Michelle Rodriguez is said to be one of the fastest rising female action
stars in Hollywood, and is often compared to Angelina Jolie. She has many hit
films under her belt, such as, Avatar, The Fast and the Furious,
and SWAT. In a recent interview, the beautiful actress spoke about her
childhood, and growing up as a Jehovah's Witness.
Michelle Rodriguez states she was not allowed to watch movies as a child,
including cartoons like The Smurfs and Snow White, because her
parents were very strict Jehovah's Witnesses from the time she was 7 years old.
"I went to church every day, and I'd go knocking on people's doors with my
grandma trying to save their souls. Sometimes the person who answered the door
would be a friend from school who knew that I cursed and swore - and
there I was in a dress holding a Bible. I'd say, Grandma, please not this
house."
How interesting to learn that
Michelle Rodriguez, who was once forbidden to watch television is now an
actress in movies herself. It looks like she won that battle! It is a curious
thing, however, as to why she was not allowed to watch children's cartoons.
Michelle Rodriguez is currently promoting her newest film Battle: Los
Angeles, where she plays a soldier fighting to save LA, and the world, from
an army malevolent alien beings.
Famous Jehovah's Witnesses - Testemunhas de Jeová famosas
(Youtube in Spanish and English, Jan. 8, 2010) People listed here come from a Jehovah's Witness background, or are
converts who became Jehovah's Witnesses. A range of participation is represented
by these individuals, from full activity to disaffiliation.
There is quite a list many I have never heard of. I've done this before
but this adds a lot of names - a lot
Gregg
Alexander
- The New Radicals' lead singer; raised by mother
Papa Dee
Allen
of the 70s-80s rock group War. Passed away during a concert
Peter
Andre
- Inactive - Singer raised in Australia, presently living in London
with wife pin up model *Jordan
George
Benson
- Active - musician
Maurizio
Bianchi
- Musician
Cheryl Bradley
- Executive Housekeeper
Ivana
Brkic
- Croatian Musician
Richard
Cameron-
Dutch Musician
Naomi
Campbell
- Inactive - Model -
Valerie
Campbell
- Active - model - Mother of Naomi Campbell
Tom Edur
- Former NHLice hockey player.
Ida
Eisenhower
mother of Dwight President of USA - Inactive -
Politician Meetings were held in his family home. It makes sense
that he probably attended some of those. He was never baptized as a
JW. His father stopped attending around 1914/1915 when Dwight was
about 24 or 25. Dwight graduated from West Point in 1915.
Kid
Gavilan
- welterweight champion boxer; elected to boxing Hall of Fame in
1990 (convert to JWs)
Larry
Graham
- Active - Musician - Sly & the Family Stone
Danny
Granger
- professional basketball player (Indiana Pacers)
Teresa
Graves
- actress, star of TV movie and TV series "Get Christie Love!"
(convert to JWs)
Gary
Gygax
- Co-creator of Dungeons & Dragons.
Geri
Halliwell
- Inactive - Musician - Spice Girls
Roy
Harper
- songwriter, musician (raised)
Anthony
Henderson
- Famous quick tongued rap artist
Dave Hill
- musician, Lead Guitarist and back vocals for Slade (convert)
Kim
Holland
- Dutch porn star (former JW)
Terrence
Howard
- actor; Ray, Hustle & Flow, etc.
The
Jackson Family--
We all know about the Jackson family. I think the only ones who are
still JW is the mother, oneof the older sisters, Rebbie. Mother/grandmother
Katherine has been seen taking Michael's 3 kids to the hall.
Lord
Jamar
of the band Nubians - Inactive - Musician
JaRule
- Inactive - Musician
Scott
Johnson
- Actor
K-os
- Canadian R&B artist ; Raised Jehovah's Witness
Margaret
Keane
- Artist who said converting "changed her life."[1]
Peter
Knowles - Famous
soccer player in
England who quit his football
career in 1970 aged 24 to join the Jehovah's Witnesses.
Krazyzie
Bone
- Inactive - Musician
La Lupe
- Cuban salsa singer (convert)
Phillip
Landry
- Musican
Chet
Lemon
- professional baseball player (Detroit Tigers)
Brian
Locking
- Bass guitarist with The Shadows for eighteen months, but left to
Jehovah's Witnesses activities.
