Kelly Clarkson
Acting • Born 1982-04-24
Biography
Kelly Brianne (born April 24, 1982), known professionally as Kelly Clarkson, is an American singer, songwriter, actress, author, and television personality. She rose to fame after winning the first season of American Idol in 2002, which earned her a record deal with RCA. Her debut single, "A Moment Like This", topped the US Billboard Hot 100, and became the country's best selling single of 2002. It was included on her debut studio album, Thankful (2003), which debuted atop the Billboard 200. Trying to reinvent her image, Clarkson parted ways with Idol management and shifted to pop rock for her second studio album, Breakaway (2004). Supported by four US top-ten singles – the title track, "Since U Been Gone", "Behind These Hazel Eyes", and "Because of You" – Breakaway sold over 12 million copies worldwide and won two Grammy Awards. Clarkson took further creative control for her third studio album, My December (2007), co-writing all of its tracks and becoming its executive producer. However, her label was dissatisfied with the album's darker rock music and promoted it reluctantly. Clarkson's fourth and fifth studio albums, All I Ever Wanted (2009) and Stronger (2011), returned to a lighter tone and pop rock sound, with the former becoming her second US number-one album and the latter making her the first artist to win the Grammy Award for Best Pop Vocal Album twice. Both albums spawned a Hot 100 number-one single: "My Life Would Suck Without You", which holds the record for the biggest jump to number one in the chart's history, and "Stronger (What Doesn't Kill You)", which became her best-selling single worldwide. Clarkson then became the first American female artist to release the best-selling Christmas album of the year with Wrapped in Red (2013). Her seventh studio album, Piece by Piece (2015), debuted at number-one in the US, while its title track reached the top ten. After leaving RCA and signing with Atlantic in 2016, Clarkson released her soul-influenced eighth album, Meaning of Life (2017), which was promoted by her highest-grossing tour to date. She went on to release her ninth studio album and second Christmas album, When Christmas Comes Around... (2021). Clarkson has sold over 25 million albums and 45 million singles worldwide. She has 11 top-ten singles in the US, and nine top-ten singles in the UK, Canada, and Australia. She became the first artist in history to top each of Billboard's pop, adult contemporary, adult pop, country, and dance charts. Clarkson also served as a coach on The Voice from its fourteenth season to the twenty-first season, and since 2019, has hosted her own talk show, The Kelly Clarkson Show. Among her numerous accolades, Clarkson has received three MTV Video Music Awards, four American Music Awards, two Academy of Country Music Awards, and three Daytime Emmy Awards. Billboard has hailed Clarkson as "one of pop music's greatest singers", and honored her with the Powerhouse Award, while VH1 ranked her nineteenth on their list of the 100 Greatest Women in Music. Description above from the Wikipedia article Kelly Clarkson, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Filmography
108 credits
Sign the Show
Movie • 2023
Self
From Justin to Kelly
Movie • 2003
Kelly
Kelly Clarkson Presents: When Christmas Comes Around
Movie • 2021
Self
Blake Shelton's Not So Family Christmas
Movie • 2012
Self
Kelly Clarkson's Cautionary Christmas Music Tale
Movie • 2013
Self
American Idol: The Search For A Superstar
Movie • 2002
Contestant / Winner
Christmas at the Opry
Movie • 2023
Self
2023 Back That Year Up with Kevin Hart & Kenan Thompson
Movie • 2023
Self
Kelly Clarkson: London Live
Movie • 2009
Self
Jason Aldean: Night Train to Georgia
Movie • 2013
Self
American Idol: The Best of Seasons 1-4
Movie • 2005
Self - Contestant, Winner (archive footage)
Josh Groban: Stages Live
Movie • 2015
Self
Issues 101
Movie • 2002
Crystal
Reba McEntire and Kelly Clarkson: CMT Crossroads
Movie • 2007
Self
VH1 Divas Celebrates Soul
Movie • 2011
Self
VH1 Divas 2009
Movie • 2009
Self
VH1 Divas 2012
Movie • 2012
Self
Kelly, Ruben & Fantasia: Home for Christmas
Movie • 2004
Self
A Pentatonix Christmas Special
Movie • 2016
Self
The Star
Movie • 2017
