Sources told Page Six that Rosario Dawson adopted a 12-year-old girl in October. Dawson herself was adopted by her stepfather when she was a year old.
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Mariska Hargitay laughed to Good Housekeeping that her son August believes his adoptive siblings, Amaya and Andrew Nicholas, were his doing. “August thinks this was all his idea,” Hargitay says in the May issue. “He said, ‘I want a baby sister,’ and Amaya came. Then he said, ‘I want a baby brother,’ and Andrew came.”
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Calista Flockhart adopted son Liam before meeting husband Harrison Ford, and the family couldn’t be happier together. Ford told Parade magazine (via Hollywood Life) in 2010, “I think Liam was about 6 or 8 months old when I met him and Calista. We have been together ever since.”
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Steven Spielberg adopted two children, daughter Mikaela and son Theo. That’s in addition to his five children with wife Kate Capshaw, making their family almost as big as his movies.
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Sandra Bullock got weepy on “The View” when describing her life with son Louie, who was adopted in 2010. “I’m doing the best I can. He’s easy to love,” she said (via the Daily Mail). “I had no idea what love was. I had no idea what lack of sleep was. I had no idea what milestones felt like.”
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Charlize Theron adopted son Jackson in 2012.
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Jillian Michaels adopted her daughter, Lukensia, from Haiti in what she described to People magazine as “an incredibly long process.”
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Madonna adopted son David Banda from Malawi in 2007. In 2009 she returned, adopting daughter Mercy James. Of course, being Madonna, even that was met with controversy, with Mercy’s grandfather telling The Daily Mail, “Nobody has told me a thing about Mercy being in the country or about her welfare since she left us. She has my blood flowing in her veins. It is preposterous that I am not made aware of anything regarding her development … [Madonna] has shown no humanity at all towards us.”
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Mary-Louise Parker adopted daughter Ash in 2007. She told People, “I finally just decided, ‘OK, I’m going to do this, and it’s going to be really hard because I’m single, and I’m going to do it anyway.'” She added that adopting from Ethiopia was a big decision for her — and a proud one. “It had never occurred to me before, but … I wanted to go somewhere where there was a need. It’s not like I only wanted to enlarge my family. I really wanted to give a child a home.” She also has a son with ex Billy Crudup.
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Hugh Jackman and wife Deborra-Lee Furness adopted son Oscar and daughter Ava when Furness miscarried. However, that wasn’t the sole reason for their family expansion. Jackman explained to Katie Couric (via People), “To be clear, Deb and I always wanted to adopt. We didn’t know where in the process that would happen, but biologically, obviously, we tried and it was not happening for us.”
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Jamie Lee Curtis and husband Christopher Guest have two adopted children: Annie, 25, and Tom, 16. Curtis wrote a children’s book called “Tell Me Again About the Night I Was Born” in 1996, which has been embraced by adoptive families. She told Ladies Home Journal (via People), “Adoption is an issue for everybody at all stages. There’s tremendous loss and great love and great warmth.”
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People reports that Julie Andrews and late husband Blake Edwards adopted and raised two Vietnamese orphans in the 1970s.
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Ewan McGregor and wife Eve Mavrakis have two adopted daughters, Jamiyah (from Mongolia) and Annouk. The couple are also parents to daughters Clara and Esther.
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Ty Burrell and wife Holly have two adopted daughters. The “Modern Family” star opened up about the process to The Guardian. “In terms of the amount of ups and downs involved, we found them similar to those which our friends experienced biologically,” Burrell said. “There are extensive background searches and interviews, but really it’s about the birth mother. You hope you suit what she wants, as people.”
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Connie Britton adopted her son, Yoby, from Ethiopia in November 2011. In 2013 she opened up about the experience to Ladies Home Journal (via Us Weekly). “I didn’t think I’d have a baby on my own,” Britton said. “But there’s a lot that comes out of having a plan and then seeing that there’s another way you can go. If you hold hard and fast to the plan regardless of where you’re at, then you go against the flow of your life. Even after a long, difficult day, coming home and being with Yoby just washes any stress away.”
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Charity Care International introduced Emma Thompson to her adopted son, Tindyebwa Agaba, when he was 16. The Daily Mail reports that before meeting Thompson at a Refugee Council party in 2003, Agaba faced a traumatic life: His father died of AIDS and his mother and sister went missing following the Rwandan genocide in 1994. Agaba graduated from college with honors in 2009, explaining in his commencement speech, “I found my first year very difficult, the second year was less difficult and the third year was an absolute blast. So in a nutshell I’ve been from hell to heaven in three years.”
