Celebrities Who Have Lived on a Farm

Brad Pitt, Nicole Kidman, and Julia Roberts might be some of Hollywood’s most famous celebrities but that doesn’t mean they live in Hollywood. In fact, it’s often their fame that drives them to leave the glitz and glamour of a big city and make a home for themselves and their family somewhere a bit more secluded.

It might not come as a shock that uber-famous celebs might want to spend time away from the cameras as many of our favorite stars are constantly hounded by paparazzi — but it might come as a surprise that some of these A-listers live on land that produce products we all have unknowingly tried.

For example, if you like Rosé (who doesn’t?) try Miraval, the award-winning Rosé from Chateau Miraval owned by Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie. And Jennifer Garner, who grew up on a farm in West Virginia co-founded Once Upon a Farm, a company that makes yummy kids’ food pouches using only organic fruits and vegetables.

Then there are some other stars who aren’t using their farms as a business opportunity but, instead, are calling it home just simply because of their love of animals.

Other celebs Charlize Theron and Carrie Underwood grew up living on farms which they’ve said helped teach them about hard work. And, in some cases, made them want to continue farm life well into their adulthood.

In the age of celebrity kids having as much media attention as their famous parents, we can’t help but respect how some stars have opted for a more down to earth lifestyle, and we do mean that literally! Who knows, maybe the next generation of nepo babies will take over the agricultural industry!

So, without further adieu, here’s a look at some of our favorite celebs who have lived on a farm.

A version of this article was originally publish in March 2020.

Brad Pitt

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Pitt’s French farm might now be best associated with his and ex-wife Angelina Jolie’s battle over the estate but when first starting to make wine the actor was over the moon about farmlife.

“I’m a farmer now,” he told Wine Spectator in 2014. “I love learning about the land and which field is most suitable for which grape, the drama of September and October. ‘Are we picking today? Where are the sugar levels? How is the acidity? Is it going to rain?’ It’s been a schooling for me. In the off months, I enjoy cleaning the forest and walking the land.”
Elizabeth Hurley

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In 2015, Hurley sold the farm she called home for 13 years for $9 million. Hurley’s former property in the English countryside included 450 acres of prime organic farmland, a six-bedroom manor house, guest annex, and two outbuildings.

The actress told the Daily Mail in 2006 that she had big plans for the farm, “When we get our organic status we’re going to farm properly and we’re going to have a herd of cows and proper sheep and proper chickens, and we’re going to have small amounts of Gloucestershire Old Spot pigs.”

Though it’s unclear if Hurley currently owns a farm, she did reveal that she still dabbles in farm life back in 2018 when she credited her figure to birthing farm animals.
Martha Stewart

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According to Architectural Digest, Martha Stewart owns an over-150-acre estate in Katonah, New York, dubbed Cantitoe Corners, where she has horses, donkeys, peacocks, and numerous gardens
Jennifer Garner

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The actress and mom of loves spending time in Locust Grove, Okla., just east of Tulsa, on the farm her mother grew up on and is now the farm that produces her organic products, Once Upon a Farm.
Salma Hayek

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We were super envious of Salma Hayek’s choice of quarantine location in 2020. Her Washington ranch is an animal sanctuary where she rescues everything from dogs to alpacas.
Gigi Hadid

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When she not on the runway, Gigi Hadid is a proud farm girl who often posts sweet snaps of her time spent with her animals and her daughter, Khai.
Melissa McCarthy

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The actress discussed the changes she’s seen to her Chicago home in a 2013 interview with Esquire.

“The farm I grew up on is now a suburb. They covered up all that farmland with tan houses,” she said. McCarthy did say that her family didn’t actually do any farming.
Julia Roberts

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According to Hello Magazine, Julia Roberts is the owner of a 32-acre ranch in Taos, New Mexico where she tied the knot to husband Danny Moder.

She previously told Oprah that the property gives her a sense of escapism. “It’s peaceful, and it’s a relief. I always say you can’t be in a bad mood here. I don’t know if it’s New Mexico or just the mountains, but you can’t be silly in a negative way,” she said.
Katherine Schwarzenegger & Chris Pratt

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Katherine Schwarzenegger and Chris Pratt often share photos of themselves with the many animals on their farm.

In 2019, the actor told Entertainment Tonight that having time for farm life was one of his main goals. “I always want to be that guy that works to live, not lives to work. I think [I want to spend] just a lot of time at the farm and a lot of time catching a lot of fish and seeing lots of sunsets,” he said.
Jeffrey Dean Morgan & Hilarie Burton

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Hilarie Burton and Jeffrey Dean Morgan live on a farm in Pleasant Valley, New York that they named “Mischief.” It is home to many animals including a donkey and an emu.
Andie Macdowell

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Andie Macdowell kept her family out of the spotlight during her fame by living on a Montana ranch which she sold in 2000 after relocating to North Carolina. Her Montana home was a 457-acre Missoula property complete with a barn.
Charlize Theron

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Charlize Theron grew up on her parents’ farm in Benoni, near Johannesburg in South Africa
Carrie Underwood

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The coutry singer is a born and bred farm girl who has stayed true to her roots by building a her dream home on her 400-acre lot in Tennesse. According to Hello Magazine, the farm is complete with private horse stables, an expansive garden.
Russell Crowe

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The actor is also a farm owner having purchased a 1,400-acre ranch near Australia’s east coast. Crowe told Oprah that he has over 500 cows roaming his sprawling grounds.

In 2020, his land was tragically ravaged by the forest fires and the actor even skipped the Golden Globes to stay home and help his neighbors rebuild, according to the Daily Mail.
Amanda Seyfried

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Amanda Seyfried is the proud owner of a farm in the Catskills Mountains of New York where she lives with her husband, Thomas Sadoski, and their two children. The family share the land with chickens, horses, goats and a donkey named Gus, per The New York Times.
Mark Ruffalo

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Mark Ruffalo, his wife Sunrise and their three children Keen, Odette, and Bella Noche live in a former dairy farm in Callicoon New York, a forested village in the Catskills. His family grows strawberries and they have plans to one day have sheep on the farm.