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  • Laura Linney Secretly Becomes a Mom At 49

    Laura Linney Secretly Becomes a Mom At 49

    Laura Linney and husband Marc Shauer quietly hid a pregnancy from the public eye for an entire nine months. On January 9th, the couple welcomed a baby boy, Bennett Armistead Schauer, into the world.

    The couple, who married in 2009, were careful to not mention the pregnancy out in public, with Laura even wearing loose, comfortable clothing during red-carpet events to hide the bump. (Last event she attended was back in June, and she hid her few months bump with a loose, black dress.) She’s been quiet ever since – a rarity for celebrity moms-to-be. There’s nothing Hollywood loves more than celebrity baby bumps, but it looks like Laura was careful to keep herself off the tabloid covers.

    Fans also seem to appreciate the new baby’s name, Bennett Armistead, which is named for author Armistead Maupin. Linney has starred in several miniseries’ based on the authors work, and remains a huge fan. (Armistead himself even mentioned that he imagines Laura as his character when he’s writing. “She makes it so much easier,” he says.)

    In addition, there’s no concern for Linney’s health. Which is rare, since 51% of pregnancies in women over 40 end in miscarriage and health complications for the mother. But a representative told People magazine that “Mother and baby are happy and healthy.”

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  • Laura Linney Gives Birth To Baby Boy

    After keeping her pregnancy a secret from the press, Laura Linney has given birth to her first child. The 49-year-old actress just surprised everyone when she gave birth to a son on Wednesday, January 8th.

    Laura Linney, a big film and television star, will be starting the new year off as a mom. It is the first child for her and her husband, Marc Schauer, who were engaged in 2007, and then married in 2009. Schauer is a real estate agent.

    A representative of the couple told People Magazine that “Mother and baby are happy and healthy.” Linney’s son is named Bennett Armistead Schauer.

    It was easier for the Oscar nominated actress to keep her pregnancy since she has been doing a good job of staying out of the spotlight in the past year.

    She had never addressed the pregnancy publicly, and unlike most celebrities, she was not one to debut her baby bump publicly, and make a publicity stunt out of her pregnancy.

    Laura Linney is a three-time nominated Academy Award actress for her films Kinsey, The Savages, and You Can Count On Me. She was most recently seen in The Fifth Estate and Hyde Park On Hudson.

    Before her last couple of films, she enjoyed greats success with the hit Showtime series The Big C, which ran from 2010-2013, and earned her a handful of award nominations.

    Linney was last seen attending the Women in Film’s Crystal + Lucy Awards at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills, which was held in June of 2013. At the awards, she was seen wearing an all black outfit that conveniently hid any baby bump that would have been showing at the time. Following the awards, which was not something that was aired on television, she left the spotlight.

    The actress was even able to hide her pregnancy well enough for her to not make headlines until over a week after the baby was born, which seems like a quite a talent for a celebrity like Laura Linney.

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