Louis Bardo Bullock & Sandra Bullock

Sandra Bullock has made no secret about how important her children, Laila, and the older 11-year-old Louis Bardo Bullock, are to her. She said as much during an interview on NBC Today with Hoda Kotb, labeling them more important to her than anything in the world.

They’re not her biological children, but Bullock was inspired to adopt after hurricane Katrina massacred New Orleans in 2005. She was married to Jesse James at the time, and they applied together, but after they divorced, she continued with the adoption as a single parent. Bullock will star in and produce the upcoming film called The Lost City Of D, due out in 2022.