Hollywood is full of Harris endorsements this fall. From Taylor Swift to George Clooney, Bruce Springsteen to Oprah Winfrey, the boldfaced names declaring their support for presidential candidate Kamala Harris and her running mate, Tim Walz, have packed stadiums and movie theaters across the globe, and now have turned their platforms toward ensuring Democratic victory next month.
“Vote like your life depends on it because it does,” Billie Eilish told her followers recently. Many like her — including Taylor Swift — have also included voter registration pushes with their endorsements of Harris, leading to hundreds of thousands more visitors at sites like Vote.gov.
Others have also spoken out directly against former President Trump and his running mate, J.D. Vance, with Springsteen calling the Republican nominee “the most dangerous candidate for president in my lifetime.” (See who’s supporting Trump.)
Below, here’s a list of the biggest Hollywood names to have thrown their support behind the Harris-Walz ticket.
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Taylor Swift
Image Credit: Kate Green/Getty Images Swift’s was the endorsement heard round the world. After months of speculation, the superstar singer posted a lengthy statement supporting Harris shortly after the conclusion of Harris’ debate with Trump.
“I’m voting for @kamalaharris because she fights for the rights and causes I believe need a warrior to champion them,” Swift wrote. “I was so heartened and impressed by her selection of running mate @timwalz, who has been standing up for LGBTQ+ rights, IVF and a woman’s right to her own body for decades.”
Swift signed her endorsement as a “childless cat lady,” a jab at J.D. Vance’s comments earlier this year. The post reached 283 million of the singer’s followers, and subsequently led to 337,826 people visiting Vote.gov registration sites overnight.
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George Clooney
Clooney was one of Hollywood’s first celebrities to endorse Harris, after also calling for Biden to step down from the race in a controversial essay in The New York Times.
“We are not going to win in November with this president,” Clooney wrote of Biden. “On top of that, we won’t win the House, and we’re going to lose the Senate.”
When the president announced his official withdrawal from the race in July, the actor told CNN that “President Biden has shown what true leadership is. He’s saving democracy once again.” He added, “We’re all so excited to do whatever we can to support Vice President Harris in her historic quest.”
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Barbra Streisand
Image Credit: Kevin Mazur/Getty Images for BSB Streisand also offered early support of Harris, endorsing the nominee the same day that Biden announced he would end his bid for the White House.
“Joe Biden will go down in history as a man who accomplished significant achievements in his 4 year term. We should be grateful for his upholding of our democracy,” the beloved singer wrote on social media, adding later that Harris “will work to restore women’s reproductive freedom and continue with the accomplishments begun in the Biden-Harris administration.”
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Jamie Lee Curtis
Image Credit: Rodin Eckenroth/Getty Curtis posted her glowing endorsement of Harris after Biden stepped aside, calling her a “trusted and tested” leader who is “a fierce advocate for women’s rights and people of color.” She has since continued to share voting information on social media in the lead-up to November.
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Megan Thee Stallion
Image Credit: Steve Granitz/FilmMagic Megan Thee Stallion performed at an early Atlanta rally for the presidential nominee, where Quavo, Stacey Abrams and Senators Jon Ossoff and Raphael Warnock also spoke.
“Make some noise for Ms. Harris, our future president,” the Grammy winner said to a packed house. Just before performing “Body” later that night, she told the crowd, “I know my ladies in the crowd love their body. And if you want to keep loving your body, you know who to vote for.”
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Charli XCX
Image Credit: Photo by Emma McIntyre/Getty Images Despite being a Brit who can’t vote in U.S. elections, brat superstar Charli XCX’s “kamala IS brat” tweet helped the Harris campaign find its footing among the memes early after its launch. Harris’ “brat” status went on to be discussed on CNN and Fox News — even Bill Maher weighed in.
“To be on the right side of democracy, the right side of women’s rights, is hugely important to me,” Charli later said about her support of Harris. “I’m happy to help to prevent democracy from failing forever.”
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Kerry Washington
Image Credit: Amy Sussman/Getty Images Kerry Washington hosted the fourth and final night of July’s Democratic National Convention, at one point reuniting with her Scandal co-star Tony Goldwyn, who hosted night one.
“Look, I know that I am the one standing on this stage, but I am not the lead character in this story,” Washington, famous for her portrayal of Olivia Pope, told her Chicago audience. “I am here as a mother, as a daughter, as a proud union member. I am here as the granddaughter of immigrants, as a Black woman descended from enslaved people. I am here tonight because I am an American and because I am a voter, and because we the people are stronger when all our voices are heard.”
She later told the audience, “You are the messengers. You are the fixers. Dare I say, you are the Olivia Pope.”
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Finneas and Billie Eilish
Image Credit: Arturo Holmes/Getty Images The brother-sister duo endorsed Harris in a video posted to social media on National Voter Registration Day earlier this month, citing Harris’ support of “our reproductive freedom, our planet and our democracy.”
“We can’t let extremists control our lives and our freedoms and our future,” Finneas said. His sister added, “Vote like your life depends on it because it does.”
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Oprah Winfrey
Image Credit: Mandel NGAN / AFP) (Photo by MANDEL NGAN/AFP via Getty Images Winfrey endorsed Harris at the Democratic National Convention, where she surprised guests with her appearance and told them, “Decency and respect are on the ballot in 2024.”
“Soon, very soon, we’re going to be teaching our daughters and our sons about how this child of an Indian mother and a Jamaican father — two idealistic, energetic immigrants — how this child grew up to become the 47th president of the United States,” Winfrey told the crowd to growing applause.
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Beyoncé
Image Credit: Matt Winkelmeyer/Getty Images for iHeartRadio Queen Bey offered her quiet support of Harris by allowing the campaign to use her song “Freedom” during the Democratic nominee’s first official visit to her campaign headquarters on July 22. Harris’ campaign then used the song in its first ad. Representatives for the singer confirmed she had given permission for both instances.
