There are people who really need help, and it's great that many celebrities, having become rich and famous, do not forget about it. They help the poor, sick and people in need of protection, raise funds to solve global problems and organize foundations. We decided to compile a list of actors and actresses who are involved in charity work and do not spare money or time for it.
Konstantin Khabensky
- "Method", "Night Watch", "Geographer drank the globe", "Admiral"
After Konstantin's wife died of cancer, Khabensky decided to help people who are struggling with this terrible disease in agony. He created a charity to help children with brain cancer. The Khabensky Foundation is a real help to children, and on its account more than 150 saved little lives. The actor himself lives very modestly and donates most of his fees to the organization.
Laverne Cox
- Orange Is the New Black, Tuka and Bertie, Falsification, To Kill The Boredom
As you know, the Hollywood star is transgender and actively helps to rehabilitate herself in the modern world like her. In addition, Cox actively defends the rights of LGBT people and is engaged in the fight against violence against sexual minorities. Laverne donated over $ 1.5 million to the AIDS Foundation in 2015 without a second thought. Also, the Hollywood actress was of great help to the victims of hurricanes Irma and Harvey. Cox believes that you need to help those who really need it, and the good will return to you.
Egor Beroev and Ksenia Alferova
- "Turkish Gambit", "Railway Romance", "Nine Unknowns" / "Moscow Windows", "Chasing an Angel", "Santa Claus. Battle of the Magicians "
The celebrity spouses involved in charity have created their own charitable foundation called "I am!" Together they help kids with autism, Down syndrome and cerebral palsy. In addition to financial assistance, Yegor and Ksenia constantly give their wards new emotions - concerts and performances are held especially for them, as well as visits to exhibitions and events are organized. In 2018, the couple adopted a teenager with Down syndrome - Vlad was a ward of the foundation and lost his mother. If not for the actors, the guy would have been sent to a boarding school.
Leonardo DiCaprio
- "Catch Me If You Can", "Island of the Damned", "Once Upon a Time in Hollywood", "Survivor"
Leo is not only a talented actor, but also a renowned environmentalist. Also since 2012, DiCaprio is the United Nations Ambassador for Peace. For many years, the Hollywood actor has headed one of the "green" charitable foundations aimed at harmonious relations between man and nature. Leonardo DiCaprio constantly donates part of his royalties to the environment.
Mark Ruffalo
- The Avengers, The Illusion of Deception, The Endlessly Polar Bear, In the Spotlight
Mark is an ardent environmentalist and environmentalist. Ruffalo supports many green organizations and is the creator of his own, Water Defense, which aims to protect water from pollution. The actor received the prestigious Humanitarian Award in 2014. He constantly holds various competitions and events to draw attention to environmental problems.
Orlando Bloom
- Troy, Carnival Row, Pirates of the Caribbean, Black Hawk Down
Orlando is not only a prominent benefactor among world-famous stars. For many years he has been a Goodwill Ambassador for the UN Children's Fund. The actor finds time between filming to visit third world countries. Bloom has repeatedly traveled to Jordan, Macedonia, Syria and Ethiopia on humanitarian missions and believes that if all people become involved in charity, the world will be a little better.
Angelina Jolie
- "Mr. and Mrs. Smith", "Gia", "Substitution", "Gone in 60 Seconds"
Among the stars who are constantly involved in charity work, Angelina is perhaps the most successful. For a long time, she served as the United Nations Goodwill Ambassador for Refugees, and took part in a huge number of charitable events. Jolie, despite her busy schedule, visits hot spots to provide humanitarian assistance to those in need. She visited Syria and Jordan, Kosovo, Pakistan and Iran. She adopted two children from third world countries and, together with her ex-spouse, created her own Jolie / Pitt Foundation, which finances the Doctors Without Borders program.
Barbra Streisand
- Funny Girl, The Mirror Has Two Faces, Lord of the Tides, Hello, Dolly!
The famous singer and actress Barbra Streisand, despite the star status and the opportunity to live without thinking about tomorrow, continues to help disadvantaged and sick people. Barbra's own mall is located directly below her home, and a percentage of its sales go exclusively to charity. In the past few years alone, the actress has invested seven and a half million dollars in the fight against AIDS and donated over fifteen million for the construction of a cardiology center. The founders decided to name this center after her.