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When Nicole Richie was 3 years old, Lionel Richie took her in, officially adopting her six years later. “My parents were friends with Lionel,” Nicole told People in 2003. “They trusted that they would be better able to provide for me.”
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Tom Cruise and ex-wife Nicole Kidman adopted son Connor and daughter Isabella. Though there were rumors of a rift between the kids and Kidman after her divorce from Cruise, sources tell Us Weekly it’s nothing dramatic. “Isabella does still speak to Nicole, as does Connor, just not as much as they used to when they were younger and Tom and Nicole were together,” a source told the mag in 2012. “Nicole is far away and doesn’t visit L.A. often so there’s naturally going to be that distance.”
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Kristin Davis told Haute Living that adopting her daughter, Gemma Rose, in 2011 changed her priorities dramatically. “Gemma takes up such a big, big part [of my life] in such a wonderful way. Like take going to work: It used to be really important to me, but now I’m like, ‘OK, I’ve got to go to work.’”
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Meg Ryan revealed to Redbook (via People) that when she adopted daughter Daisy from China, a lottery system was involved. “I am convinced, completely convinced that there was nothing random about it,” Ryan said. “She is the daughter I should have. I never felt like I was on a rescue mission or anything like that. I just really wanted a baby; I was on a mission to connect with somebody, and Daisy and I got to meet each other this way at this time. We are so compatible. And also having the experience of having had [son] Jack and now to have Daisy in a different way — there’s no difference in the love you feel.”
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Kirstie Alley adores her adopted children, son William and daughter Lillie, with ex-husband Parker Stevenson. Alley told People, “They are very protective of me. … My best quality is that I’m a good mother.”
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Michelle Pfeiffer opened up to Good Housekeeping (via People) that she met her husband, David E. Kelley, when she was adopting daughter Claudia Rose — and that it actually solidified their relationship. “The adoption process was already in motion when he and I met,” Pfeiffer said. “So when she came, he and I had only been together for about two months. So we had this child with us right away, and most people don’t have that. But I really got to see him in a situation that certainly would separate the boys from the men. Obviously, he really rose to the occasion.”
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Rosie O’Donnell, seen here with second wife Michelle Rounds, is the proud mom of five adopted children: Dakota, 2, with Rounds, and Vivienne, 12, Blake, 15, Chelsea, 17, and Parker, 19, with her ex, Kelli Carpenter.
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Sharon Stone is mom to three adopted sons, Roan, Laird and Quinn. She told AARP magazine, “I’m loving raising my kids. Quinn is in junior kindergarten, and he’s very exclamatory! Like a little FBI agent, he tells you everything that’s happening, so I call him Agent Quinn. ‘Mom! Toots pooped in the yard!’ ‘Thank you, Agent Quinn.’ I’ve made humanitarian causes and my children much more my priority than the Hollywood scene, being liked and getting movie parts.”
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Diane Keaton adopted daughter Dexter and son Duke when she was 50 years old and single. In her memoir, “Then Again” (via the Daily Mail), Keaton writes of motherhood, “I’m sorry, but it’s better than any of your fantasies about love. … It is love. That’s the best thing.”
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Sheryl Crow is the proud adoptive mom to 7-year-old son Wyatt (seen here) and 4-year-old son Levi. Crow revealed to Redbook that Wyatt was delighted when Levi came home. “I’m really close to my family, really close to my siblings, so I love that Wyatt will have his brother. I don’t know if there will be more, but we’ll see.”
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Denise Richards adopted daughter Eloise Joni Richards as a newborn. “She’s brought so much joy, and I love her to pieces,” Richards told Us Weekly. “She is a cuddle bug. She loves being hugged and held.”
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Mia Farrow has four biological children and 11 adopted children, including daughter Soon Yi Previn, who went on to marry Farrow’s own ex, Woody Allen.
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Sharon and Ozzy Osbourne took in Rob Marcato (third from left) when his mother died of cancer. Sharon Osbourne gushed to “Good Morning America” about the informal adoption. “He’s just a gorgeous, gorgeous member of our family that we all love and we’re very lucky to have him,” Sharon said. “He is the only normal person.”
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After adopting daughter Naleigh from South Korea in 2009, Katherine Heigl told Parent and Child magazine (via Us Weekly), “It takes time for a child to trust this new situation and to trust you. My advice is don’t be discouraged. The reward [of adopting] is so great.” In 2012, Heigl and husband Josh Kelley adopted a then-newborn daughter named Adalaide.
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Possibly the most famous brood of all, Brad Pitt and Angelina boast the genetically blessed Shiloh, Vivienne and Knox as well as adopted cuties Zahara (from Ethiopia), Pax (from Vietnam) and Maddox (from Cambodia).
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