Celebrities Take Stage at DNC to Pledge Support for President Obama

The final day of the 2012 Democratic National Convention in Charlotte was a star studded event.

Several celebrities took to the stage to show their support for incumbent President Barack Obama.

Singer/songwriter James Taylor and recording artists Marc Anthony, Mary J. Blige andThe Foo Fighters graced the main stage of the convention.

Anthony sang the National Anthem.

Actress Kerry Washington made the case as to why the people of America should reelect President Obama.

"A movement is being built across our country. The other side wants to take away our voice and render us invisible," Washington said. "But we are not invisible. There are people trying take away rights that our mothers, grandmothers and great-grandmothers fought for: our right to vote, our right to choose, affordable quality education, equal pay, access to health care. We the people can't let that happen."

Washington said she understands that people are not thinking about politics because they are busy dealing with the factors of their own lives, but she wants them to know that politics is thinking about them.

Another surprise speaker was Scarlett Johansson.

Johansson told her story growing up in New York City with four siblings and her father making enough to get by.

"We moved every year, and we finally settled in a housing development for lower middle income families," Johansson said. "We went to public schools and depended on programs for school transport and lunches, as did most of my friends. My girlfriends from high school to this day still depend on Planned Parenthood and often Medicaid for important health care services."

Johansson reminded delegates that many things like health care, equal pay and affordable education are all at risk and she urged young people to vote.

"In 2008, less than half of all eligible voters between the ages of 18 and 24 voted," she said. "Young America, why are we only speaking with half our voice when so many issues at stake here directly affect us? You know who I'm voting for. I'm not going to tell you who to vote for. I'm here to ask you to commit to vote. It's never been easier than now. Go to commit.BarackObama.com to register, to find your polling location and any other information you need. It's that easy."

"Desperate Housewives" actress Eva Longoria also took the stage to defend Obama. Longoria is co-chair of Obama's re-election campaign.

Longoria told her family's story and said education was the only way to a better life.

"We're lucky our president understands the value of American opportunity, because he's lived it," Longoria said. "He's fighting to help others achieve it. He's fighting to make college more affordable."

Longoria also attacked Republican Presidential nominee Mitt Romney's economic plan that includes tax breaks for the wealthy.

"He would raise taxes on middle-class families to cut his own-and mine," Longoria said. "That's not who we are as a nation, and here's why: The Eva Longoria who worked at Wendy's flipping burgers-she needed a tax break. But the Eva Longoria who works on movie sets does not."

The star-studded lineup comes just a week after actor/director Clint Eastwood made his infamous empty chair speech at the Republican Convention in Tampa.