In fact, recent years have seen a greater swell of popular actors and celebrities becoming vegan, motivated by health, ethical conviction or a passion for animal welfare. Now, let’s check out some of the celebs who regularly encourage their fans to embrace cruelty-free lifestyles and plant-based diets.


Virat Kohli and Anushka Sharma are married.

Both are outspoken proponents of veganism, claiming that it improves their health and supports their goals of living a more sustainable lifestyle.


This post was written by Jacqueline Fernandez.

Jacqueline is a lifelong vegan and animal rights activist. She was bitten by the animal welfare bug, and in 2024, she was named one of India’s Most Beautiful Vegetarian Celebrities, and she now owns a vegan restaurant in Mumbai.


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Photo by Divya Khosla

Divya knows the health benefits that come from a clean, whole-food, vegan diet, and she’s been eating this way since childhood, so she likes home-cooked, plant-based comfort foods.




Riteish Deshmukh & Genelia Deshmukh, Actors & Activists

The pair went vegan back in 2019 and co-founded a new plant-based meat brand, Imagine Meat.


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Sonam Kapoor

A longtime vegan and animal rights activist, Sonam has been recognised twice as PETA’s Person of the Year for her compassionate, cruelty-free lifestyle.


These stars help prove veganism is more than a trend. It’s a conscious, compassionate way of life.