Cher
Known for: Acting
Cher (born Cheryl Sarkisian; May 20, 1946) is an American singer, actress and television personality. Dubbed the "Goddess of Pop", she is known for her androgynous contralto voice, multifaceted career, bold visual presentation and continuous reinvention of her image and sound. Her adaptability has fueled multiple comebacks, cementing her status as a cultural icon over a career spanning seven decades. Cher gained fame in 1965 as part of the folk rock husband-wife duo Sonny & Cher, while also achieving solo success with top-ten singles including "All I Really Want to Do" and "Bang Bang (My Baby Shot Me Down)". In the 1970s, she divorced from Sonny Bono and topped the US Billboard Hot 100 with "Gypsys, Tramps & Thieves", "Half-Breed" and "Dark Lady", becoming the female solo artist with the most number-one singles in US history at the time. Following a hiatus to focus on acting, Cher returned to music with the rock-inflected albums Cher (1987), Heart of Stone (1989) and Love Hurts (1991), earning international number-one singles with "If I Could Turn Back Time" and "The Shoop Shoop Song (It's in His Kiss)". She reached a commercial peak with the dance-pop album Believe (1998), which introduced the "Cher effect", an extreme, stylistic use of Auto-Tune to distort vocals. The title track became 1999's number-one song in the US and the UK's best-selling single by a female artist. 21st-century releases include Closer to the Truth (2013) and Dancing Queen (2018), both debuting at number three on the Billboard 200 and becoming her highest-charting solo albums in the US. Cher rose to television stardom in the 1970s with her CBS shows The Sonny & Cher Comedy Hour, attracting over 30 million weekly viewers, and the namesake Cher. She made her Broadway debut in 1982 with Come Back to the 5 & Dime, Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean and starred in its film adaptation. She earned critical acclaim for roles in Silkwood (1983), Mask (1985) and Moonstruck (1987), winning the Academy Award for Best Actress for the latter. Cher went on to star in Mermaids (1990), If These Walls Could Talk (1996), where she made her directorial debut, Tea with Mussolini (1999), Burlesque (2010) and Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again (2018). Her life and career inspired the 2018 jukebox musical The Cher Show. With 100 million records sold, Cher is among the world's best-selling music artists. Her accolades include an Academy Award, an Emmy, a Grammy, three Golden Globes, the Billboard Icon Award, a Cannes Film Festival Award, honors from the Kennedy Center and the Council of Fashion Designers of America, and induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Cher is the only solo artist with a number-one single on a Billboard chart in seven consecutive decades, from the 1960s to the 2020s. Her 2002–2005 Living Proof: The Farewell Tour was the highest-grossing concert tour by a female artist at the time, earning US$250 million (about $390 million in 2023). Cher is also known for her fashion, political views, social media presence, philanthropy and activism, including LGBTQ rights and HIV/AIDS prevention.
Filmography
Series
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Self
1962
Series
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Self
2015
Series
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Self - Guest
2015
Series
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
Self - Guest
2009
Series
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Self
2014
Series
The Kelly Clarkson Show
Self
2019
Series
The View
Self
1997
Series
Saturday Night Live
Self - Musical Guest
1975
Series
Saturday Night Live
Self (uncredited)
1975
Series
The Mike Douglas Show
Self - Co-Host
1961
Series
The Mike Douglas Show
Self - Co-Hostess
1961
Series
The Jennifer Hudson Show
Self
2022
Series
The Graham Norton Show
Self
2007
Series
The Graham Norton Show
Self - Musical Guest
2007
Series
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Self - Guest
2003
Series
Die Harald Schmidt Show
Self
1995
Series
Dancing with the Stars
Self - Guest Judge
2005
Series
Dancing with the Stars
Self (archive footage)
2005
Series
Top of the Pops
Self
1964
Series
Will & Grace
Cher
1998
Series
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
Self
2003
Series
Love, American Style
1969
Series
Keeping Up with the Kardashians
Self
2007
Series
Vivement dimanche
Self
1998
Series
MTV Video Music Awards
Self
1984
Die Drehscheibe
Self
1964
Series
The Carol Burnett Show
Self - Guest
1967
Series
The Carol Burnett Show
Self
1967
Series
Wetten, dass..?
Self
1981
Series
Bambi
Self
1948
Series
The Oscars
Self
1953
Series
Dinah!
Self
1974
Series
An Audience with...
