The Celeb Best Friends Whose Group Chats We Most Want to Join, in Honor of National Best Friends Day (2024)

You probably already knew because your bestie texted you this morning, but June 8 is National Best Friends Day, and that's something to celebrate.

From star pals who hit it off during a slumber party, to newer BFFs who forged an instant friendship on set, these dynamic duos give meaning to the term #friendshipgoals, and always find new ways to lift each other up.

Read on for some of the most enviable and awesome friendships in Hollywood.

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Taylor Swift & Selena Gomez

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Who better to kick off a list of celeb BFFs than Taylor and Selena?

These two met more than 15 years ago, back when they were dating different Jonas brothers. And while those relationships are now relegated to song lyrics, Taylor and Selena are going strong, still taking time to catch up over dinner and hanging out at award shows together.

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Snoop Dogg & Martha Stewart

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The rapper and the home and hospitality television personality may seem like an unlikely pair, but Snoop Dogg and Stewart have been friends for years ever since Snoop joined Stewart on The Martha Stewart Show in 2008 to make some mean mashed potatos.

In 2016, Snoop called Stewart his "homegirl" in an interview with The Hollywood Reporter, citing a"special bondthat goes way back."

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Ben Affleck & Matt Damon

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Bean Town made besties of these two actors, who first met when Affleck was 8, and Damon was 10, living down the road from each other in Cambridge, Mass. Not long after discovering that the pair shared an affinity for baseball and acting, the two of them began auditioning for roles together, soon going on to play extras in Field of Dreams and later costarring in School Ties, before eventually winning Oscars for Good Will Hunting by each other's side.

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Lea Michele & Jonathan Groff

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From Broadway buds to Glee costars, Lea Michele and Jonathan Groff are besties who are in it for the long haul. The pair played doomed lovers in the the Broadway musical Spring Awakening beginning in 2006 have stayed close ever since. Groff was even Lea's "maid of honor" in her 2019 wedding to her husband, Zandy Reich.

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Olivia Rodrigo and Conan Grey

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This musical duo is rich in both talent and friendship!

The pair (who share the same producer, Dan Nigro) collaborated together in a promo for Taylor Swift's recording of her sophom*ore album, Fearless in 2021.

Gray and Rodrigo's bond has only grown over the years, with the two supporting each other's music releases, attending each other's concerts, celebrating birthdays together and even going as each other's date to the Met Gala.

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Jenna Fischer & Angela Kinsey

Angela and Pam may have butted heads as characters on The Office, but their IRL actors certainly didn't let their work impact their friendship.

Jenna Fischer andAngela Kinsey are still friends, more than 10 years after The Office ended. They have stayed true to their sitcom roots with their joint Office Ladies podcast and book, Office BFFs: Tales ofThe Officefrom Two Best Friends Who Were There.

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Tina Fey & Amy Poehler

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Tina Fey and Amy Poehler's friendship is no joke! The two first met in Chicago in 1993 when they were on a team at Improv Olympic (now iO), Fey said on Sunday TODAY with Willie Geist.

The two starred onSaturday Night Live in the early 2000s, have a four-time tally of co-hosting the Golden Globe Awards together and even have a live comedy tour called

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Oprah Winfrey & Gayle King

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Like many great friendships, Oprah Winfrey's and Gayle King's began with a sleepover.

The two had been working as a news anchor and a production assistant/writer, respectively, for WJZ-TV in Baltimore when a heavy snowstorm rolled in. Not wanting King to get caught in the weather, Winfrey offered King a place to stay the night.

"We ended up talking all night long," Winfrey told PEOPLE in 2022. "We've literally been friends ever since." Nearly 48 years later, the pair are still going strong!

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Busy Philipps & Michelle Williams

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Dawson's Creek may have given us some great television, but it gave us an even greater friendship.

Busy PhilippsandMichelle Williamsmet while working on the set ofDawson's Creekin the late 1990s, and have remained besties and frequent red-carpet dates ever since. Phillips is even the godmother to Williams' oldest child, Matilda.

“I’m so in love with her," Williams told PEOPLE of Phillips. "She’s proof that the love of your life does not have to be a man! That’s the love of my life right there."

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Pedro Pascal & Oscar Isaac

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This duo met while appearing in an off-Broadway play almost 19 years ago in 2005.

Pascal

and Isaac later worked on the 2019 action film Triple Frontier, and they have both dabbled in the Star Wars universe (Pascal stars in The Mandalorian, and Isaac played Poe Dameron in the seventh film in the Star Wars' Skywalker Saga).

In a 2022 interview with Esquire, Pascal said that Isaac became like "family" over the years, jokingly calling him "the younger brother I never wanted."

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Lili Reinhart, Madelaine Petsch & Camila Mendes

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Though their hit CW series Riverdale may have wrapped in 2023, the former costars are still friends, showing up to support each other as they navigate their lives post-Riverdale.

“We're all kind of experiencing the same anxieties at the same time and it's really nice to have people who relate to you and that way,” Mendes said of relying on Reinhart and Petsch on an episode of PEOPLE in 10.

