When it comes to having a side hustle, celebrities are not the first group you would think need the extra cash.?
But when they're not promoting movies or performing in sold out stadiums, some celebrities have turned their passion to other projects.?
From alcohol collections to clothing lines and beauty ranges, here are 20 celebrities who have a lucrative side hustle to fill their time between the glitz and glamour of Hollywood.
You might be wondering why you haven't seen Jessica Alba on the big screen for a while.
But after a long spell in the mid-2000s winning fans on the screen, Alba, 41, pivoted away from acting and slowly but surely stopped taking on major roles.
Instead, the actress and mum of three has been busy building and running her own wellness company.
The 42-year-old launched The Honest Company back in 2012, and has had enormous success since.
The company produces and sells over 100 products for personal and pre/postnatal care. ?
?After only a year, Alba's business sold for around $10 million (approx. $14 million) of products.
Alba has made a handful of appearances on the small screen after fading from the spotlight, including starring as Nancy McKenna in the series LA's Finest.
George Clooney isn't just a master of the screen.?
It turns out the Ocean's Eleven star makes a pretty mean tequila.?
Casamigos Tequila was a labour of love for the actor who created the alcohol range with his friends Rande Gerber and Mike Meldman.?
The trio ended up selling their company for almost $1 billion in 2017.?
Move over George Clooney, there's another actor in town with a successful tequila line.?
Former WWE wrestler and action movie star Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson, 51, can add tequila connoisseur to his resume.?
The Black Adam actor has his own spirits company called Teremana Tequila that has had enormous success since it launched in 2020.?
According to Forbes, the company reached a milestone of $1 million annual sales as of earlier this year.?
Speaking to the magazine, the Rock shared his dreams to "make Teremana a true, global tequila brand" in the future.
It seems Sarah Jessica Parker is Carrie Bradshaw in real life.?
The Sex and the City actress, 58, has her own chic shoes line called SJP by Sarah Jessica Parker.?
The fashionista makes everything from comfortable platform shoes to glitzy stilettos that you can order online or shop at her New York store.?
Parker's line also includes travel accessories, fragrances and stationery with the signature fabulous SJP touch.?
When she's not on the big screen, Kate Hudson is making affordable athletics wear for women and men.
The Golden Globe award winning actress, 44, is the co-founder of the stylish activewear line, Fabletics.
The athleisure line sells everything from comfy leggings to sports bras and even scrub sets.?
Hudson moved to an advisory role for the company in 2022, and seems to be focusing on her second side hustle ¨C a vodka line.?
The screen icon is the founder of King St. Vodka, which according to her website, was inspired by Hudson's time drinking cocktails with friends in her old King Street home in New York City.
Kylie Minogue isn't just Australia's princess of pop ¨C turns out she is also quite the wine connoisseur.?
The Spinning Around singer, 55, has her very own award-winning wine collection with Benchmark Drinks called Wines by Kylie that launched in 2020.
The Prosecco ros¨¦ is a best-seller amongst Kylie fans, described as having a fruity taste with a delicious fizz.
"To be the number one Ros¨¦ brand in the UK and selling over eight million bottles since we launched and are now in over thirty-one countries is an incredible testimony to the amazing producers and winemakers that we are lucky enough to work alongside," Minogue writes on her website. ?
These days, Gwyneth Paltrow, 50, has turned her energy from acting to working on her lifestyle company, Goop.?
The 'wellness' brand has become well-known for selling some rather unique products, including vaginal steaming treatments and 'luxury disposable nappies'.?
Back in June, the Goop CEO filed a trademark application for a rather unusual name for her chocolate and candy line called 'This Tastes Like My Vagina'.
It seems like we're living through a Drew-naissance of late.
Drew Barrymore, 48, has been taking social media by storm with her successful daytime television show.
But the actress also has another lucrative side hustle.
Barrymore is the proud founder of the cruelty-free cosmetic line, FLOWER Beauty.??
