14 Women Who Didn’t Stop Being Champion Even During Pregnancy, Proving There’s No Such Thing as‘ Weaker Sex’
There are plenty of right reasons for which the internet is in awe of Gal Gadot. She has played the protagonist in Wonder Woman as if she was in it and to our amazement we learnt the she was pregnant while shooting for this action film.
Last year, Bollywood actress, Kareena Kapoor was four months pregnant when began shooting her new film, “Veere De Wedding”. As per the script of the film she has shot some of the character’s pregnant scenes in November when her own baby bump was quite visible.
Well, let me tell you that these are not the only women who did not let affect their professional lives due to pregnancy.
Let us dazzled by some more such female athletes and actresses:
1. Serena WilliamEarlier this year, Serena William won the Australian Open final while being pregnant and shocked the entire world.
2. Juhi ChawlaJuhi Chawla while shooting for two movies at the same time “ Ek Rishtaa” and “Aamdani Atthani Kharchaa Rupaiyaa” was pregnant with her first child. Later, when she was seven months pregnant with her second child she shot for “Jhankaar Beats”.
3. Scarlett JohanssonHollywood actress, Scarlett Johansson was pregnant with her first child while shooting for “Avenger: Age of Ultron”. The producer had to hire the body double for several action scenes and digitally erase the baby bump from the film.
4. Jaya BachchanJaya Bachchan was pregnant with her first child while shooting “Sholay”. There are several scenes where her baby bump is noticeable.
5. Penelope Cruz Penelope Cruz was two months pregnant while shooting for “Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides”. Being pregnant, she had to wear corsets and pull off sword fighting scenes. To our surprise, she had performed all her action sequences on her own.
6. Kristie MooreThe Canadian curler Kristie Moore took home a silver medal at the 2010 Vancouver Olympics while she was five months pregnant.
7. Nur Suryani Mohamed TaibiAt the same time, Nur Suryani Mohamed Taibi was eight months pregnant representing Malaysia in the women’s 10-meter air rifle competition.
8. Kerri Walsh JenningsBack in 2012, at the London Olympics, American Kerri Walsh Jennings won her third Olympic gold in beach Volleyball when she was five weeks pregnant.
9. Alysia MontanoIn 2014, eight months pregnant Alysia Montano ran a 800-meter race at the US track and field championship.
10. Theodora Elisabeth Gerarda Anky van GrunsvenBack in 2004 Athens Olympic Games, a pregnant Dutch equestrian athlete, Theodora Elizabeth Gerarda Anky van Grunsven, won a gold for her country.
11. Cornelia PfohlGerman archer Cornelia Pfohl being pregnant competed twice in the Olympics. In 2000 Olympic at Sydney she won bronze while she was newly pregnant. Again, being seven months pregnant, she competed in the 2004 Olympics held in Athens.
12. Juno Stover-IrwinAn American diver, Juno Stover-Irwin was 3.5 months pregnant when she won a bronze medal in the 1952 Olympics held in Helsinki.
13. Halle BerryIn 2013, Halle Berry was pregnant while shooting the action movie “X-Men: Days of Future Past”.
14. Magda JulinLet me tell you that it is not a current trend. Back in the 1920 Antwerp Olympics, Magda Julin, a Swedish skater, was three months pregnant, who shocked the world by winning the gold medal.
15. While celebrating these women, we should also remember those million ordinary women who have been working very hard throughout their pregnancy at home, offices, and fields and looking after themselves and everyone around them. Cheers to all these bold and admirable women.