Self
1978
Series
Parkinson
Self
1998
Series
The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
Ramona
1964
Series
People's Choice Awards
Self - Presenter
1975
Series
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
Self - Guest Performer
1968
Series
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
Self (uncredited)
1968
Series
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
Self
1968
Series
Kraft Music Hall
Self
1958
Series
Scooby-Doo and Guess Who?
Cher (voice)
2019
Series
The Kennedy Center Honors
Self
1978
Series
Victoria's Secret Fashion Show
Self
1995
Series
Chicken Shop Date
Self - Guest
2014
Series
Chicken Shop Date
Self - Guest (archive footage)
2014
Series
Going Live!
Self
1987
Series
TFI Friday
1996
Series
The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour
Self
1969
Series
The New Scooby-Doo Movies
Cher (voice)
1972
Series
Donny & Marie
Self
1976
Series
The Sonny & Cher Comedy Hour
1971
Series
So Graham Norton
Self - Guest
1998
Series
Musikladen
Self
1972
ECHO-Verleihung
Self
1992
Series
The Rosie O'Donnell Show
Self - Guest
1996
Series
Stars 90
Self
1990
Film
Burlesque
Tess
2010
Series
TFI Unplugged
Self (Archive Footage)
2026
Series
Trailblazer Honors
Self - Presenter
2014
Film
Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again
Ruby Sheridan
2018
Film
Moonstruck
Loretta Castorini
1987
Series
The Sonny and Cher Show
Self - Host
1976
Film
The Witches of Eastwick
Alexandra Medford
1987
Series
This Is Pop
Self (archive footage)
2021
Film
The Player
Cher
1992
Series
Cher
Self - Host
1975
Film
Zookeeper
Janet the Lioness (voice)
2011
Series
Watch the Sound with Mark Ronson
Self (archive footage)
2021
Millionär gesucht! - Die SKL Show
Self
1998
Series
The Magic Hour
Self
1998
Film
Mermaids
Rachel Flax
1990
Series
This Morning
Self
1988
Film
Stuck on You
Cher
2003
Film
Prêt-à-Porter
Self
1994
Film
Mask
Rusty Dennis
1985
Film
SNL50: The Homecoming Concert
Self
2025
Series
Al TV
Self
1984
Series
E! True Hollywood Story
1996
Film
Silkwood
Dolly Pelliker
1983
Film
Suspect
Kathleen Riley
1987
Series
Impact x Nightline
Musician
2022
Series
Parabéns
Self
1992
Film
Val
Self (archive)
2021
Film
Detroit Rock City
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
1999
Film
Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen
(archive footage)
2012
Film
If These Walls Could Talk
Dr. Beth Thompson
1996
Film
2021 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony
Self
2021
Film
Tea with Mussolini
Elsa Strauss-Almerson
1999
Film
Outstanding: A Comedy Revolution
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
2024
Film
Becoming Madonna
Self (archive footage)
2024
Film
Carol Burnett: 90 Years of Laughter + Love
Self - Guest
2023
Film
Night of 100 Stars
Self
1982
Film
Live Aid
Self
1985
Film
Looney Tunes 50th Anniversary
Self
1986
Film
The Muppets: A Celebration of 30 Years
Self (archive footage)
1986
Film
Bobbleheads: The Movie
Bobblehead Cher (voice)
2020
Film
Six by Sondheim
Self (archive footage)
2013
Film
Commitment to Life
Self (archive footage)
2023
Film
Tina Turner: The Girl from Nutbush
1993
Film
Meat Loaf - A Celebration Of Life
Self (archive footage)
2022
Film
Come Back to the 5 & Dime, Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean
Sissy
1982
Film
A Night at the Academy Museum
Self
2021
Film
Superstar: The Life and Times of Andy Warhol
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
1990
Film
AFI: 100 Years... 100 Movies... 10th Anniversary Edition
Self
2007
Film
iHeartRadio Jingle Ball 2023
Self - Special Guest
2023
Film
Pee-wee's Playhouse Christmas Special
Self
1988
Film
Larger than Life: The Kevyn Aucoin Story
Self
2017
Film
Bob Mackie: Naked Illusion
Self
2024
Film
Faithful
Margaret
1996
Film
The Advocate Celebrates 50 Years: A Long Road to Freedom