Most recently, Mendes and Reinhart joined Petsch on the red carpet to support her for her latest project, the upcoming horror film The Strangers: Chapter 1.

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Mariska Hargitay & Christopher Meloni

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Mariska Hargitay and Christopher Meloni's friendship is as old as Law & Order: SVU. The two met at the audition for the now 25-year-old hit TV series and immediately hit it off, joking and laughing at the screen test.

Meloni told PEOPLE in 2021 that the secret to the pair's connection is simple: "We have each other's back."

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Sydney Sweeney & Maude Apatow

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Euphoria not only united viewers around their couches on Sundays for two seasons, but it also united the show's two stars, Maude Apatow and Sydney Sweeney, as besties.

The pair, who played sisters on the hit teen drama, became inseparable during their time on the show.

During a 2022 interview with PEOPLE, Sweeney said Apatow is "one of the kindest actresses" she had ever worked with. Apatow echoed her sentiments, saying that Sweeney is "the most on top of it, hardworking, incredible person to work with."

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Jeremy Allen White & Ayo Edibiri

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Edebiri and White costar as chefs Sydney Adamu and Carmy Berzatto in FX’s hit series The Bear, and their chemistry extends outside of the kitchen.

Recently, when interviewed for Edebiri's Vanity Fair cover story, White said he has a “tremendous amount of respect” for her.

“We really enjoy each other in life, on camera and off camera. I hope that sort of that kind of thing shines through on camera between Carm and Syd," White told Vanity Fair.

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Sabrina Carpenter & Corey Fogelmanis

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This duo appeared as kid costars of the Disney Channel TV series Girl Meets World and have remained close ever since!

Fogelmanis has frequently been spotted at Carpenter's shows, supporting his pal from the audience. And despite fan speculation that the two may have dated, Carpenter confirmed that they are just besties in a 2018 Instagram post for Fogelmanis' birthday.

“Happy birthday Corey,” Carpenter wrote in the caption. “You’re a great friend and I’m honored to know you, and not date you. Thanks for being there for me and not dating me. Love you so much. Platonically.”

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Paul Mescal & Daisy Edgar-Jones

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The stars of Normal People quickly became everyone's favorite duo after the show first premiered in 2020.

The pair has also been a source of Internet dating rumors in the years since the show premiered, but in a recent interview panel at the Fastnet Film Festival in Cork, Ireland, on May 24, Edgar-Jones and Mescal attempted to quash those rumors.

“Met Paul, fell in love with Paul... as a friend. I’m announcing it here,” the actress said on the panel.

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McKenna Grace & Aryan Simhadri

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McKenna Grace, from Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire, and Aryan Simhadri, of the Percy Jackson and the Olympians TV series, frequently share pics of each other on Instagram and chronicle their friendship with silly videos on platforms including TikTok.

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Liz Gillies and Ariana Grande

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Years have gone by, but one thing hasn't changed: Their friendship will always emerge Victorious.

The pair first met in 2008 while performing in Broadway's 13: The Musical. Two years later, they reunited on the set of Nickelodeon's Victorious.

Over the years, these two have remained close, with Gillies appearing in Grande's music videos for her songs Thank U Next and Stuck With U.

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Courteney Cox, Jennifer Aniston & Lisa Kudrow

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These three are Friends forever.

Jennifer Aniston, Lisa Kudrow, and Courteney Cox starred together in the iconic sitcom Friends throughout the late 1990s and early 2000s and still take time to hang out and support each other 20 years after its end.

In April 2023, Kudrow and Aniston showed up for Cox when she received her star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. Beyond the celebrity things, the trio still takes time to grab dinner together and hang out on holidays.

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Danielle Brooks and Teyonah Parris

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Danielle Brooks and Teyonah Parris first met and "became family" to each other when they were actresses at The Julliard School in N.Y.C. for college.

The Orange is the New Black actress and star of The Marvels have supported each other in all of their endeavors over the years.

Brooks even hosted a screening of The Marvels when it came out to celebrate Parris' success in the wake of the actor's strikes, which had prevented her from having a press tour.

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Ayesha Curry and Lindsay Lohan

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Curry and Lohan might be costars in the new romcom, Irish Wish, but the pair became friends before the movie. The pair connected through a mutual friend, chef Michael Mina, at his restaurant in Dubai.

Their instant connection even resulted in Curry becoming the godmother of Lohan's son Luai, who was born last summer.

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Ashley Tisdale and Austin Butler

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While the 2006 movie Aliens in the Attic was where this duo originally met, fans are certainly more familiar with Sharpay's Fabulous Adventure —the High School Musical spinoff that the two starred in together.

Tisdale has even gone as far as to describe Butler asher "twin born 7 years later"in a post she shared for his 30th birthday back in 2021.

"You've been my closest friend through the years. You're the type of friend that came over when I was crying on the floor from a horrible breakup and not only lifted me off the ground but brought my favorite candy," she wrote in the birthday post on Instagram. "I honestly didn't think anyone would ever understand me like you, but then enter my husband [Christopher French] and you happily embraced him like a brother. There's no one like you Austin."

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