Hilary Swank announced on October 15, 2026, that she is pregnant with her third child at age 52, expecting a December arrival just over three years after welcoming twins with her husband, Philip Schneider.
The two-time Oscar-winning actor shared the news through an Instagram announcement that utilized light-up props and family choreography. Dressed in dark clothing with glowing light sticks affixed to their bodies, her husband and their older children danced before Swank appeared on camera with a visibly rounded belly outlined in glowing markers.
She captioned the video with a playful reference to her career: A lot of people ask me what my next project will be: this one comes out in December
, translating to the English remark that while many ask about her upcoming projects, this particular one arrives in December. The timeline points to a seventh month of pregnancy for the actor.
Family Expansion Following the Arrival of Twins Aya and Ohm
This upcoming birth follows the April 2023 arrival of her twins, a daughter named Aya and a son named Ohm, whom she shares with her husband Philip Schneider. The family addition comes three years after Swank first experienced motherhood at age 48. The announcement video itself was set to the upbeat track You ain’t see nothing yet
by Bachman Turner Overdrive.
Swank has previously spoken about starting her family later in life, noting in an interview with the American magazine People that the timing was not a deliberate plan. She explained that various circumstances delayed her path to parenthood, turning what might have been a hurdle into a benefit because her acting career was already firmly established.
I knew that I wanted children one day, but I didn't plan what it would look like. I feel like I have more of an ability to give them my full attention in a way that I couldn't have done at that time, because I would have been pulled between the two in a very sharp way. My career being well established, I have the possibility to invest myself or take a step back whenever I want, and that's truly a blessing. Hilary
Celebrated Film Career and Recent Screen Appearances
Before expanding her family, Swank earned critical acclaim and major industry recognition over decades in cinema. She won her first Academy Award for Best Actress in 2000 for her performance in Boys Don’t Cry, followed by a second Oscar in 2005 for her role in Clint Eastwood’s Million Dollar Baby. Her filmography also spans Christopher Nolan’s Insomnia alongside Al Pacino and Robin Williams, Tommy Lee Jones’s western The Homesman, and Steven Soderbergh’s Logan Lucky.
In more recent years, audiences have seen her in Jon Gunn’s Ordinary Angels as well as the suspense television series Yellowjackets. Following her pregnancy announcement on Instagram, fellow actors Drew Barrymore and Michelle Monaghan expressed their public support and joy for the family.