Katy Perry
Acting • Born 1984-10-25
Biography
Katheryn Elizabeth Hudson (born October 25, 1984), known professionally as Katy Perry, is an American singer, songwriter, and television judge. She is known for her influence on the pop sound and style of the 2010s. Pursuing a career in gospel music at 16, Perry released her commercially unsuccessful debut album, Katy Hudson (2001), under Red Hill Records. She moved to Los Angeles at 17 to venture into secular music, adopting the stage name "Katy Perry" from her mother's maiden name. With producers Glen Ballard and Greg Wells, she recorded an unreleased album titled Fingerprints while signed to Java Records and then Columbia Records before being dropped. After this, she signed a recording contract with Capitol Records in April 2007. Perry rose to fame with her second album and major label debut, One of the Boys (2008), a pop rock record containing her debut single "I Kissed a Girl" and follow-up single "Hot n Cold", which respectively reached number one and three on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100. The disco-influenced pop album Teenage Dream (2010) spawned five U.S. number one singles—"California Gurls", "Teenage Dream", "Firework", "E.T.", and "Last Friday Night (T.G.I.F.)"—becoming the first album by a solo female artist to do so. A reissue titled Teenage Dream: The Complete Confection (2012) subsequently had the U.S. number one single "Part of Me". Her fourth album Prism (2013) has themes of self-empowerment and relationships. With the music videos for its U.S. number one singles "Roar" and "Dark Horse", Perry became the first artist to have multiple videos reach one billion views on YouTube. Witness (2017) featured an electropop sound with themes of liberation and a political subtext, while Smile (2020) featured themes of motherhood and self-help. She later embarked on her first concert residency titled Play in Resorts World Las Vegas, selling out multiple shows and receiving critical acclaim. Perry is one of the best-selling artists of all time, having sold over 143 million records worldwide. All of her studio albums released under Capitol have individually surpassed one billion streams on Spotify. She has nine U.S. number one singles, three U.S. number one albums and has received various accolades, including four Guinness World Records, five Billboard Music Awards, five American Music Awards, a Brit Award, and a Juno Award. Perry has been included in the annual Forbes lists of highest-earning women in music from 2011 to 2019. Her critically acclaimed Super Bowl halftime show performance is the most watched in history. Outside of music, she released an autobiographical documentary titled Katy Perry: Part of Me in 2012, and voiced Smurfette in The Smurfs film series. Perry began serving as a judge on American Idol, starting from its sixteenth season in 2018. She is also the most followed woman on Twitter, with over 100 million followers. Description above from the Wikipedia article Katy Perry, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Filmography
118 credits
David Blaine: Real or Magic
Movie • 2013
Self
Madame X Presents: Madame Xtra Q&A
Movie • 2021
Self
Nicki Minaj: My Time Again
Movie • 2015
Self
Carol Burnett: 90 Years of Laughter + Love
Movie • 2023
Self - Guest
FOX 25th Anniversary Special
Movie • 2012
Self
The Coronation Concert
Movie • 2023
Self
Madonna: Rebel Heart Tour
Movie • 2016
Self - Best Unapologetic Bitch Ever
Katy Perry: Getting Intimate
Movie • 2014
Self
Katy Perry: Part of Me
Movie • 2012
Self
Katy Perry: MTV Unplugged
Movie • 2009
Self
Jazz Fest: A New Orleans Story
Movie • 2022
Self
Melody
Movie
Melody (Voice)
Katy Perry - iHeartRadio Music Festival
Movie • 2013
Katy Perry: Making of the Pepsi Super Bowl Halftime Show
Movie • 2015
Self
Flora and Son
Movie • 2023
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Katy Perry: iTunes Festival
Movie • 2013
Herself
Power of Women: The Changemakers
Movie • 2022
Self
Katy Perry - California Dreams Tour 2011
Movie • 2011
ABBA V Queen
Movie • 2022
Self (archive footage)
Katy Perry - BBC Radio 1's Big Weekend 2014
Movie • 2014
Her Self
Disney 100: A Century of Dreams – A Special Edition of 20/20
Movie • 2023
Self
Peppa's Cinema Party
Movie • 2024
Ms Leopard (voice)
Lennon or McCartney
Movie • 2014
Self
Katy Perry: Rock in Rio 2015
Movie • 2015
Singer
Katy Perry: Sweet Dreams
Movie • 2021
Self
Peppa Pig: Wedding Party!
Movie • 2024
Ms. Leopard (voice)
The iHeartRadio Album Release Party With Katy Perry
Movie • 2013
Herself
Katy Perry - BBC Radio 1's Big Weekend 2017
Movie • 2017
Herself
Katy Perry and Kacey Musgraves: CMT Crossroads
Movie • 2014
Herself
Katy Perry - London Live
Movie • 2010
Dear Class of 2020
Movie • 2020
Self
The Smurfs
Movie • 2011
Smurfette (voice)
The Smurfs 2
Movie • 2013
Smurfette (voice)
Katy Perry: Special MTV World Stage
Movie • 2020
singer
Katy Perry: The Outrageous World of Katy Perry
Movie • 2013
Feels Good Man
Movie • 2020
Self (archive footage)
Katy Perry: Will You Be My Witness?