Leah (voice)
95th Annual National Christmas Tree Lighting
Movie • 2017
Self - Performer
The Wonderful World of Disney: Magical Holiday Celebration
Movie • 2016
The 19th Annual A Home For The Holidays
Movie • 2017
Self
DreamWorks Home: For the Holidays
Movie • 2017
Kelly Clarkson (voice)
Disney Parks Presents: A Descendants Magical Holiday Celebration
Movie • 2016
Kelly Clarkson: Behind Hazel Eyes
Movie • 2005
Self
UglyDolls
Movie • 2019
Moxy (voice)
Trolls World Tour
Movie • 2020
Delta Dawn (voice)
A Legendary Christmas with John & Chrissy
Movie • 2018
Self
Pentatonix: A Not So Silent Night
Movie • 2018
Self
NBC’s New Year’s Eve
Movie • 2018
Self - Performance
Aretha! A Grammy Celebration for the Queen of Soul
Movie • 2019
Self
Disney Parks Magical Christmas Celebration
Movie • 2016
Self
Silent Night: A Song for the World
Movie • 2021
Self
Celebrity Escape Room
Movie • 2020
Self
One Night Only: The Best of Broadway
Movie • 2020
Self
On the Set: The Princess Diaries 2 – Royal Engagement
Movie • 2004
Self
2024 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony
Movie • 2024
Self
92nd Annual Christmas in Rockefeller Center
Movie • 2024
Self
The Day Drinking with Seth Meyers New Year's Special
Movie • 2024
Self (archive footage)
Kelly Clarkson: Chapter One
Movie • 2012
Self / Vocals / Guitar / Piano
Walt Disney World Christmas Day Parade
Movie • 2004
Self
The Wonderful World of Disney: Magical Holiday Celebration
Movie • 2020
Self
Road Trip Runaway
Movie • 2022
Self
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
TV • 2003
Self
The Tony Danza Show
TV • 2004
Self - Guest
Reba
TV • 2001
Kelly
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
TV • 2003
Self
The Daily Show
TV • 1996
Self
Kathy Griffin: My Life on the D-List
TV • 2005
Self
Today
TV • 1952
Self
CD:UK
TV • 1998
The View
TV • 1997
Self
The Early Show
TV • 1999
Self
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
TV • 1992
Top of the Pops Reloaded
TV • 2005
Self
American Dreams
TV • 2002
Brenda Lee
American Idol
TV • 2002
Self - Guest
World Idol
TV • 2003
Self
Rove
TV • 1999
Self
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
TV • 1993
Self - Guest
VH1 Top 20 Video Countdown
TV • 2003
The Grammys
TV • 1959
Self
The Rookie
TV • 2018
Kelly Clarkson
Willkommen bei Mario Barth
TV • 2009
Self
Duets
TV • 2012
Self - Mentor
MTV Video Music Awards
TV • 1984
Self
American Music Awards
TV • 1974
Self - Musical Guest
LuLaRich
TV • 2021
Self (archival footage)
Wetten, dass..?
TV • 1981
Self
Radio Disney Music Awards
TV • 2013
Self
That's My Jam
TV • 2021
Self - Guest
Miley's New Year's Eve Party
TV • 2004
Self - Musical Guest
Sabrina, the Teenage Witch
TV • 1996
Girl
Top Chef
TV • 2006
Self - Guest Judge
American Idol
TV • 2002
Self
The Morning Show
TV • 2019
Kelly Clarkson
American Song Contest
TV • 2022
Self - Host
Who Do You Think You Are?
TV • 2010
Self
Late Night with Seth Meyers
TV • 2014
Self
The Voice
TV • 2011
Self - Coach
The Graham Norton Show
TV • 2007
Self
Phineas and Ferb
TV • 2007
Kelly Clarkson (voice)
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
TV • 2009
Self - Guest
Barmageddon
TV • 2022
Self - Contestant
Hart to Heart
TV • 2021
Self
The Kelly Clarkson Show
TV • 2019
Self - Host
Celebrity Family Feud
TV • 2015
Self
Billboard Music Awards
TV • 1989
Self - Host & Performer
TV total Wok-WM
TV • 2003
Self
CMT Crossroads
TV • 2002
Self
Australian Idol
TV • 2003
Self
Entertainment Tonight
TV • 1981
Self
Trisha's Southern Kitchen
TV • 2012
Self
The Reichen Show
TV • 2005
Self - Guest
On Air with Ryan Seacrest
TV • 2004
Self - Performer
King of the Hill
TV • 1997
Kelly Clarkson / Dawn (voice)
The Crazy Ones
TV • 2013
Kelly Clarkson
Saturday Night Live
TV • 1975
Self - Musical Guest
America's Got Talent
TV • 2006
Self - Guest Judge
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
TV • 2014
Self - Guest
Songs & Stories with Kelly Clarkson
TV • 2025
Self - Host
BBC Radio 1's Live Lounge
TV • 2010
American Idol
TV • 2002
Self - Contestant
The Voice
TV • 2011
Self
Germany's Next Topmodel
TV • 2006
Self - Show Act
Reality Check: Inside America's Next Top Model
TV • 2026
Self - Winner, American Idol (archive footage)
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
TV • 2003
Self - Musical Guest