Nadya Suleman facts for kids
Quick facts for kids
Natalie Suleman
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Suleman in 2011
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Nadya Denise Doud-Suleman
July 11, 1975 Fullerton, California, U.S.
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| Other names | Natalie Denise Suleman (current full name) |
| Known for | Suleman octuplets |
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Marcos Gutierrez
(m. 1996; div. 2008) |
| Children | 14 |
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Natalie Denise Suleman (born Nadya Denise Doud-Suleman; July 11, 1975), known as Octomom in the media, is an American media personality who came to international attention when she gave birth to the first surviving octuplets in January 2009.
Life
Suleman was born in Fullerton, California. She is the only child of Angela Victoria Suleman (born Stanaitis), a schoolteacher of Lithuanian descent and Edward Doud Suleman, a Palestinian restaurant owner turned realtor who served as a translator in Iraq. She attended Nogales High School in La Puente, California, where she was known as Natalie Doud, and later Mt. San Antonio College in Walnut where she earned a psychiatric technician license. She received a B.S. in child development and worked for a state mental hospital for three years.
Suleman quickly captured the public eye with the birth of octuplets. Within the first week, the media dubbed her "Octomom". She has appeared on many television shows, starting with a February 2009 interview with Ann Curry.
In April 2010, Suleman was on The Oprah Winfrey Show and Idol Gives Back.
Adaptation
In 2025, Nadya Suleman's life was depicted in the Lifetime film I Was Octomom: The Natalie Suleman Story. While Suleman narrated the film, it also stars Kristen Lee Gutoskie as Suleman, Caitlin Stryker as Suleman's best friend Beth, and Anita Wittenberg as Angela Suleman.
See also
In Spanish: Nadya Suleman para niños
