15 Celebrities Who Hid Their Pregnancy For The Full 9 Months

Last year offered a lot of opportunities for celebrities who wanted to lie low and keep secrets, and Mindy Kaling definitely took advantage of that in a big way! She announced that her second child had been born on September 3, 2020, and even detailed the clever ways she hid her pregnancy throughout the year.

Comedian Jenny Slate also decided to keep news of her pregnancy to herself for most of 2020 before visiting Late Night With Seth Meyers in December 2020 and revealing she was very, very pregnant. Jenny gave birth to her daughter in late December or early January.

Ewan McGregor and Mary Elizabeth Winstead recently celebrated the birth of their son. Ewan's daughters from his previous marriage announced their brother's arrival on their own Instagram accounts, while Ewan and Mary Elizabeth have remained quiet.

Emmy surprised fans in May 2021 by announcing that she and her husband, Sam, had welcomed a daughter. She chose to share the news on Instagram, writing, "On a sunny Monday morning, at 8:13AM, we welcomed our daughter into the world." The pair got married in May 2017.

Little is known about Naomi Campbell's baby, or whether or not Naomi herself carried the child, employed a surrogate, or became a mother through adoption. However it happened, Naomi is a mom and seems happy about it. She shared news of her baby's arrival on Instagram in May 2021, writing, "A beautiful little blessing has chosen me to be her mother. So honoured to have this gentle soul in my life there are no words to describe the lifelong bond that I now share with you my angel. There is no greater love."

Samira and Lauren met on the set of Orange Is the New Black and got married in 2017. In May 2021, Samira revealed that their daughter, George Elizabeth, was born on April 11. On Mother's Day she wrote a post that introduced George. "Happy 1st to my beautiful wife, who four weeks ago today after laboring for almost 3 days gave birth to our first child — our gorgeous daughter, George."

Justin and Jessica definitely pulled a fast one when they chose to completely neglect to tell the public that Jessica was pregnant with their second child or that the child had been born. In fact, the news was confirmed by Justin's former bandmate, Lance Bass!

It's not a huge surprise that Joaquin Phoenix chose to keep news of his first child's birth a secret, as he's been a pretty private person for most of his career. The news was shared by Joaquin's friend, Victor Kossakovsky, at the Zurich Film Festival in 2020.

Carrie Fisher's daughter decided to pull a fast one on fans in September 2020, when she announced on Instagram that she and her fiancé, Austin Rydell, had welcomed their first child together. The baby has a sweet name: Kingston Fisher Lourd Rydell.

After lots of "will they or won't they" speculation, Cameron Diaz and Benji Madden announced that their daughter, Raddix, was born on January 3, 2020. The pair also chose to share this news on Instagram:

"We are so happy, blessed and grateful to begin this new decade by announcing the birth of our daughter, Raddix Madden. She has instantly captured our hearts and completed our family."

These two are known for not even confirming their own relationship, so it's not a surprise that they managed to keep both of Anna's pregnancies a total secret. In 2017, news that they had welcomed twins surprised fans around the world, and they were at it again in 2020, when they shared that their daughter Mary had been born.

No one had any idea Alexis Bledel was even pregnant until her Gilmore Girls costar Scott Patterson accidentally told Glamour that the two have children who are close in age: "She's really blossomed as a woman and now she's a proud new mother and married and happy. We're comparing notes because my son [born July 2014] is about a year and a half older than her young son. I'm showing her photos and videos and what to expect."

Eva and Ryan are so low-key that it's easy to go months without thinking about the fact that they are in a relationship and have children. However, the two managed to pull off a secret pregnancy not once, but twice!

Beyoncé didn't tell anyone in the public that she was pregnant with the pair's oldest child, Blue Ivy, until the VMAs in 2011. Naturally, fans were thrilled when the singer walked onstage cradling her five-month-pregnant belly.

Isla was filming Burke and Hare while pregnant with her first daughter, and she somehow was able to keep her pregnancy a secret while wearing a corset! She also says she suffered intense morning sickness, which costar Simon Pegg apparently never noticed.