India, Nov. 18 -- American actor Claire Danes felt "a funny shame" after discovering she was pregnant, with her third child, when she was 44. The now 46-year-old actor actor spoke about the experience on the Smartless podcast with actors Jason Bateman, Sean Hayes and Will Arnett, describing how unexpected the pregnancy was and how her age made the moment emotionally complicated.

Claire, shares three children with husband Hugh Dancy: 12-year-old Cyrus, 7-year-old Rowan and a 2-year-old daughter whose name they have kept private. "I was so old when that happened. I was 44," she said, adding that she "didn't think it was possible" to get pregnant at that age.

She also explained that part of her embarrassment came from the stigma around get...