Celebrities with Adopted Children
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Tom Cruise
Photo by: WireImageTom CruiseCruise adopted Connor Antony (b. 1995) and Isabella Jane (b. 1992) with ex-wife Nicole Kidman. In this 2008 image, the teenagers attend a movie premiere with their Dad. Cruise also has a biological daughter, Suri, with soon-to-be ex-wife Katie Holmes.
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María Celeste Arrarás
Photo by: WireImageMaría Celeste ArrarásThe host of Telemundo's "Al Rojo Vivo" is reportedly one of the first Hispanic celebrities to adopt a child from Eastern Europe. Arrarás and former husband, Manny Arvesu, adopted Vadim (renamed Adrian) in 2000.
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Michelle Pfeiffer
Photo by: WireImageMichelle PfeifferActress Michelle Pfeiffer adopted Claudia Rose in 1993, just months before her marriage to TV producer David E. Kelley. The now grown-up Claudia recently attended a movie premiere with her parents. Pfeiffer and Kelley also have a biological son, John Henry.
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Fernando Fiore
Photo by: WireImageFernando FioreIn 2002, Latino sportscaster Fernando Fiore and his wife, Lourdes, adopted a boy from Russia who they named Gianluca Sergei. Wanting to share all they learned through the grueling adoption process, the Fiores started the SOL (Save Our Lives) Foundation to help parents interested in adopting children.
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Madonna
Photo by: WireImageMadonnaMadonna's children, David Banda (b. 2005) and Mercy James (b. 2006), were adopted from the African country of Malawi. They join the idol's biological children, Lourdes Leon and Rocco Ritchie.
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Rosie O'Donnell
Photo by: AP PhotoRosie O'DonnellO'Donnell has four children with ex-spouse Kelli Carpenter of which three were adopted. The TV host is seen here with her oldest, Parker (b. 1995), and daughter Chelsea (b. 1997). They also adopted Blake Christopher (b. 1999). Biological daughter Vivienne (b. 2002) was born to Carpenter by artificial insemination.
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Katherine Heigl
Photo by: Getty ImagesKatherine HeiglThe former star of "Grey's Anatomy" adopted two daughters with her husband, singer Josh Kelley. Naleigh (pictured) was adopted from South Korea in 2009, and Adelaide was adopted last April 2012 in Louisiana.
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Yuri
Photo by: MezcalentYuriAfter years of trying to get pregnant without success, Mexican singer Yuri and her husband, Rodrigo Espinoza, adopted their daughter Camila in 2009.
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Sandra Bullock
Photo by: Getty ImagesSandra BullockThe Academy Award-winning actress had started the adoption of baby Louis Bardo with husband Jesse James in January 2010, but after the couple's separation a few months later, Bullock decided to pursue the baby's adoption as a single mother.
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Charlize Theron
Photo by: Sharky / Splash NewsCharlize TheronWith the adoption of baby Jackson in March 2012, Theron saw a childhood dream come true. It has been reported that at eight years old, the South African actress wrote a letter to her mother asking to be taken to the orphanage to adopt a baby. - 11/12
Denise Richards
Photo by: Splash NewsDenise RichardsCharlie Sheen's ex-wife and actress Denise Richards adopted baby Eloise as a single mother in 2011. The little girl joins big sisters Sam J. Sheen (8) and Lola Rose Sheen (6).
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Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie
Photo by: WireImageBrad Pitt and Angelina JolieKnown as the models to follow when it comes to Hollywood adoptions, Pitt and Jolie are parents to six children, three of which are adopted: Maddox (b. 2002) from Cambodia, Zahara (b. 2005) from Ethiopia and Pax (b. 2003) from VietNam. They join the biological children of the famed couple, daughter Shiloh (b. 2006) and twins Knox and Vivienne (b. 2008).