Stars–they’re just like us? When you’re talking about infertility and surrogacy, that statement rings true. Surrogacy is more common in Hollywood than you’d think. For a multitude of reasons, countless celebrities have used surrogates to carry their children, and the list just keeps growing. You may not have known about these 7 celebrities who used surrogates!
1. Kanye West and Kim Kardashian West
Kanye West and Kim Kardashian West hired a surrogate to carry their third child. With her first pregnancy, Kim suffered preeclampsia, which forced her to deliver at 34 weeks. After her second pregnancy, her doctors advised against trying to become pregnant again.
2. Sarah Jessica Parker and Matthew Broderick
Sarah Jessica Parker and Matthew Broderick’s twin girls Lorette and Tabitha were both born via surrogate in 2009. The couple struggled with getting pregnant after their first child was born.
3. Neil Patrick Harris and David Burkta
Neil Patrick Harris and David Burkta’s 7-year-old twins were born via an egg donor and surrogate. Today, they are known well for their incredible family halloween costumes!
4. Jimmy Fallon and Nancy Juvonen Fallon
Jimmy Fallon and his wife tried naturally for years before they had both of their children born via surrogate. “We said, ‘We’re not going to tell anybody,'” he recalled. “It’d be just more fun if it’s just private between me and my wife. And then we get to introduce her to everybody,” he told US Weekly.
5. Tyra Banks
Tyra Banks’ son York was born in 2016 via gestational surrogate. She posted on Instagram, “The best present we worked and prayed so hard for is finally here. He’s got my fingers and big eyes and his daddy Erik’s mouth and chin. As we thank the angel of a woman that carried our miracle baby boy for us, we pray for everyone who struggles to reach this joyous milestone. York Banks Asla, welcome to the world.”
6. Elizabeth Banks
Pitch Perfect star Elizabeth Banks’ children were both born via surrogate. She opened up to news sources saying it was “a womb issue for me. It’s a big leap, inviting this person into your life to do this amazing, important thing for you,” she said.
7. Ellen Pompeo
Ellen Pompeo, star of ABC’s Grey’s Anatomy, is a mom to two children born via surrogate. She spoke on Jimmy Kimmel Live, “This is an incredible thing to do with your life, to give the gift of carrying someone’s child. I am forever grateful and feel very blessed and grateful to her — she who will remain anonymous,” she said at the time. “I was there with her when they inseminated her, and we held hands. I looked into the microscope and I saw the embryo. I saw the baby, and they put it in a thingy, and they inseminated her. And then we held hands, and we prayed, we talked to God, and if she was meant to be. He said he was going to try to help us out, and now we have a gorgeous baby girl.”
Family Source Consultants is a Gestational Surrogacy & Egg Donation Agency which matches and facilitates Gestational Surrogacy and Egg Donation arrangements.
Family Source handles all aspects of each assisted reproduction program, whether it involves Egg Donation, Gestational Surrogacy or both. Family Source works closely with each and every client to ensure arrangements are customized to meet the specific needs of prospective parents, Gestational Surrogates and Egg Donors. Contact Family Source on our website or by calling toll-free (800) FSC-0529
Staci Swiderski, CEO and owner of Family Source Consultants, has been a prominent leader in reproductive medicine for over two decades. Through her strategic vision and dedication, she has developed Family Source Consultants into a globally recognized agency specializing in comprehensive egg donation and gestational surrogacy services. Under Staci’s leadership, the agency has become a trusted partner for intended parents, surrogates, and egg donors worldwide, known for its rigorous standards, compassionate support, and commitment to excellence in third-party reproduction.
Her professional insight is uniquely informed by her own family-building experiences. As an intended parent, Staci welcomed her son via gestational surrogacy in 2005, and as a known egg donor, she assisted an infertile couple in expanding their family. These experiences lend a rare depth to her leadership and have fueled her ongoing dedication to ethical, empathetic, and professional support within the field of reproductive medicine.