The 50 First Dates star created her beauty line in 2012, and has since launched her own kids' d¨¦cor, eyewear and hair tools lines as part of FLOWER.?
Venus Williams is a star on and off the tennis court.?
The champion athlete turned her side passion for interior design into her very own company, V Starr, back in 2002.?
To this day, when she's not dominating on the court, Williams runs her South-Florida based design studio? which specialises in commercial and hospitality design.
The action star is just as much the daredevil in real life.
Keanu Reeves, 58, has long loved motorcycles, reportedly buying one to ride around every time he would have to film on location. ?
The John Wick star turned his passion for motorcycles into his very own line and is the co-founder of Arch Motorcycle Company with Gard Hollinger. ?
While his The Hunger Games character was quite the fashion designer, in real life, Lenny Kravitz, 59, seems to have quite the eye for interior design.?
After his homes appeared in the likes of Vogue and Metropolis, Kravitz launched his own studio called Kravitz Design in 2003.?
The singer even designed Queen Latifah's TV talk show set.
Just like her no-nonsense, career-driven character in The Proposal, Sandra Bullock seems to have a knack for how to manage a business.?
When she's not filming her next Hollywood blockbuster, the actress is busy being a restaurant owner.?
Bullock, 59, owns both Bess Bistro and Walton's Fancy and Staple, located where she lives in Austin, Texas.?
"What, like it's hard?"
Legally Blonde ?icon Reese Witherspoon might not actually be a Harvard lawyer, but the actress does have her very own production company called Hello Sunshine.
Witherspoon is an avid reader, frequently posting her books recommendations to Instagram.
She's so passionate that she's turned some of her favourite ?reads into successful movies and tv show adaptations.
Reese Witherspoon's company has produced smash hits like Daisy Jones & The Six? and Where the Crawdads Sing, to name a couple.
She also launched clothing brand?, Draper James, in 2015.
It seems acting just wasn't 'Kenough to keep Ryan Gosling entertained.?
On top of being an award-winning movie star, the Barbie star is also a restaurant owner.?
Gosling, 42, is the co-owner of Tagine in Beverly Hills alongside chef Ben Benameur.
If you're ever nostalgic for the experience of writing on a typewriter, Tom Hanks, 67, has you covered.?
As well as being a big screen star, the actor has a rather niche hobby of collecting and restoring vintage typewriters.?
Hanks turned his passion into a creative side hustle, creating the Hanx Writer app for your phone which recreates the look and sound of typing on a classic typewriter.
While we continue to wait for Rihanna's next hit album, the songstress has proved herself to be ever the talented businesswoman.?
The Umbrella singer, 35, is the founder of the inclusive make-up range, Fenty Beauty, which has been praised for its diverse foundation shades and colour palettes for many skin tones.?
Rihanna has also created a body-inclusive lingerie range, Savage x Fenty by Rihanna, which sells underwear and sleepwear for people of all different sizes and shapes.?
W?hen he's not acting or posting adorable pics with his wife Blake Lively, Ryan Reynolds keeps himself busy with a couple of side hustles.
The Deadpool actor bought Wrexham AFC football club in 2021 alongside Rob McElhenney for ?2 million (approx. $3.4 million AUD).
The two season series Welcome to Wrexham chronicles the actor's journey of buying and then running the Welsh sporting club.
Reynolds also had another side hustle on the go for a while after buying a stake in Aviation American Gin in 2018.
A couple years later, the actor sold the company for a whopping $846 million to Diageo PLC.?
Susan Sarandon, 76, has turned her love for a popular party sport into a franchise.
The Thelma & Louise star has a series of table tennis bars across the US and Canada.?
The acting icon founded her startup company SPiN back in 2009 and now has an impressive nine bar locations as part of her global franchise.
Singer J?essica Simpson is also a fashion mogul.
The 43-year-old launched The Jessica Simpson Collection shoes line back in 2005 and hasn't looked back since.
Today, her fashion empire is worth $1 billion? and sells everything from women's clothes to chic accessories.
