months pregnant with their son.
Sources suggest the pair put their differences aside in order to raise the baby, whom they named William.
Fishburne and Torres announced their split in 2017, although they issued a statement describing their plan to continue raising their daughter as a team.
Although the couple spilt in 2003, they still appear together sometimes on social media.
The couple married in 1997, only to separate in 1999. Hamilton once described her marriage to Cameron as, "Terrible on every level. I wasn't ready, he wasn't ready."
Sources suggest that actors Michael Sheen and Kate Beckinsale met in the mid '90s. Their daughter, Lily Mo Sheen, was born in January 1999.
The fact that the couple had a son was revealed by 'Gilmore Girls' co-star Scott Paterson, who told Glamour that Bledel was "a proud new mother and married and happy."
In October 2020, Brody told People that pandemic babies have their benefits. "You've gotten to be in a cocoon. The world outside is scary for the moment and also thrilling and hopeful."
Actor couple Laurence Fishburne and Gina Torres were married in September 2002 and their daughter, Delilah, was born in 2007. Fishburne also has two children from a previous marriage.
In 2020, Enos told People how much she likes spending time with her husband and children: "We put an easel in the kitchen, so while we're cooking, they'll stand there and draw."
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Actors Alexis Bledel and Vincent Kartheiser were married from 2014 to 2022. In 2015, they welcomed a baby boy completely under wraps: for a long time neither his name nor photos were released.
Actress Rashida Jones and musician Ezra Koenig are another couple that managed to keep the birth of their child under wraps, at least for a few months.
Their sons Rocco and Rafa were born in 2016 and 2017 respectively. Byrne is also stepmother to Cannavale's son from his previous marriage to Jenny Lumet.
TV power couple Adam Brody and Leighton Meester married in 2014 and had their daughter, Arlo Day, in 2015. They took fans by surprise with the sudden announcement of their son's birth in 2020.
Their son, Isaiah, was born in 2018, and Us Weekly reported on it months after the event. Sources suggest that Koenig enjoys playing music to his son.
Actors Mireille Enos and Alan Ruck were married in 2008. They have two children together: a daughter born in 2010 and a son born in 2014.
Film legends Malcolm McDowell and Mary Steenburgen were married in September 1980. Their daughter, Lilly, was born in 1981 and their son, Charlie, was born in 1983.
There are very few photos of the couple in public, let alone their children. Mendes has previously spoken about wanting to give them as much privacy as possible.
Celebrity couple Rose Byrne and Bobby Cannavale also like to live their private life away from the cameras. They have been together since 2012.
Adam Driver is famously private about his personal life, so much so that he and his wife Joanne Tucker kept the birth of their son a secret for two years.
Director James Cameron and actress Linda Hamilton met on the set of 'The Terminator' (1984). They apparently started dating in secret, and their daughter, Josephine, was born in 1993.
Jack is a musician, and Romy is an actress. Apparently the parents are still on good terms since their amicable split, and the family spends the kids' birthdays together.
There are some celebrity couples whose children are constantly in the spotlight. They have no problem posting pictures of them to Instagram, or even walking them down the red carpet. Then there are other celebrity couples who, by contrast, do everything they can to keep their children completely out of the spotlight. The result is that sometimes we forget (or never knew to begin with) who shares children with whom.
Check out this gallery for some celebs who you might not know share children.
The secret came out when Tucker's sister accidentally made her Instagram account public in 2018. According to Driver, keeping the secret was a "military operation."
McDowell and Steenburgen have been divorced since 1990. Charlie McDowell is a writer and director, married to Phil Collins' daughter and 'Emily in Paris' star Lilly Collins. As for Charlie's sister Lilly McDowell, she's an actress and has appeared on 'Curb Your Enthusiasm' and 'Sons of Anarchy.'
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There are some celebrity couples whose children are constantly in the spotlight. They have no problem posting pictures of them to Instagram, or even walking them down the red carpet. Then there are other celebrity couples who, by contrast, do everything they can to keep their children completely out of the spotlight. The result is that sometimes we forget (or never knew to begin with) who shares children with whom.
Check out this gallery for some celebs who you might not know share children.