1. Tom Cruise and his son Connor
Tom Cruise and his second wife, Nicole Kidman, adopted two children: Isabella Jane (born in 1992) and Connor Anthony (born in 1995).
2. Charlize Theron and her two daughters Jackson and August
Charlize Theron adopted 2 daughters: in 2012 and August 2015.
3. Diane Keaton with her son Duke and daughter Dexter
Diane Keaton decided to become a mother at age 50 and adopted two children, daughter Dexter (adopted in 1996) and son Duke (2001).
4. Catherine Haigel and her daughters Adalaide (left) and Nancy Leigh (right)
Katherine Heigl and singer Josh Kelley married in 2007 and adopted Nancy Leigh, a girl from South Korea, in 2009. In 2012, they welcomed their second adopted daughter, Adalaid.
5. Hugh Jackman and his daughter Ava
Hugh Jackman married Deborah Lee Furness in April 1996. They adopted two children, Oscar and Ava, after a miscarriage.
6. Davis and her daughter Genesis
Davis married actor Julius Tennon in 2003 and decided to adopt a baby in 2011.
7. Three sons of Sharon Stone, Roan Joseph, Quinn Kelly and Laird Vonne
Sharon Stone suffered several miscarriages, leaving her and her husband, Phil Bronstein, unable to have their own children. They adopted a son, Roan Joseph Bronstein, in 2000. After the divorce, Stone adopted her second son, Laird Vonne, in 2005 and her third son, Quinn Kelly Stone, in 2006.
8. Thomas Rhett's daughter, Willa
In 2017, American singer Thomas Rhett and his wife, Lauren Akins, announced that they would adopt a baby girl from Uganda, Willa Gray Akins (born in 2015), while looking forward to another baby girl, Ida James Atkins. Now they have 3 daughters, including Lennon Love Akins, who was born in February 2020.
9. Connie Britton's son, Eyob
In November 2011, Connie Britton adopted her 9-month-old son, Eyob 'Yoby'. Britton said she didn't know what she was doing, she just knew she wanted to be a mom.
10. Madonna's adopted children: twins Esther and Stella (on both sides), David Banda (middle) and James
David was Madonna's first adopted child — and in 2006, the singer discovered the 13-month-old pneumonia boy at her partially funded Malawi orphanage and fell in love with him. When Madonna adopted her in 2007, Mercy was a 4-year-old orphan with malaria. In February 2017, Madonna adopted twin sisters Estere and Stella from Malawi.
11. Emin, daughter of Ivan McGregor
Ivan McGregor and his wife Eve Mavrakis (now ex-wife) have four daughters, one of whom is Jamyan, an adopted girl from Mongolia, now 20 years old.
12. Mary-Louis Parker, her adopted daughter, Caroline Aberash, and her biological son, William Atticus
As a single mother, Mary-Louis Parker decided in 2007 to accept an adoption and expand her family of 2, which she admits was daunting at first. Parker explained that she chose Ethiopia, where she adopted her baby girl, Carolyn Abrash Parker.
13. Denise Richards and her daughter Eloise
Denise Richards welcomed her into the family in 2011, shortly after her birth, and gave her the middle name Joni in honor of her mother.
14. Shirley Crowe and her son Wyatt
The famous singer actually adopted two boys — Wyatt in 2007 and Levi in 2010. While she is very protective of her children, Crowe shares that having children makes her rethink what's important and she no longer wants to spend the night out.
15. Gillian Michaels and her daughter Lukensia
The fitness instructor adopted daughter from Haiti. In fact, Jillian Michaels has 2 children with her ex-fiancé Heidi Rhoades.
Emma Thompson and her family, including her son from Rwanda
In 2003, Emma Thompson and her husband adopted Tindyebwa Agaba, a former child soldier from Rwanda. They met Tindy, 16, at the Refugee Council and invited him over for Christmas dinner. He then went on holiday with them in Scotland and slowly became part of the family.