Katy Perry
Known for: Acting
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
Series
The Rookie
Katy Perry
2018
Series
The Simpsons
Katy Perry (voice)
1989
Series
Late Show with David Letterman
Self - Musical Guest
1993
Series
Saturday Night Live
Self - Host
1975
Series
Saturday Night Live
Self - Musical Guest
1975
Series
How I Met Your Mother
Honey
2005
Series
RuPaul's Drag Race
Self
2009
Series
RuPaul's Drag Race
Self - Guest Judge
2009
Series
The Graham Norton Show
Self
2007
Series
The View
Self - Guest
1997
Series
The View
Self
1997
Series
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Self
2003
Series
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Self - Guest
2003
Series
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Self - Guest
2003
Series
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Self - Mean Tweets (uncredited)
2003
Series
X Factor
Self - Guest
2008
Series
Wetten, dass..?
Self
1981
Series
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
Self - Guest
1988
Series
The One Show
Self
2006
Series
American Idol
Self - Performer
2002
Series
Leute heute
Self
1997
Series
Keeping Up with the Kardashians
Self
2007
Series
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
Self
2003
Series
MTV Video Music Awards
Self
1984
Series
MTV Video Music Awards
Self - Host
1984
Series
Raising Hope
Rikki Hargrove
2010
Series
BBC Radio 1's Live Lounge
Self
2010
Series
Morgenmagazin
Self
1992
Series
RuPaul's Drag Race: Untucked
Self - Guest Judge
2010
Series
American Housewife
Katy Perry
2016
Series
The X Factor
Self - Special Guest
2004
Series
De Wereld Draait Door
Self
2005
Series
MasterChef Australia
2009
Series
American Idol
Self - Judge
2018
Series
So You Think You Can Dance
2005
Series
Germany's Next Topmodel
Self - Special Guest
2006
Series
Germany's Next Topmodel
Self - Show Act
2006
Film
The Smurfs
Smurfette (voice)
2011
Series
Victoria's Secret Fashion Show
Self
1995
Series
CMT Crossroads
Self
2002
Series
American Music Awards
Self - Musical Guest
1974
Series
Wildfire
Herself
2005
Series
Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway
2002
Series
Best Week Ever
2004
Series
MTV Europe Music Awards
Self - Host
1994
Film
The Smurfs 2
Smurfette (voice)
2013
Series
The Voice
Katy Perry
2012
Series
Therapuss
Self
2024
Series
Star Academy
Self
2001
Series
VH1 Top 20 Video Countdown
2003
Series
StarTalk with Neil deGrasse Tyson
Self
2015
Series
Elle Style Awards
Self - Winner
1997
Series
Alan Carr: Chatty Man
Self
2009
Film
Zoolander 2
Katy Perry
2016
Series
Entertainment Tonight
Self
1981
Series
Lorraine
Self
2001
ECHO-Verleihung
Self
1992
Film
Billie Eilish: The World's a Little Blurry
Self
2021
Film
Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping
Katy (uncredited)
2016
Series
Billboard Music Awards
Self
1989
Film
Flora and Son
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
2023
Film
David Blaine: Real or Magic
Self
2013
Series
The F Word
Self
2017
Film
Katy Perry: Part of Me
Self
2012
Film
Celebrating America
Self
2021
Let's Dance for Sport Relief
Self - Performer
2010
Series
Disney Insider
Self
2020
Series
This Morning
Self
1988
Film
Zoolander: Super Model
Katy Perry (voice)
2016
Series
Schlag den Raab
Self
2006
Film
Feels Good Man
Self (archive footage)
2020
Series
Det svenska popundret
Self
2019
Film
Katy Perry: The Lifetimes Tour - Live from Paris
Self
2026
Music Nuggets
Self
2010
Film
FOX 25th Anniversary Special
Self
2012
James Corden's World Cup Live
Self - Guest
2010
Film
Madonna: Rebel Heart Tour
Self - Best Unapologetic Bitch Ever
2016
Film
Dear Class of 2020
Self
2020
Film
FireAid Benefit Concert
Self
2025
Film
The Disney Family Singalong - Volume II
Self
2020
Film
One Love Manchester
Self
2017
Film
Power of Women: The Changemakers
Self
2022
Film
Peppa's Cinema Party
Ms Leopard (voice)
2024
Film
The Coronation Concert
Self
2023
Film
Carol Burnett: 90 Years of Laughter + Love
Self - Guest
2023
Film
The Disney Holiday Singalong
Self
2020
Film
Madame X Presents: Madame Xtra Q&A
Self
2021
Film
Le Gala des Pièces Jaunes 2025 : Le concert événement
Self - Guest
2025
Film
Katy Perry: Getting Intimate
Self
2014
Film
Tapis Rouge Gala Des Pièces Rouge
2025
Film
Lennon or McCartney
Self
2014
Film
Disney 100: A Century of Dreams – A Special Edition of 20/20
Self
2023
Film
Katy Perry - BBC Radio 1's Big Weekend 2014
Her Self
2014
Film
Katy Perry: Will You Be My Witness?
Self
2017
Film
iHeartRadio Jingle Ball 2024
Self - Performer
2024
Film
Dolly Parton: A MusiCares Tribute
Self
2021
Film
The One That Got Away: The Director's Cut
Katy/Older Katy
2026
Film
Katy Perry: Night of a Lifetime
Self
2024
Film
Jazz Fest: A New Orleans Story
Self
2022
Perez Hilton Superfan
Self
2011
Film
Peppa Pig: Wedding Party!
Ms. Leopard (voice)
2024
Series
The Grammys
Self
1959
Film
Melody
Melody (Voice)
Film
Katy Perry: The Prismatic World Tour Live
Self
2015
Film
Not So Fast, My Friend: A Lee Corso Special
Self (archive footage)
2025
Film
Nicki Minaj: My Time Again
Self
2015
Series
Anitta Dentro da Casinha
Self
2020
Film
Katy Perry: Live at Rock in Rio Lisboa 2026
Self
2026
Film
Katy Perry - Live - U-EXPRESS LIVE 2014 - WOWOW
Self
2014
Film
Katy Perry: Rock in Rio 2015
Singer
2015
Film
Katy Perry: iTunes Festival
Herself
2013
Film
The iHeartRadio Album Release Party With Katy Perry
Herself
2013
Film
ABBA V Queen
Self (archive footage)
2022
Film
Katy Perry: Sweet Dreams
Self
2021
Film
Katy Perry - London Live
2010
Film
Katy Perry and Kacey Musgraves: CMT Crossroads
Herself
2014
Katy Perry - Pepsi Super Bowl XLIX Halftime Show
Film
Katy Perry: MTV Unplugged
Self
2009
Film
Katy Perry: Making of the Pepsi Super Bowl Halftime Show
Self
2015
Film
Katy Perry: Rock In Rio 40 anos
Self
2024
Film
Katy Perry: The Outrageous World of Katy Perry
2013
Film
Katy Perry - iHeartRadio Music Festival
2013
Film
Katy Perry: Special MTV World Stage
singer
2020
Film
Katy Perry - BBC Radio 1's Big Weekend 2017
Herself
2017
Film
Katy Perry - California Dreams Tour 2011
2011