Mature Hollywood Moms

Sexy stars like Sheryl, Marcia and Halle made having a baby in middle age look easy.  With busy careers and figures to maintain, Hollywood women are waiting longer and longer before they take the plunge and make some more mouths to feed.  Despite their late start on motherhood, these famous ladies have unlocked the secret to every new mom's goal: to get her banging body back. (After, of course, caring for her newborn. That comes first!) Check out some of the hottest A-listers who became moms after turning 40.

At 40 years old, Mariah is reportedly pregnant with her first child.

At 47, Kelly Preston is expecting twins with her 50-year-old hubby John Travolta.

Moore’s second child Liv Helen was born in 2002 when the actress was 41.  <a href="http://www.radaronline.com/photos/image/38687/2010/01/sexy-starlets-who-had-babies-after-40">Look at more photos of Moore at RadarOnline.com</a> and catch another natural redhead <a href="http://www.radaronline.com/photos/image/38072">here in this gallery of Lindsay Lohan rocking her beach body in St. Barts</a>.

Halle Berry became a mom at 41 when she gave birth to daughter Nahla in 2008.  <a href="http://www.radaronline.com/photos/image/38665/2010/01/sexy-starlets-who-had-babies-after-40">See more of the sexy Berry here</a> and after finishing up with the X-Men star <a href="http://www.radaronline.com/photos/image/23950">check out other sci-fi stunners in bikinis at RadarOnline.com</a>.

Christie Brinkley was 44 when she gave birth to her third child, Sailor Lee. <a href="http://www.radaronline.com/photos/image/38660/2010/01/sexy-starlets-who-had-babies-after-40">See more of the stunning Brinkley at RadarOnline.com</a> and further your blonde ambitions by <a href="http://www.radaronline.com/photos/image/38232/2010/01/sienna-miller-and-her-pink-bikini">checking out the latest photos of Sienna Miller in a bikini</a>.

She adopted two kids with Tom Cruise in her 20s, but Oscar-winning actress Nicole Kidman was 41 when she gave birth to daughter Sunday Rose in 2008.   <a href="http://www.radaronline.com/photos/image/38700/2010/01/sexy-starlets-who-had-babies-after-40">See more photos of Kidman here</a> and catch more bikini action from another leggy actress <a href="http://www.radaronline.com/photos/image/37788/2009/12/molly-sims-struts-her-stuff-mexico">in this gallery of Molly Sims’ Mexican getaway</a>.

Having given birth for the first time at 44, Marcia Cross made up for lost time by welcoming two little bundles of joy in 2007: fraternal twin girls Eden and Savannah.  <a href="http://www.radaronline.com/photos/image/38673/2010/01/sexy-starlets-who-had-babies-after-40">Check out more of the actress at RadarOnline.com</a> and for more Desperate Housewives action <a href="http://www.radaronline.com/photos/image/7481/2009/06/eva-longoria-parker-bikini-beautiful">see sultry bikini shots of her co-star Eva Longoria</a>.

Holly Hunter gave birth to twin girls in 2006 when she was 47, making her a new mom twice over just three years shy of the big 5-0. <a href="http://www.radaronline.com/photos/image/38732/2010/01/sexy-starlets-who-had-babies-after-40">See more of the Saving Grace star at RadarOnline.com</a> and scope out another television star’s beachside romp <a href="http://www.radaronline.com/photos/image/37523/2009/12/brooke-hogans-miami-bikini-day">in this gallery of Brooke Hogan in Miami</a>.

Jennifer Beals of 'Flashdance' fame became a mom at 41 when she gave birth to a baby girl in 2005.  <a href="http://www.radaronline.com/photos/image/38692/2010/01/sexy-starlets-who-had-babies-after-40#image-load">Check out more of the L Word actress here</a> and for other hotties who have blood-sucking connections <a href="http://www.radaronline.com/photos/image/37931/2009/12/vampire-diaries-st%20ars-hit-beach">click here for the Vampire Diaries cast in bikinis</a>.

Already mom to a daughter, Madge added to her brood at 41 when she and Guy Ritchie welcomed son Rocco into the world in 2000. Since then, she's adopted two more children. <a href="http://www.radaronline.com/photos/image/38696/2010/01/sexy-starlets-who-had-babies-after-40">See more hot shots of the material girl here</a> and for more tongue-wagging pictures <a href="http://www.radaronline.com/photos/image/38368/2010/01/victoria-silvstedt-st-barths">check out Victoria Silvstedt’s recent bikini-filled vacation</a>.

Crow adopted two-week old Wyatt in 2007 when she was 45. Adopting makes getting your body back a lot easier! <a href="http://www.radaronline.com/photos/image/38718/2010/01/sexy-starlets-who-had-babies-after-40">Catch more of the crooner here</a> and for more of a rocking good time <a href="http://www.radaronline.com/photos/image/38249/2010/01/gwen-stephanis-red-bikini">check out some red hot bikini shots of fellow singer Gwen Stefani on a recent vacation with her two sons.</a>