10 Celebrity Manifestation Stories To Inspire You
Last Updated on July 6, 2025
Looking for some proof that manifestation is real? Today we’re exploring the successful manifestation stories from celebrities to prove the law of attraction to you!
“Manifest” is Cambridge Dictionary’s Word of the Year for 2024, driven by a surge in online searches and its popular use on social media platforms like TikTok.
The term, meaning “to imagine achieving something you want, in the belief that doing so will make it more likely to happen,” saw nearly 130,000 lookups on the Cambridge Dictionary website this year, fueled by its prevalence in media and discussions surrounding events in 2024.
Even celebrities like Dua Lipa, who spoke about manifesting her Glastonbury headline slot, and Simone Biles have been associated with the term.
So why not take a page out of their books? Let’s peek into the world of celebrity manifestation success stories!
10 Celebrity Manifestation Stories To Inspire You
1. Ariana Grande Becoming Glinda
Ariana Grande’s portrayal of Glinda in the Wicked film adaptation is absolutely delightful. After seeing her performance, it’s hard to imagine anyone but Ariana in this coveted role.
her power of manifesting is something serious https://t.co/Xwg8hfZMJM
— HEEDlE (@heyheedie) December 1, 2024
However, this was not just a random movie role that Grande went after. As you can see from the Tweet above, Grande had actually been in the process of manifesting this dream since at least 2011.
Key Manifestation Lesson from Ariana Grande
Ariana’s story serves as the perfect reminder to be patient with the Universe! Sometimes big dreams take a long time to come together and that’s okay. In the meantime, keep your mindset right as you work toward your big dream.
Ariana’s story is also a good reminder that you still need to put in the work to manifest, no matter what. Even though Ariana wanted the movie role, she didn’t leave things to chance. She hired vocal coaches and acting coaches to help her audition—a perfect example of aligned action toward your desires.
2. Dua Lipa Headlining Glastonbury
In 2024, Dua Lipa reached new heights in her career by headlining the Glastonbury festival in the UK.
While on stage, Dua recounted a personal manifestation story. She repeatedly talked about how she had manifested this very moment, having dreamt of headlining Glastonbury before she even recorded her first album.
“I’ve written this moment down and wished for it and dreamt it and worked so hard,” she told the crowd. All that manifestation work has very much paid off in the long run!
Key Manifestation Lesson from Dua Lipa
Commit to your goals by writing them down! I’ve talked to many people who couldn’t even do this basic step, let alone the rest of the real work behind manifestation. But writing things down is so easy. If you really want to manifest something amazing, commit to putting it to pen and paper.
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3. Simone Biles Manifested Her Wheaties Box
Simone Biles’ dream of appearing on a Wheaties box has come true, a full-circle moment years in the making.
Long before her Olympic gold medals and status as a gymnastics icon, a young Simone kept a homemade Wheaties box featuring her own face in her childhood bedroom. This early act of visualization, created by her teammates after her first world championship win at age 16, served as daily inspiration. Now, as an official Wheaties partner, Biles’ image and story grace a new limited-edition box, a testament to her dedication and achievements.
Key Manifestation Lesson from Simone Biles
Visualize your desires! If you need to make your own DIY image so you can look at it every day. Or put them together in a vision board that you can use to remind your subconscious mind of what you really want.
4. Zoe Saldaña’s Role in Emilia Perez
Zoe Saldaña credits “the power of manifestation” for landing her role in Emilia Perez. Recently, the actress told Kate Winslet in Variety’s Actors on Actors series that she believes the universe has consistently guided her career.
However, Saldana was not always the Woo-Woo mystical type. In fact, she initially had a lot of cynicism about manifestation and the Universe. But she let herself begin to set intentions and looked to the Universe for guidance toward her goals.
And it worked! Saldaña now believes the Universe talks directly to her and provides clear guidance when she seeks it. As you can see from Saldaña‘s success, this process has been very effective.
Key Manifestation Lesson from Zoe Saldaña
Please don’t feel like you have to do it all yourself! Ask the Universe for guidance and start listening for the answers. While those answers won’t come in the traditional form, they will appear for you one way or another. Using these techniques will not only make you a more successful manifestor, but also strengthen your connection to the Divine.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gtSW2jbF5UQ
5. Beyonce’s Performances
Beyoncé has created decades of career success. However, she didn’t leave her success to chance. As she says in the interview above, she spends a lot of time visualizing and planning her own success in her mind—right down to her outfits, hairstyles, and stage performances.
Famously, Beyoncé also used an alter ego to heighten her pop star success. Originally used to singing gospel music in a more family environment, Beyoncé initially found it challenging to step out and be more provocative and sexy on stage. So she created her confident pop alter ego: Sasha Fierce.
Sasha Fierce was an identity that Beyoncé would step into before getting on stage, which allowed her to perform the way she wanted to—without shame or fear. She used that identity for many years before eventually announcing that Sasha Fierce was done, as she no longer needed to differentiate between herself and her onstage personality.
