Many artists and singers are ready to sacrifice family happiness and marriage for a beautiful and glorious career. However, many actresses have sacrificed their careers to devote their lives to their families and children.
we have brought together 15 artists who have decided to give up their careers to raise their children.
Hilary Duff
Hilary Duff is an American actress and singer who is a girl for her role in the Lizzie McGuire television series. After giving birth for the first time, she decided to put her TV career on pause. Although she still appears in some conversations, Duff spends most of her time with her three children. She says:
Christina Aguilera
Christina Aguilera was a young star of the 1990s and early 2000s who won several music awards. But above all, the singer is proud not of her unique voice, but of the birth of her beloved son, Max. When Aguilera gave birth to her first child, she stepped away from the spotlight. Now she’s a married couple, she sings at times, but always puts her family first.
Alicia Keys
15-time Grammy Award-winning singer Alicia Keys has become a real hit in music history. She got married in 2010 and have two children. Her last concert dates back to 2013. Today, the Keys sometimes indulge in certain activities (like the Voice), but but mostly prioritizes her family and children over other things.
Elizabeth Hurley
English actress Elizabeth Hurley, who became famous for her role as Vanessa Kensington in Mike Myers’ spy comedy, is not in the lead role. Hurley had a baby in 2002. In her mind, she decided to have a son “more than work, more than life and more than anything else”.
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Robin Wright
Robin Wright is a glamorous actress who first became known in the famous soap opera Santa Barbara. After the success of the movie Forrest Gump, she lost her reputation for raising two children. “I think it’s because I’m on a show where I can’t put my kids to bed for four years together without looking back,” she said. So it was an easy decision for Wright to turn on the lights of Hollywood.
Lauryn Hill
One of the greatest rappers of all time, Lauryn Hill, was a musical master, awarded with multiple Grammies. She stepped away from music for a long time, choosing motherhood over continuing to release albums. As Hill once explained, “I love music, and I always put my 100% into making music, but now I have to put 200% into being a mother.” It’s worth noting that Hill is a champion-mom of our list — she has 6 children!
Debra Winger
Actress Debra Winger had a successful career in youth and has been nominated for Oscars 3 times. But she decided to give up her acting success for some time to raise 3 sons. When her children were grown, she decided to go back into acting now that they could take care of themselves.
Phoebe Cates
The former actress, Phoebe Cates, was famous for her roles in the ’80s and ’90s. After giving birth to 2 children, Cates, along with her husband who is also an actor, decided to “alternate acting roles” so that one of them would always be with their children. But it was mostly Cates who was choosing to stay with the children. So the actress later gave up her Hollywood career to devote her time to family.
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Lisa Bonet
Lisa Bonet is a mother of 3 and an American actress who starred in 2 of comedian Bill Cosby’s productions on NBC, The Cosby Show and A Different World. Soon after she became successful, she married the rocker, Lenny Kravitz, and gave birth to her first child, Zoë. After becoming a mom, Bonet paused her acting career and focused on motherhood. In her second marriage, the actress gave birth to 2 children. Currently, Bonet’s career is as a teacher for her children and she is absolutely successful in it.
Uma Thurman
One of the favorite roles of actress and star of Kill Bill, Uma Thurman, is being a mom to 3 kids. In one of her interviews before giving birth to her third child, the actress admitted that she was struggling with the guilt of being a working mom, trying to maintain a work-life balance. Now she is taking small roles in films and TV shows, devoting most of her time to raising her children.
Jessica Biel
Jessica Biel was one of the busiest actresses in Hollywood until she met her now-husband, Justin Timberlake. The couple is raising 2 sons — the youngest was born just last year. Biel has prioritized family over her career since she became a family person. The actress thinks that motherhood “is incredibly hard, the hardest job in the world,” but also adds that it’s an “amazing, amazing experience.”
Jessica Simpson
Jessica Simpson used to be a music sensation in the ‘90s and ‘00s until she decided to give up her musical career. Now she is a full-time mom of 3 and a successful businesswoman with a $1 billion retail empire. Motherhood also inspired her to launch a collection of clothes for pregnant women. Simpson confesses that “being a mother is the best opportunity and challenge I’ve ever been blessed with in life.”
Nicole Richie
Nicole Richie is an American TV show star who became popular for starring on the reality show, The Simple Life in 2003-2007. After getting married, she became a happy domestic wife and mom to 2 children. Richie was busy with motherhood in 2008, and in 2010, she launched her own fashion line.
Leelee Sobieski
Leelee Sobieski is an American actress that got famous in her teens for her roles in Here on Earth and The Glass House. But after starring in many hits, Sobieski left Hollywood. Today, she is a respected figure in the art community and a full-time mom of 2. Sobieski and her husband, a famous designer named Adam Kimmel, both decided to retire from the public eye and focus on family.
