Top 16 Celebrity Mothers of Twins

Angelina Jolie gave birth to boy/girl twins on Saturday, July 12, 2008. Knox Leon and Vivienne Marcheline were delivered by cesarean section at a hospital in Nice, France and weighed about five pounds each. The twins are the fifth and sixth children for the celebrity couple, including three adopted children, (Maddox, 6, Pax,4, and Zahara, 3), and a biological daughter, Shiloh, who turned 2 in May 2008.

The elegant, Oscar-winning star of movies such as "Pretty Woman," "Erin Brockovich," and "Oceans 11" gave birth to boy/girl twins, Hazel and Phinnaeus, in November, 2004. The twins were reportedly the result of in-vitro fertilization, although twins do run in her family. The twins were born several weeks early and Julia was put on bed rest during her pregnancy. She is married to cinematographer Danny Moder and gave birth to another son in 2007.

Laura Bush is the wife of George W. Bush, forty-third president of the United States. She's also a mother of twin girls, Barbara and Jenna Bush, born in 1981. The girls are named after their grandmothers.

Jennifer Lopez is recognized as a superstar singer and actress, and also known for her offscreen romances with Sean Combs and Ben Affleck. After marrying Marc Anthony in 2004, the couple had twins in February 2008. Max and Emme made their media debut in People magazine at just a month old.

Talk about a "soccer mom"! Married to professional baseball player Nomar Garciaparra, professional soccer player ar Mia Hamm is a mom of twin girls. Grace Isabella and Ava Caroline were born March 28, 2007. Generally considered the world's best female soccer player, Hamm led the U.S. Women's Soccer team to Olympic gold in 1996 and again Athens in 2004 and was part of World Cup Champion teams in 1991 and 1999.

Imagine the lullabies this mom of twins would sing! Diana Krall is a Grammy award-winning jazz musician married to singer/songwriter Elvis Costello. The musical couple had twin boys, Dexter Henry Lorcan and Frank Harlan James, in December 2006.

She's not a famous singer, actress, politician or historial figure. In fact, Kate Gosselin's fame is the result of being a mother of multiples - twice over. she's a mom of twin girls (Cara Nicole and Madelyn Kate, born in October 2000). Then, she and her husband Jon decided to try for "just one more." Kate gave birth to sextuplets (yep, six babies!) in May 2004: Alexis Faith, Hannah Joy, Aaden Jonathan, Collin Thomas, Leah Hope and Joel Kevin. The family's life has been documented in the popular television series "Jon and Kate Plus 8" which airs on Discovery Health and TLC. A book to be released in late 2008 will detail their story and the faith that has sustained them through their journey.

Actress Marcia Cross has played some interesting roles on popular television programs, from the insane Kimberly on Melrose Place to the perfectionist Bree on Desperate Housewives. But her role as mother of twins is her favorite. She and her husband, Tom Mahoney, became the parents of fraternal girls named Eden and Savannah, on February 20, 2007.

Cleopatra was an ancient Egyptian queen, in fact the last pharaoh of Egypt before the area was taken into Roman rule. She was born in 69 B.C. She had twins, Alexander Helios and Cleopatra Selene, with Marc Antony, a Roman governor. (Not to be confused with Jennifer Lopez's husband, the singer Marc Anthony.)

Joan Lunden is an author and television personality, and a mom of twins -- times two. The former host of Good Morning America had already raised three daughters when she and her husband Jeff Konigsberg had twins in 2003 via a surrogate mother. Lunden was well into her 50s and had tried and failed to become pregnant via in vitro. Max and Kate were born in 2003, followed by Kimberly Elise and Jack Andrew in 2005.


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