Who’s Sitting at Your Celebrity Mahjong Table?

Julia Roberts On an episode of the The Late Show With Stephen Colbert in 2019, our favorite Pretty Woman talked about playing mahjong once a week with her girlfriends. The clip resurfaced in 2025 and went viral amongst mahjies, who adored Julia saying that playing mahj is creating “order out of chaos,” much like everyday life.

Meghan Markle During an episode of her Netflix series With Love, Meghan, The Duchess of Sussex gave viewers a glimpse of her and her “mahj squad” playing the game we all love. Meghan said she and her friends have enjoyed learning mahjong as a group and marveled at how it brought them together, even though they are at different stages of their lives.

Billy Crystal Darling, you’ll look mahvelous playing at Billy Crystal’s mahjong table. In 2020 during the pandemic, the actor and comedian posted a video online of him and his wife playing mahjong. Billy admitted he was a newbie at the time, but by now, thanks to his wife’s help, he’s surely a pro.

Fran Drescher If you watched The Nanny in the ‘90s, you may recall the titular character Fran Fine mention mahjong at least a couple of times each season. Fran Drescher herself didn’t learn to play until the pandemic, but she grew up watching her mom play, so the game came naturally.

Sarah Jessica Parker Forget about Samantha, Charlotte, and Miranda. If you want to sit at the most fashionable mahjong table, you’ll invite the Carrie Bradshaw to your game. On an episode of Live with Kelly and Mark in 2025, Sarah Jessica shared her mahjong journey, which began a couple of years before the pandemic.

Jenna Bush Hager Jenna and her Today Show cohost Savannah Guthrie are new to mahjong but were hooked immediately. In 2025, the former First Daughter gushed about learning the game and how it became quickly addictive.