Evelyn
Mandela
- first wife of South African president Nelson Mandela (convert to
JWs)
Hank
Marvin
- Active - Musician
Mark
McCumber
- professional golfer
Jerry Lee
Merrit,
Rockabilly Hall Of Fame member
Dave
Meyers
- professional basketball player (Los Angeles Lakers in 1970s and
later for the Milwaukee Bucks)
Thelonius
Monk:
Musician
Rene
Montes de Oca Martija
- dissident human-rights activist in Cuba (son of JW)
Van
Morrison.
He was taken to the Kingdom Hall as a child byhis mother.
Miki
Nakatani
- Japanese Actress, Raised as a Jehovah's Witness
Dave
Mustaine
of the band Megadeth - Inactive - Musician
Gloria
Naylor
- novelist, author of The Women of Brewster Place (1982,
American Book Award)
Viv
Nicholson
- famous London lottery winner in 1961. She then became a devout
JW.
Evelyn
Ntoko
(first wife of Nelson Mandela
Mark O'Meara,golfer
Rustom
Padilla
- Filipino movie star
Angelo
Palego
- leader of team searching for Noah's Ark
Dave Pear
- NFL professional football player for Colts, Buccaneers, and
Raiders (convert)
Shont'e
Peoples
- professional football player (Saskatchewan Roughriders); convert
to JWs
Herman
Pizzanelli
- leading Uruguayan concert guitarist in the 1960s (convert to JWs)
Ken
Richmond
- The man who banged the gong in the Rank Organisation film logo
from 1955 onward.
Michelle
Rodriguez
- Inactive actress, Lost
Solveig Romero
- Mexico and Switzerland, Actress and wife of Martin Campbell, the
director of James Bond Casino RoyaleMiu Sakamoto
- Japanese Singer,
John
Salley raised a JW
Travis
Scott
- NFL football player for Rams (raised JW)
Jill
Scott
- R&B/neo-soul singer-poet raised a JW
Selena -
Tejano singer (Selena Quintanilla)
Maher
Shalal Hash Baz
- Japanese musician, name comes from the Book of Isaiah
Sherri
Shepherd
- Inactive - TV presenter on The View
Patti
Smith
- punk rock star
Richard
Sohl?
Pianist. Died. with Patti Smith's group
Mickey
Spillane
- best-selling crime novelist (convert to JWs)
Damo
Suzuki
(Converted in the
1970s, current membership
status uncertain)
Carol M.
Swain
- political scientist; professor at Vanderbilt University; author;
left the Witnesses at the age of 20, in 1975
Bobby
Tambling
- English footballer
Phil
Terry
- member of the 60's R&B group The Intruders.
Jean
Terrell
- Replaced Diana Ross in the Supremes in 1970.
David
Thomas
- songwriter/vocalist for Pere Ubu (convert to JWs)
Akira
Toriyama
- Japanese Mangaka(Cartoonist), Author of Dragon Ball (Manga)
Yoshito
Usui
- Japanese Mangaka, Author of Crayon Shin-chan
Carmina
Villarroel
- Filipino actress
Leo J. Volpe
(1916–13 April 2000) was a draft resister and
conscientious objectoras
a JW during World War 2. In 1973, after leaving the Jehovah's
Witnesses, he founded
The Restored Israel of Yahweh,
whose members believe that Volpe is the prophet Jeremiah resurrected
Reena
Virk
- Canadian child murder victim
Lark
Voorhies
- TV/movie actress Saved by the Bell
Wayan
Brothers and Sisters:
Damon, Dwayne, Keenen, Ivory, Kim, Nadia, Marlon, Shawn - Mostly
Inactive - Actors
Lou
Whitaker
- professional baseball player (Detroit Tigers)
Venus and
Serena Williams
- Active - tennis -- really???? active???
Chuck
Winfield
- Former Trumpet player for Blood, Sweat, and Tears.
Willie
Wise
- NBA professional basketball player for Seattle Super Sonics and
Denver Nuggets
Akiko
Yano
- Japanese Singer, Former wife of Ryuichi Sakamoto