Credit where credit is due! These famous working moms aren’t afraid to shout-out their nannies.
Melanie LynskeyFor her part, she called her and Jason Ritter’s child’s nanny an “absolute angel” while accepting her Critics’ Choice Award in March 2022.
“The most important person I think I have to thank before I finish is my nanny, Celli,” the YellowjacketsStar, who has a daughter together with the actor, gushed about it onstage. “I love her. She’s with my child and my child is safe and taken care of and she allows me to go and do my work. Thank you, Celli.”
As for Jessica Alba, L.A.’s FinestStar paid tribute to her Nana on Instagram in 2018.
“I’d like to introduce y’all to a very special person. My sweet @nannyconnie,” the California native captioned a social media upload at the time. “Nearly 10 years ago she came into my life and showed me the ropes with my newborn baby Honor — even though it was for only three weeks, as a new mom, it set the stage for me to take on the biggest, most important thing that had ever happened to me.”
The Honest Company founder, who is also the mother to daughter Haven and son Hayes together with her husband Cash Warren, went on to write that Connie helped her “bathe, breast-feed and soothe” her eldest child.
“[She] taught me about the importance of taking care of myself and gave me the space to have all the feels and not feel so alone,” Alba gushed at the time. “Well nearly 10 years later, she’s back in our life with our sweet baby boy Hayes. It truly takes a village to raise kiddos- whether it’s your blood family or chosen family. I am so thankful for Connie who has been there for me.”
Some working moms choose to have their own help while raising children. Mila Kunis. When the That ’70s ShowThe alum with her former costar Ashton KutcherThey welcomed Wyatt their daughter in 2014. They decided to raise Wyatt on their own.
“We want to be emotionally in touch with her,” the RanchThe father of Dimitri’s son, alum told Ellen DeGeneresAt the time. “And I think the only way to do that is by being the one who’s there.”
Continue scrolling to see celebrities parents gushing about their nannies throughout the years. Saturday Night Live‘s Amy PoehlerTo singer Mariah Carey.
