50 Coolest Celebrity Moms
The stars we most want in our playgroup.
by Catherine Connors
June 3, 2008
20. Cynthia Nixon
Because she’s proud of being — openly, publicly — in love with another woman, and because she doesn’t mince any words about wanting that woman to officially be her kids’ stepmom.
19. Reese Witherspoon
Because she weathered a very public divorce with dignity. And, also, because when you see those pictures of her out with her kids and Jake Gyllenhaal you root for her to win the whole romance-and-family-bliss package. Even if that really almost never happens in Hollywood.
18. Sheryl Crow
Single mom, battling breast cancer and still maintaining a sizzling career? Definitely cool.
17. Sarah McLachlan
Because she’s managed to maintain a career in the music industry while reserving ample time for her children and keeping them out of the public eye. Also, she is, in my opinion, a far, far superior mom-ambassador for Canadian music than Celine Dion, and so she gets buckets of cool points, just for not being Celine Dion.
16. Jaime Pressly
Because, seriously, if Tina Fey has the market on the urbane, thirty-something funny mom cornered, Jaime’s got the market on the hysterical television redneck mom squared.
15. Lauren Ambrose
Because she played fourteen-year-old virgin Juliet in Central Park’s Shakespeare in the Park presentation of Romeo and Juliet while breastfeeding her baby between scenes. And because she says f*ck a lot and, you know, that resonates with me.
14. Bridget Moynihan
Because she handled the break-up with her uber-jerk, supermodel-chasing ex (and father of her child) — while she was still pregnant — with far more grace than I would have. Which is to say, with far less shrieking and rending of garments. I don’t think she shrieked or tore her clothing once. In fact, she seemed to never bat an eye. That is ice-cold.
13. Salma Hayek
Because she makes me feel good about no longer being the size four/36B that I was before having babies.
12. Gwen Stefani
Because she’s Gwen Stefani, and if there really is such a thing as a bona fide rock star mommy, she’s it.
11. Brooke Shields
Because she didn't take Tom Cruise's shit.
©2008 Babble
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Catherine Connors aka Her Bad Mother is a writer and mother in Toronto, Canada. She can usually be found blogging at Her Bad Mother, where she tries to convince herself and anyone who will listen that Bad is, in fact, the new Good |
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