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Apr 22, 2024 · 70 Famous Scientologists. Celebrity Insider. Updated April 22, 2024 1.2M views 70 items. The allure of Scientology has long extended into the realms of Hollywood and beyond, attracting a significant number of high-profile stars.
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- Left: Jerry Seinfeld. Seinfeld was never officially a member of the organization, but he did explain on the WTF With Marc Maron podcast that he took a course way back in the day.
- In it: Michael Peña. Peña — who has a long list of credits including End of Watch and Ant-Man — says he first joined Scientology because he feared he was drinking too much, and there was a program called Purification Rundown that helped him quit drinking.
- Left: Laura Prepon. Prepon joined Scientology around 1999, and was still in the organization when she joined the cast of Orange Is the New Black. However, she revealed in a 2021 interview with People that she is "no longer practicing Scientology," and hadn't been for about five years, meaning she quit sometime around 2016.
- In it: Elisabeth Moss. Moss — perhaps most famous for her role in The Handmaid's Tale — has been a Scientologist since before she was even a teenager.
Notable Scientologist celebrities. The Church of Scientology has a long history of seeking out artists, musicians, writers and actors, and states that Scientology can help them in their lives and careers. Celebrity Scientologists include:
- Brianna Holt
- Elisabeth Moss. Unlike celebs who chose the religion later in life, The Handmaid's Tale star Elisabeth Moss was raised as a Scientologist. Although she's kept her relationship with the practice fairly private, she has defended it on Instagram.
- Jenna Elfman. Recently known for her role as June in Fear the Walking Dead (and previously as Dharma in Dharma and Greg), Jenna Elfman has been a Scientologist for almost three decades.
- Laura Prepon. Orange is the New Black and That '70s Show star Laura Prepon faced some backlash after defending her relationship with Scientology. In an interview with Fusion, Prepon claimed that Scientology does not discriminate against members of the LGBTQIA+ community after fans wondered how she felt about playing the role of lesbian inmate Alex Voss on OITNB.
- Danny Masterson. Prepon's That '70s Show costar Danny Masterson is also an active member of the Church of Scientology, having been raised in it. "It's just the study of the mind and cutting it into two parts: the analytical mind and the reactive mind," he told Paper in 2005.
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- Tom Cruise. Scientology Status: Member. Tom Cruise, the star of Top Gun: Maverick and Mission Impossible, is Scientology’s most prominent member, having joined during his marriage to Mimi Rogers in the late 1980s.
- Katie Holmes. Scientology Status: Former member. Katie Holmes, 44, practiced Scientology after she began dating Cruise in 2005, and they married a year later in November 2006.
- John Travolta. Scientology Status: Member. John Travolta has practiced Scientology since 1975 and served as a producer and star of Battlefield Earth, the 2000 science-fiction film based on Scientology founder Hubbard’s 1982 novel.
- Leah Remini. Scientology Status: Former member. After spending more than 35 years in the organization, Leah Remini, 53, has become one of its harshest critics since her departure in 2013.
Jan 18, 2018 · Scientology founder L. Ron Hubbard developed the organization's "Project Celebrity" in 1955 to recruit famous figures including Ed Sullivan, Bing Crosby and Ernest Hemingway to join the religious group. Hubbard wrote a newsletter announcing the plan and included a list of 63 names of well-known people as "game" for Scientology auditors, asking ...
Mar 8, 2017 · On its website, Scientology—which was founded by L. Ron Hubbard in 1955 and is recognized as a religion in the U.S. and a few other countries—describes itself as a “twenty-first-century...