Chulpan Khamatova and Dina Korzun
- "Goodbye, Lenin", "Children of the Arbat", "72 meters" / "Country of the Deaf", "Peaky Blinders", "Cook"
These two women were brought together by the film "Country of the Deaf" and they can be safely ranked among the actors who do not spare money for charity. The “Give Life” foundation, created by Dina and Chulpan, has been helping children who know firsthand about hematological and oncological diseases for many years. This organization is one of the few in Russia that allows you to give, albeit a small, but chance to children in whose life no one believes.
Gosha Kutsenko
- "Love-Carrot", "Turkish Gambit", "Balkan Frontier", "House Arrest"
The actor called his charitable foundation “Step Together” for a reason. The fact is that Kutsenko is helping children with infantile cerebral palsy. According to official data, the actor's foundation has provided assistance to children with locomotor system problems for more than 2 million rubles in the last few years alone.
Keanu Reeves
- The Matrix, Constantine: Lord of Darkness, Dangerous Liaisons, John Wick
As one of the most famous actors, Keanu is not at all striving for wealth. He is very unpretentious in everyday life, and he spends most of the money he has on charity. An important role in the somewhat eccentric, in the good sense of the word, behavior was played by the illness of Reeves' sister. Keanu was very worried about her death, which came after ten years of hard and terrible struggle with cancer. Now the actor is trying to help as many cancer patients as possible. In addition, Keanu constantly donates money to fight the planet's environmental problems.
Rosario Dawson
- "Daredevil", "Seven Lives", "Sin City", "On the Hook"
Rosario Dawson invests huge amounts of money in the political problems of various countries. She is an activist for the Lower East Side Girls Club, Stay Close, Amnesty International. Dawson is trying to help Africans and Latinos living in America and in other countries. The actress also implements various programs that would help to improve the economic life of African countries, including promoting fabrics from Ghana, made in African traditions.
Oprah Winfrey
- "The Butler", "Flowers in Purple Fields", "Break of Time", "Selma"
Oprah is one of the most popular TV presenters in the United States, sometimes acting in films and constantly doing charity work. Winfrey supports a huge number of funds financially, but her main goal is to save African women from their complete powerlessness and the inability to improve their lives. She founded a girls' school in South Africa, and this is a very important institution in a country where most of the female population is illiterate. At the suggestion of Oprah, the girls not only receive primary education, but also continue it in the most prestigious universities in America.
George Clooney
- Ocean's Eleven, Jacket, Dusk Till Dawn, Operation Argo
Clooney is ready to fight for the idea to the end, and while remaining a very impressionable man, he constantly supports various social projects. George actively supports projects related to the resolution of ethnic conflicts, arranges charity receptions and visits third world countries on humanitarian missions. Amal Clooney met his wife at one of the charity events - Amal devoted herself to protecting refugees and continues to do what she loves.
Matt Damon
- Good Will Hunting, Ford vs. Ferrari, The Martian, Interstellar
One of the most important problems of our time, Matt considers the pollution of earth's waters and directs most of his fees to resolve this issue. Damon is a co-founder of Water.org. Its main goal is to provide the inhabitants of the entire planet with access to clean water. The actor is trying to ensure that every inhabitant of countries with poor ecology can use normal drinking water.
Maria Mironova, Igor Vernik and Evgeny Mironov
- "Wedding", "State Councilor" / "Falling Up", "Heads and Tails" / "On Verkhnyaya Maslovka", "Time of the First"
This trinity of Russian cinema stars can easily be counted among the actors who donate large sums of money to a good cause. Together, they have created a very important foundation that helps older people in creative professions. The Artist Foundation helps lonely and forgotten artists to live and survive. All feasible financial and moral assistance is provided for them.
Meryl Streep
- The Bridges of Madisson County, Big Little Lies, The Iron Lady, Easy Difficulties
The famous Hollywood actress donates sums with a lot of zeros to a wide variety of organizations, from supporting artists to shelters for the homeless. Meryl does not like to talk about her charity, considering it a completely personal matter. The extent to which Streep is involved in charity events and donations was only found out through the journalistic investigation of Forbes magazine.
Brad Pitt
- "Once Upon a Time in Hollywood", "Fight Club", "12 Years a Slave", "The Curious Story of Benjamin Burton"
We conclude our list of actors and actresses who do charity work with one of the most coveted and beloved actors of our time, Brad Pitt. In addition to their joint charity work with his ex-wife, Angelina Jolie, the actor founded an organization to help people affected by one of the most terrible hurricanes of our time - Katrina. He helped rebuild more than a hundred homes for New Orleans residents and independently managed everything from project development to home delivery.