Self
2018
Film
2024 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony
Self
2024
Film
The Fabulous Allan Carr
Self (archive)
2017
Film
Chastity
Chastity
1969
Film
Hollywood's Funniest All-Star Bloopers
Self (archive footage)
1985
Film
Celebrating Betty White: America's Golden Girl
Self
2022
Darlene Love: I Know Where I've Been
Self
2026
Film
The Best of Max
Self
2002
Film
MTV's 10th Anniversary Special
Self
1991
Film
Joan Rivers at the BBC
Self (archive footage)
2024
Film
Good Times
Cher
1967
Happy Birthday Elizabeth: A Celebration of Life
Self
1997
Film
Dolly Parton – An American Icon
Self - Interviewee (voice)
2026
Film
Robert Altman's Players
Self
1992
Film
Paul McCartney & Wings: Wings Over the World
Audience member
1979
Film
Stuck Together: Bringing Stuck on You to the Screen
Self
2004
Film
Inventing David Geffen
Self
2012
Film
Trailer Camp
(Archival)
1995
Film
The Grand Opening of Euro Disneyland
Self - Performer
1992
Film
The BRITs at 40
Self (archive footage
2020
Film
An Audience with Elton John
Self
1997
Film
Euro Disney : L'Ouverture
Self - Chanteuse
1992
Film
Cher... Special
Self / Various
1978
Film
VH1: Divas Las Vegas
Self - Performer
2002
Film
Moonstruck: At the Heart of an Italian Family
Self (archival footage)
2006
Film
Bon Jovi | Access All Areas: A Rock & Roll Odyssey
Self
1990
Film
Becoming Chaz
Self
2011
Film
Cher & the Loneliest Elephant
Self
2021
Film
Wild on the Beach
Self
1965
Film
The Wrecking Crew
Self - Backup Singer, The Ronettes
2008
Film
That '70s KISS Show
Self
2002
Film
Gregg Allman: The Music of My Soul
Self
2026
Film
Cher... and Other Fantasies
Self
1979
Film
Superstars and their Moms
Self
1987
Film
The Best Of Beat
Self (archive footage)
2003
Film
VH1 Divas Live 2: An Honors Concert for VH1's Save the Music
Self - Performer
1999
Film
AFI's 100 Years... 100 Movies: America's Greatest Movies
Self / Host
1998
Film
Die 90er - Popwunder & Popsünden
Self
2004
Film
Women in Rock
Self
1986
Film
Cher: The Farewell Tour
Self
2003
Somewhere Over The Rainbow
Self
2014
Film
Bang
Self
2020
Film
Diane Warren: Relentless
Self
2025
Gardel
Film
The First Nine Months Are the Hardest
Self
1971
Diamond Sleek
Cher
Film
A Grammy Salute to Cyndi Lauper: Live from the Hollywood Bowl
Self
2025
Film
The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour : Christmas Special 1969
1969
Film
Tina Turner : Celebrate!
Self
1999
Return to the 5 & Dime: An Interview with Ed Graczyk
Self – Sissy (archive footage)
2014
Film
Azzedine Alaïa, un couturier français
Self (archive footage)
2022
Film
Mondo Hollywood
1967
Film
Bettie Page: The Girl in the Leopard Print Bikini
2004
Film
ABBA - The Last Video
Self
2004
Film
Christmas at Graceland
Self
2023
Film
Cher: Live in Concert
Self
1999
Series
Fashion !
Self (archive footage)
2012
Film
Rona Looks at Raquel, Liza, Cher and Ann-Margret
Self
1975
Film
Cher Meets Rylan
Self
2023
Sonny & Me: Cher Remembers
Self
1998
Film
Magic Night
Self
1980
AN EVENING WITH: FRIENDS OF THE ENVIRONMENT
Self
1990
Film
Cher: In Her Own Words
Self
2021
Film
The Sonny Bono Story
Self (archive footage)
1999
Film
Cher: The Very Best Of Cher - The Video Hits Collection
2004
Film
Cher: Life in the Spotlight
Self (archive footage)
2019
Film
Dear Mom, Love Cher
Self
2013
Film
Standing Room Only: Cher in Concert
Self
Film
Cher... at the Mirage
Self
1991
Film
Southern Rock At The BBC
Self
2012
Film
Cher... A Celebration at Caesars
Self
1983
Film
Cher at the BBC
Self (archive)
2021
Fly Squad – First Strike!
(voice)
Film
ET Vault Unlocked: Cher
Self
2023
Film
The Sonny & Cher Nitty Gritty Hour
Self - Co-Host
1970
Film
Cherfitness: Body Confidence
Self
1992
Film
Cherfitness: A New Attitude
Self
1991
Rabbit Ears: The Ugly Duckling
Narrator (voice)
1985