Actress Claire Danes, known for series such as Homeland and The beast in meShe explained that her third pregnancy, when she was 44, took her completely by surprise, to the point of causing an "emotional breakdown." In a conversation with the podcast Good Hang with Amy PoehlerShe explained that the pregnancy was unplanned and that when she found out, she called her gynecologist "crying uncontrollably." "It wasn't planned. I didn't even think it was physically possible. I was 44 years old. And, in fact, Rowan [her second child] was very difficult to conceive. I had to do two rounds of IVF." in vitro"," says the actress, who is now 46.