Key Manifestation Lesson from Beyonce
Do you feel some resistance between who you are now and who you want to be? Take a page out of Beyoncé’s book and create a new alter ego to step into to help bridge the gap. Then spend time embodying this new role. If you want, you can give this other version of you a name. Then you can ask yourself: what would my alter ego do? How would s/he show up right now? The more time you spend in this “other” you, the easier it will be to eventually just become them.
6. Lady Gaga’s Madison Square Garden Vision
Today Lady Gaga is a mega-star—but she certainly didn’t start off that way. Years before her rise to fame, Lady Gaga (then Stefani Germanotta) would regularly walk past Madison Square Garden, telling herself and others that she would perform there one day.
She even wrote in her journal about headlining the famous venue. In 2011, she fulfilled this dream by performing four sold-out shows at the Garden during her Monster Ball Tour. Gaga has credited her success to her unwavering belief in herself and her consistent visualization of her goals.
Key Manifestation Lesson from Lady Gaga
After you set your goal, don’t let your current reality get in the way of your dreams. Instead of getting discouraged or intimidated whenever she passed by Madison Square Garden, Gaga got inspired. She used it as an opportunity to affirm and remind herself of what she really wanted.
7. Oprah Winfrey’s Role in “The Color Purple”
We all know that Oprah Winfrey found her calling as a talk show host. But that wasn’t the only career goal she went after.
After reading Alice Walker’s novel “The Color Purple”, Oprah set a new goal of landing the role of Sofia in the film adaptation. Before the adaptation was even announced, she had already visualized herself taking the role.
When she learned Spielberg was directing the movie, she manifested her involvement by deliberately putting herself in situations where she might meet him. Her determination paid off when she was cast as Sofia, ultimately earning an Academy Award nomination for her performance.
Key Manifestation Lesson from Oprah
When your desires speak to you, listen—even if they don’t make sense on the outside. Oprah wasn’t known as an actress, and there wasn’t even a film adaptation announced when she began to manifest her big acting role. But she listened to her desires and committed to her vision until eventually, she found manifestation success.
8. Will Smith’s Hollywood Star
In a testament to the power of speaking things into existence, Will Smith has shared how he used to drive past the Hollywood Walk of Fame as a young artist telling himself that his name would be there someday. He would visualize the ceremony and imagine the feeling of receiving his star.
Eventually, all that affirmation work paid off! In 2007, his manifestation came true when he was honored with his own star on Hollywood Boulevard, celebrating his contributions to entertainment.
Key Manifestation Lesson from Will Smith:
9. Steve Harvey’s Television Empire
Before becoming a television mogul, Steve Harvey would regularly visualize himself as a successful TV host. He has spoken about how he would practice hosting imaginary shows in his living room and write down his goals of having multiple TV programs.
Harvey also understands the power of speaking with intention. As you can see from the above clip, he isn’t about to say his future is uncertain. In fact, he’s careful to only put out the words that reflect his desired reality.
Today, Harvey has hosted Family Feud, his own talk show, Little Big Shots, and numerous other television programs, building the media empire he once only dreamed about.
Key Manifestation Lesson from Steve Harvey:
Watch your language and be sure to speak positively about your own future! Don’t make the mistake of thinking that you need to be self-deprecating or negative all the time. Your words matter. Over time, telling yourself that you are never going to get what you want is going to make an impact on your subconscious mind. So commit to what you want and start speaking it into existence.
10. Jim Carrey’s $10 Million Check
One of the most famous manifestation stories of all time comes from comedian (and fellow Canadian) Jim Carrey. In 1987, during a time when he was still a struggling actor, Carrey wrote himself a check for $10 million “for acting services rendered.” He dated it Thanksgiving 1995 and carried it in his wallet for years—even as it began to deteriorate.
However, this bold mindset move worked out for him. Just before Thanksgiving 1995, Carrey sealed the deal on a $10 million dollar check for Dumb and Dumber, which was just the beginning of his lucrative career.
Key Manifestation Lesson from Jim Carrey:
Carey wasn’t just manifesting money out of nowhere. He very specifically wrote “for acting services rendered” on his manifestation check. In other words, he had a money channel (or portal) through which he wanted to be rewarded.
If you’re manifesting money, don’t just try to manifest winning the lottery! What value are you putting out there? What do you want to be compensated for? The more clearly you can answer these questions, the easier it will be for the Universe to respond to your desire.
Celebrities Manifesting Success: The Common Threads
While these stories might seem almost too good to be true, they share common elements that go beyond mere wishful thinking:
- Clear visualization of what you want to achieve
- Verbally affirming what you want
- Patience and not letting the waiting period get them down
- Taking aligned action toward your goals
Celebrity Manifestation Success Stories: Final Thoughts
Whether you personally believe in manifestation or not, these celebrity stories highlight the power of combining clear manifestation intentions with dedicated action. Their experiences suggest that while manifestation alone isn’t a guarantee of success, the practice of visualizing and believing in your goals can be a powerful tool in achieving them.
Remember, as Jim Carrey often says, “Our thoughts are creating our reality.” These celebrities’ stories serve as inspiring reminders that sometimes, with enough belief and persistence, dreams really do come true.