Celebrities Who Changed Their Religion For Love 

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Katie Holmes

Would you become a Scientologist for love?

Katie Holmes didn’t officially convert from Catholicism, but she did start practicing Scientology a few months after she started dating Tom Cruise in 2005. And her daughter Suri Cruise was baptized in the church.

But in 2012, she went above and beyond to get away from Tom and the Church of Scientology. She also registered as a parishioner in a New York Catholic church during her high-profile divorce.

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Isla Fisher

Actress Isla Fisher said of her Jewish husband Sacha Baron Cohen, “I would do anything — move into any religion — to be united in marriage with him.”

She then spent three years preparing to convert to Judaism before the couple finally got married in 2010.

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Jamaica Kincaid

Did you know that Author Jamaica Kincaid converted to Judaism for ex-husband Allen Shawn? She even became the president of her synagogue. But Kincaid kept her religious life quiet for years saying once, “I don’t know why, but I do feel that God is a private issue.”

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Zooey Deschanel

Zooey Deschanel became one of Hollywood’s most recent converts for love when US Weekly revealed that she secretly converted to Judaism for her husband Jacob Pechenik before becoming his wife in a secret ceremony.

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Gladys Knight

Romantic love isn’t the only thing that drives celebrities convert. Legendary singer Gladys Knight converted to the Mormon faith because of the influence of her children.

Knight once said, “My son Jimmy and his wife were the first to join the Church, after his best friend shared his testimony. Then my daughter, Kenya, joined the Church. I watched their lives grow, and to see how my grandchildren were being raised and what they knew really impressed me.”

She joined the Church in 1997 and was baptized by her son Jimmy. Years later, her husband, William McDowell, converted to the faith shortly after they were married.

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Alicia Keys

Alicia Keys has never made an official statement about converting to Islam for her husband, Swizz Beatz. But she does include Islamic prayers under several of her Instagram photos and Tweets about her family. Do you think she’s made the switch?

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Ivanka Trump

Jewish groups may have taken issue with Donald Trump recently, but his daughter, Ivanka Trump, converted to Judaism in 2008 to marry real estate mogul Jared Kushner in 2008.

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Nell Carter

Actress Nell Carter converted to Judaism in 1982 when she married Jewish mathematician and lumber executive George Krynicki. She even made trips to Israel where she left letters in Jerusalem’s Western Wall.

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Lindsay Lohan

Actress Lindsay Lohan started to convert to Judaism for her Jewish girlfriend DJ Samantha Ronson but gave up the faith when the two suddenly called it quits.

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Janet Jackson

Have you noticed that Janet Jackson has been much more covered up lately?

Reportedly, it’s because she converted to Islam shortly after marrying her husband, Wissam Al Mana. But Jackson has not publicly confirmed her conversion.

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Connie Chung

Reporter Connie Chung has been Jewish since 1984 when she converted to marry talk show host Maury Povich.

Elizabeth Taylor

When Elizabeth Taylor converted to Judaism after her third marriage, she did it for life. The actress stuck with it through five more marriages and even became an advocate for Jewish causes around the world.

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Tom Arnold

Actor Tom Arnold is one of the few men to convert for love. He became Jewish after he married comedienne Roseanne Barr in 1990, and continued to keep the faith long after they were divorced in 1994.

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Drew Barrymore

Actress Drew Barrymore declined to convert to Judaism when she married her husband, Will Kopelman. But she did agree to raise their two children in the faith. She told the cast of The View in 2013, “It’s a beautiful faith, and I’m so honored to be around it. It’s so family-oriented.”