The 48-year-old star of Million Dollar Baby posted a touching photo of herself cradling her twins at sunset on Easter Sunday.
Happy baby! Actress Hilary Swank, 48, takes to Instagram to announce the arrival of her twins, a boy and a girl
The actress, who originally revealed her pregnancy back in October, cuddled up with her twins in a fluffy white bathrobe as she held them.
“It wasn’t easy. But boy (and girl!) was it worth it. Happy Easter! Posting from pure Heaven,” with the message “Posting from pure Heaven,” the new mother conveyed her euphoria at becoming a mother.
The 45-year-old’social venture entrepreneur’ Philip Schneider and the 42-year-old producer-star of Alaska Daily are the parents of twins.
After sharing the good news with her 1.4 million Instagram followers, the actress was showered with congratulations.
“God bless honey This is the most extraordinary journey ever ❣️so happy for you all,” Sharon Stone gushed in an email to the cast.
Jesse Tyler Ferguson said, “Congrats!!!!” after hearing the news.
In addition, Sophia Bush wrote, “They’re HERE,” with a number of white heart emojis. ”
Two-time Academy Award winner Jennifer Garner shared an ultrasound of her unborn child with the caption, “Baby A flexing for the camera at their ultrasound. #TheRealMillionDollarBaby #Prizefighter.”
In 2005, Hilary played Maggie Fitzgerald, a dedicated waitress in the Ozarks who trains to become a boxer, in Clint Eastwood’s boxing thriller Million Dollar Baby, which earned $216.8 million worldwide.
After breaking off a three-month engagement to former tennis pro Ruben Torres, Hilary and Philip Schneider reportedly went on a blind date in November 2016 and got engaged the following year.
The actress explained to Extra in October why she hadn’t started a family until then.
“I was having a career and not having the right relationship until … four years ago, and all the elements needed to come together and be right.”
“It’s just something I thought about even as a young girl,” she went on to explain. It’s something that was on my mind, so it’s nice to be here and just be pregnant.”
It was also in October when mum first broke the news on Good Morning America.
She exclaimed, “I’m gonna be a mom! And not just of one, but of two. It’s so nice to be able to talk about it and share it.”
The star of Boys Don’t Cry also took to Instagram to share the news that she’s expecting her first child.
Swank posted a video of herself showing off her growing baby bump with the caption, “Coming soon…DOUBLE feature!”
Hilary went on The Drew Barrymore Show that same month to announce that her twins were already here, and that their due date was the same as her late father’s birthday.
She revealed the exciting news to talk show presenter Drew Barrymore: “They’re due on his birthday.”
On April 16, 2021, Stephen Michael Swank was born. He passed away in October of that year.
“I feel that I’m very maternal in the people that I care for and all the sentient being I have around me Hilary said, “my dogs, my horses or just the human beings.”
And she went on to say, “Any type of mothering, any type of nurturing, is being a mother.”
The Hollywood stalwart was born in Washington State, but she had to uproot when her parents split up and she was just fifteen years old.
Swank moved to Hollywood with her mom to pursue her acting goals, and the two of them ended up living in their car until they could afford an apartment.
She started out in supporting roles and worked her way up to the lead role of The Next Karate Kid in 1994 through a combination of hard work and luck.
Hilary’s career took off six years later, after she won an Academy Award for her portrayal in the film Boys Don’t Cry.