Movie • 2017
Self
Zoolander 2
Movie • 2016
Katy Perry
Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping
Movie • 2016
Katy (uncredited)
The Disney Family Singalong - Volume II
Movie • 2020
Self
The Disney Holiday Singalong
Movie • 2020
Self
Celebrating America
Movie • 2021
Self
Billie Eilish: The World's a Little Blurry
Movie • 2021
Self
Dolly Parton: A MusiCares Tribute
Movie • 2021
Self
One Love Manchester
Movie • 2017
Self
Katy Perry: The Prismatic World Tour Live
Movie • 2015
Self
Zoolander: Super Model
Movie • 2016
Katy Perry (voice)
iHeartRadio Jingle Ball 2024
Movie • 2024
Self - Performer
Katy Perry: Night of a Lifetime
Movie • 2024
Self
FireAid Benefit Concert
Movie • 2025
Self
Le Gala des Pièces Jaunes 2025 : Le concert événement
Movie • 2025
Self - Guest
Tapis Rouge Gala Des Pièces Rouge
Movie • 2025
Katy Perry: The Lifetimes Tour - Live from The Town 2025
Movie • 2025
Self
Not So Fast, My Friend: A Lee Corso Special
Movie • 2025
Self (archive footage)
This Morning
TV • 1988
Self
The Simpsons
TV • 1989
Katy Perry (voice)
How I Met Your Mother
TV • 2005
Honey
Best Week Ever
TV • 2004
The One Show
TV • 2006
Self
Wildfire
TV • 2005
Herself
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
TV • 1988
Self - Guest
The View
TV • 1997
Self - Guest
Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway
TV • 2002
Star Academy
TV • 2001
Self
So You Think You Can Dance
TV • 2005
StarTalk with Neil deGrasse Tyson
TV • 2015
Self
Schlag den Raab
TV • 2006
Self
Music Nuggets
TV • 2010
Self
VH1 Top 20 Video Countdown
TV • 2003
MasterChef Australia
TV • 2009
Alan Carr: Chatty Man
TV • 2009
Self
The Grammys
TV • 1959
Self
De Wereld Draait Door
TV • 2005
Self
Raising Hope
TV • 2010
Rikki Hargrove
James Corden's World Cup Live
TV • 2010
Self - Guest
Saturday Night Live
TV • 1975
Self - Host
Perez Hilton Superfan
TV • 2011
Self
American Music Awards
TV • 1974
Self - Musical Guest
MTV Video Music Awards
TV • 1984
Self
The Rookie
TV • 2018
Katy Perry
Victoria's Secret Fashion Show
TV • 1995
Self
Wetten, dass..?
TV • 1981
Self
The X Factor
TV • 2004
Self - Special Guest
The Graham Norton Show
TV • 2007
Self
MTV Video Music Awards
TV • 1984
Self - Host
Billboard Music Awards
TV • 1989
Self
The F Word
TV • 2017
Self
Leute heute
TV • 1997
Self
American Idol
TV • 2018
Self - Judge
Saturday Night Live
TV • 1975
Self - Musical Guest
Let's Dance for Sport Relief
TV • 2010
Self - Performer
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
TV • 2003
Self
Anitta Dentro da Casinha
TV • 2020
Self
The View
TV • 1997
Self
CMT Crossroads
TV • 2002
Self
ECHO-Verleihung
TV • 1992
Self
MTV Europe Music Awards
TV • 1994
Self - Host
Entertainment Tonight
TV • 1981
Self
Det svenska popundret
TV • 2019
Self
RuPaul's Drag Race
TV • 2009
Self
Disney Insider
TV • 2020
Self
Keeping Up with the Kardashians
TV • 2007
Self
The Voice
TV • 2012
Katy Perry
Lorraine
TV • 2001
Self
Morgenmagazin
TV • 1992
Self
RuPaul's Drag Race
TV • 2009
Self - Guest Judge
American Housewife
TV • 2016
Katy Perry
RuPaul's Drag Race: Untucked
TV • 2010
Self - Guest Judge
BBC Radio 1's Live Lounge
TV • 2010
Self
Therapuss
TV • 2024
Self
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
TV • 2003
Self - Guest
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
TV • 2003
Self - Guest
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
TV • 2003
Self
Elle Style Awards
TV • 1997
Self - Winner
Germany's Next Topmodel
TV • 2006
Self - Special Guest
Germany's Next Topmodel
TV • 2006
Self - Show Act
Late Show with David Letterman
TV • 1993
Self - Musical Guest
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
TV • 2015
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)