This Is What Hollywood's A-List Actresses Eat In A Day

We'll be surprised if many of these actresses have managed to fly under your radar at all, but let's give you a recap just in case. Julia Roberts is one of Hollywood's biggest stars. She's an Academy Award winner (for 2000's Erin Brockovich) and has starred in movies as wide-ranging as Pretty Woman, Notting Hill, Ocean's Eleven and Eat Pray Love. During the '90s and early '00s, she was pretty much the most famous woman on the planet.  

Roberts told People Magazine in 2017 that she tends to begin her day with a full breakfast (which usually consists of sourdough toast, avocado, eggs, fruit and coffee) before a light lunch and a dinner which is usually healthy and high in protein — the example she gave was salmon, avocado, and brown rice, with a glass of wine on the side. She also holds a fondness for pasta, jokingly asking why everybody gives it such a bad rap, and adds, "I love a good cookie." Don't we all?

It's probably not a stretch to suggest that Angelina Jolie might be the most famous actress on the planet. Nowadays, she works as a humanitarian — working to protect refugees, uphold education, defend women's rights, and conserve the environment all around the world — but is also renowned for her turns in Lara Croft: Tomb Raider, Changeling (which, yes, you guessed it: Oscar) and Maleficent.

And her diet is about as extraordinary as her career. Jolie is rumored to consume around 600 calories per day preferring foods which are high in proteins. That means lean steaks, cereals and protein shakes are on the menu. She has also been known to snack on "ancient grains", which consist of quinoa, chia seeds, spelt, millet, and buckwheat. A persistent rumor has also followed Jolie which suggests she begins the day with a spoonful of coconut oil and a handful of cereal — and not much else. Pass the pizza, please.

Jennifer Lawrence is one of the most prolific young actresses working today. She appeared in Hollywood at the beginning of this decade, securing her role in the zeitgeist with her roles in X-Men: First Class and the Hunger Games saga. Since then, she's also won an Oscar for Silver Linings Playbook — making her the second-youngest actress in history to win one — and has undertaken a significant amount of charity work and activism.

Lawrence's love for junk food is well-documented, and the internet's adoration towards her for her apparent relatability is nothing short of a PR manager's dream. In recent years, she has won digital hearts for speaking up about her taste for McDonald's fries, Cool Ranch Doritos, and pizza. Seriously, she really loves pizza — and really loves letting people know she really loves pizza, too. It's practically her whole brand, actually. An interesting angle to take on your public image, but hey, it works. All the power to her.

Since her debut in 1986, Naomi Watts has gone on to enjoy a stellar career in film and television. She's worked with David Lynch on multiple occasions, starring in Mulholland Drive and appearing in the 2017's third season of Twin Peaks, and has taken on roles in such films as The Ring, King Kong, and The Impossible, the latter of which earned her a second nomination for an Oscar (the first was for 2003's 21 Grams).

Watts, like many actresses, keeps to a strict diet and exercise regime prior to and during awards season, in order to keep in shape for the red carpet. Once it's over, however, it's open season as far as eating is concerned. She loves eating out and refuses to deny herself food just for the sake of keeping in shape. She explained to People, "I'm not going to go to Paris and push a salad around my plate. I'm going to Paris to have bread and treats and good wine."

Eva Mendes has a roster of films and shows under her belt which is eclectic to say the least. She has appeared in E.R. (her first role), Mortal Kombat: Conquest, 2 Fast 2 Furious, Ghost Rider, Knocked Up, The Other Guys and Hitch. She is also a successful model and has appeared in a number of music videos for bands including the Pet Shop Boys, The Strokes and Will Smith.

When it comes to eating, Mendes is very much a "creature of habit." Since she thinks of food more as fuel for her body, she tends not to get bored with it. As a result, she has a few key dishes on constant rotation. Breakfast will always revolve around eggs, for example, usually with a piece of toast and some coffee. Lunch always includes grains (such as rice or beans) and she has a fondness for salmon with salad. She'll usually have the same thing for dinner. When she does indulge in a treat, however, it usually takes the form of Cadbury's Mini Eggs and Creme Eggs.

Megan Fox became a household name after her part opposite Shia LaBeouf in Michael Bay's Transformers series. She has also appeared in 2014's Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, and its sequel, as well as Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen, and How to Lose Friends & Alienate People.

Fox follows what's known as a raw foods diet. Essentially, this means eating raw and vegan food, includes a high intake of superfoods, grains and other such healthy-sounding fare, and cutting processed food, meat and stuff high in saturated fat right out of the diet. Fox still manages to eat five times a day, however, and takes fish oil and silica supplements to complement her eating habits. Throw them all together and you've got a way of life that might not exactly seem like a barrel of fun on the surface, but is guaranteed to keep you slim and healthy nonetheless.

Viola Davis has been wonderfully transparent when it comes to her honesty about what kind of diet keeps her looking so amazing, and in 2018, she freely admitted that trendy cleanses weren't for her. It was on the set of Widows that the makeup artist tried to get them to participate in a 28-day cleanse that banned "chewing food or gulping liquids," because it was too aggressive. Sounds weird? Davis thought so, too — she told Jimmy Fallon that she lasted only 2 days. If that's not super-relatable, nothing is.

Then, in 2019, Davis was talking about something else with refreshing honesty: the diagnosis that she was pre-diabetic. She told Everyday Health that she was shocked. She tried to make healthy choices when it came to food and she exercised regularly, but still had high blood sugar. What changes did she make? She says she went paleo, and was happy to add things like cauliflower pizza and yam noodles to her diet. She didn't give up her desserts, but uses almond flour instead of wheat flour. She adds cinnamon to her beverages now, and is extra-vigilant when it comes to supplements.

And she knows what's at stake: she has two sisters who are diabetic, and an aunt who had her legs amputated before dying of diabetic complications.

So here's a question: what could Scarlett Johansson possibly eat that keeps her fit and healthy, while still giving her all the energy she needs to step into the shoes of a Marvel superhero?

According to her personal trainer, Eric Johnson (via Harper's Bazaar), her Black Widow prep included fasting for 12 hours each day (sometimes as long as 15 hours), and carb-cycling — which means what she ate was based on the day's training. The focus was on high carbs and low fat or the opposite, and plenty of high-protein foods. One thing that remains constant, though, is his recommendation to eat dark chocolate before each workout, which makes the whole thing sound a bit better. 

So what foods are we talking? According to Well+Good, Johansson is mostly vegan. She chooses things like oatmeal, tofu, lean proteins, salads, and plenty of fruit and vegetables. While she says she always practices moderation, that's not to say she completely abstains from the fun stuff. She told Styleist, (via One Green Planet), "I like to cook, major baker. Yea, this past summer I got into vegan baking so I was baking up a storm — breads, cakes, muffins. I love to bake." And she doesn't let herself feel guilty about it, saying, "When you're disciplined, the 'cheat meal' doesn't really exist. You're sort of like, 'I earned this piece of chocolate cake — I'm going to go for it.' You don't even think about it."