Claire Danes Reveals Daughter Shay’s Name, Recalls ‘Meltdown’ Over Pregnancy at 44

Overview

• Danes said she called her OBGYN in “convulsive tears” after a CVS test flashed “PREGNANT,” noting she’d had two strong cocktails the night before.
• The actress described the third pregnancy as unplanned and said she didn’t think natural conception at 44 was physically possible.
• On Amy Poehler’s podcast, she publicly shared her 2-year-old daughter’s name, Shay, and offered a glimpse of the toddler’s dreamy, dance-loving personality.
• She reiterated that son Rowan was conceived after two rounds of IVF and that her three children arrive roughly five years apart.
• Danes has previously reflected on feeling “terrified” and a “funny shame” about late-in-life pregnancy during a SmartLess interview.