Famous Women Who Have Breastfed

• Madeline Albright, Secretary of State
• Tori Amos, singer
• Pamela Anderson, actress
• Ursula Andress, actress
• Erykah Badu, singer
• Anita Baker, singer
• Adrianne Barbeaux, actress, nursed her twin sons
• Valerie Bertinelli, actress
• Christie Brinkley, model
• Hillary Clinton, Senator
• Katie Couric, host of the Today show
• Cindy Crawford, model
• Diana, Princess of Wales
• Celine Dion, singer
• Jodi Foster, actress
• Jennie Garth, actress
• Crystal Gayle, singer
• Melissa Gilbert, actress
• Kathie Lee Gifford, talk show host and singer
• Tipper Gore, former Vice President Al Gore's wife
• Karenna Gore Schiff, nursed while juggling law school and campaigning for her father
• Jerry Hall (appeared on the pages of Vanity Fair breastfeeding her son with Mick Jagger, Gabriel)
• Linda Hamilton, actress
• Mariette Hartley, actress, La Leche League conference speaker
• Marilu Henner, actress
• Barbara Hershey, actress
• Faith Hill, singer
• Kathy Ireland, actress
• Michael Jordan's Mom breastfed him for 3 years and said "I feel this is why he is the athlete he is."
• Linda Kelsey, actress, La Leche League conference speaker
• Jayne Kennedy, actress
• Sharon Kitzhaber, Oregon's First Lady
• Lucy Lawless, actress
• Sophia Lauren, actress
• Joan Lunden, journalist and former Good Morning America host
• Madonna, singer and actress
• Mary, Mother of Jesus
• Laurie Metcalf, actress
• Elle MacPherson, model
• Andie McDowell, actress and model
• Miss Lillian breastfed President Jimmy Carter
• Demi Moore, actress
• Julianne Moore, actress
• Deborah Norville, anchor of Inside Edition
• Sandra Day O'Connor, Supreme Court Justice
• Sarah Jessica Parker, actress
• Pele, Brazilian soccer star, was breastfed
• Ruth Pointer, singer, nursed twins
• Tracy Pollan, actress, married to Michael J. Fox
• Kelly Preston, actress, married to John Travolta
• Jada Pinkett Smith, actress, married to Will Smith
• Princess Grace of Monaco , La Leche League conference speaker
• Queen Elizabeth II of England breastfed Prince Charles
• Queen Sirikit of Thailand breastfed her 4 children
• Mary Lou Retton, gymnast, Olympic gold medalist
• Patricia Richardson, actress (nursed twins)
• Cathy Rigby, gymnast, Olympic gold medalist
• Joan Rivers, talk show host and comedienne
• Holly Robinson Peete, actress
• Eleanor Roosevelt
• Katherine Ross, actress
• Teresa Russell, actress
• Connie Selleca, actress, nursed for an extended period
• Jane Seymour, actress of Dr. Quinn fame, nursed her twins for an extended period
• Keely Shaye-Smith, wife of James Bond actor, Pierce Brosnan (appeared on the cover of Redbook magazine nursing her baby)
• Cybil Shepard, actress, nursed twins
• Maria Shriver, actress/news correspondant
• Nicole Brown Simpson
• Carly Simon, singer, nursed for an extended period
• Susan St. James, actress
• Gwen Stefani, singer
• Kent Steffes, Olympic Gold Medalist in Volleyball was breastfed
• Meryl Streep, actress
• Jacqueline Smith, actress
• Cheryl Swoopes, basketball player
• Margaret Thatcher, former Prime Minister of Britain
• Uma Thurman, actress
• Lindsay Wagner, actress, nursed for an extended period
• Cynthia Watros, actress (nursed twins)
• Rita Wilson, actress, married to Tom Hanks
• Catherine Zeta-Jones, actress, married to Kurt Douglas

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