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.
Movie | Melody | Melody (Voice) | 2025 |
Movie | Peppa's Cinema Party | Ms Leopard (voice) | 2024-02-07 |
Movie | iHeartRadio Jingle Ball 2024 | Performer | 2024-12-18 |
Movie | Peppa Pig: Wedding Party! | Ms. Leopard (voice) | 2024-03-27 |
Movie | Cyndi Lauper: Rock in Rio 2024 | Self | 2024-09-20 |
Movie | Katy Perry: Rock in Rio 2024 | Self | 2024-09-20 |
Movie | Katy Perry: Rock in Rio 2024 | Self | 2024-09-20 |
Movie | Carol Burnett: 90 Years of Laughter + Love | Self - Guest | 2023-04-26 |
Movie | Flora and Son | Self (archive footage) (uncredited) | 2023-09-21 |
Movie | Disney 100: A Century of Dreams - A Special Edition of 20/20 | Self | 2023-12-14 |
Movie | The Coronation Concert | Self | 2023-05-07 |
Movie | Jazz Fest: A New Orleans Story | Self | 2022-05-13 |
Movie | Power of Women: The Changemakers | Self | 2022-09-22 |
Movie | ABBA V Queen | Self (archive footage) | 2022-07-19 |
Movie | Celebrating America | Self | 2021-01-20 |
Movie | Billie Eilish: The World's a Little Blurry | Self | 2021-02-26 |
Movie | Katy Perry: Sweet Dreams | Self | 2021-09-21 |
Movie | Dolly Parton: A MusiCares Tribute | Self | 2021-04-07 |
Movie | Madame X Presents: Madame Xtra Q&A | Self | 2021-11-18 |
Movie | The Disney Family Singalong - Volume II | Self | 2020-05-10 |
Series | Disney Insider | Self | 2020-03-20 |
Series | Anitta Dentro da Casinha | Self | 2020-05-14 |
Movie | Dear Class of 2020 | Self | 2020-06-07 |
Movie | Katy Perry: Special MTV World Stage | singer | 2020-09-06 |
Movie | Feels Good Man | Self (archive footage) | 2020-09-04 |
Movie | The Disney Holiday Singalong | Self | 2020-11-30 |
Series | Det svenska popundret | Self | 2019-10-16 |
Movie | Camp! The Movie | Herself | 2019-05-09 |
Series | American Idol | Self - Judge | 2018-03-11 |
Movie | Katy Perry: Rock in Rio Lisboa 2018 | Unknown | 2018-06-30 |
Series | The Rookie | Katy Perry | 2018-10-16 |
Movie | Katy Perry: Will You Be My Witness? | Self | 2017-10-04 |
Movie | Katy Perry - BBC Radio 1's Big Weekend 2017 | Herself | 2017-05-27 |
Series | The F Word | Self | 2017-05-31 |
Movie | Katy Perry - Live at Glastonbury | Herself | 2017-07-01 |
Movie | One Love Manchester | Self | 2017-06-04 |
Movie | Zoolander 2 | Katy Perry | 2016-02-06 |
Movie | Zoolander: Super Model | Katy Perry (voice) | 2016-08-01 |
Movie | Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping | Katy (uncredited) | 2016-06-03 |
Movie | Madonna: Rebel Heart Tour | Self - Best Unapologetic Bitch Ever | 2016-12-09 |
Movie | Brand: A Second Coming | Herself | 2015-03-13 |
Movie | Nicki Minaj: My Time Again | Self | 2015-01-18 |
Movie | Katy Perry: The Prismatic World Tour Live | Self | 2015-03-12 |
Series | The Late Late Show with James Corden | Herself | 2015-03-23 |
Movie | Katy Perry - Making of the Pepsi Super Bowl Halftime Show | Self | 2015-12-09 |
Series | StarTalk with Neil deGrasse Tyson | Self | 2015-04-20 |
Movie | Katy Perry: Rock in Rio 2015 | Singer | 2015-09-27 |
Movie | Jeremy Scott: The People's Designer | Herself | 2015-09-18 |
Movie | John Mayer: Someday I'll Fly | 2014-04-06 | |
Movie | The Night That Changed America: A Grammy Salute to the Beatles | 2014-02-09 | |
Movie | Katy Perry - BBC Radio 1's Big Weekend 2014 | Her Self | 2014-05-25 |
Movie | Lennon or McCartney | Self | 2014-12-12 |
Movie | Katy Perry and Kacey Musgraves: CMT Crossroads | Herself | 2014-06-13 |
Movie | Katy Perry: Getting Intimate | Self | 2014-10-25 |
Movie | Katy Perry: The Outrageous World of Katy Perry | 2013-05-14 | |
Movie | The Smurfs 2 | Smurfette (voice) | 2013-07-30 |
Movie | Propaganda | Self (archive footage) | 2013-02-14 |
Movie | The iHeartRadio Album Release Party With Katy Perry | Herself | 2013-10-25 |
Movie | David Blaine: Real or Magic | Self | 2013-11-19 |
Movie | Katy Perry - iHeartRadio Music Festival | 2013-09-21 | |
Movie | Katy Perry: iTunes Festival | Herself | 2013-09-30 |
Series | The Voice | Katy Perry | 2012-04-15 |
Movie | FOX 25th Anniversary Special | Self | 2012-04-22 |
Movie | Katy Perry: Part of Me | Self | 2012-06-28 |
Movie | The Smurfs | Smurfette (voice) | 2011-07-29 |
Movie | Katy Perry - California Dreams Tour 2011 | 2011-09-23 | |
Movie | The Smurfs: A Christmas Carol | Smurfette (Voice) | 2011-12-02 |
Series | Perez Hilton Superfan | Self | 2011-12-07 |
Movie | Katy Perry: Rock in Rio 2011 | Self | 2011-09-23 |
Series | Let's Dance for Sport Relief | Herself - Performer | 2010-02-20 |
Series | Music Nuggets | Self | 2010-04-23 |
Series | James Corden's World Cup Live | Self - Guest | 2010-06-12 |
Movie | Get Him to the Greek | Herself | 2010-06-03 |
Series | Raising Hope | Unknown | 2010-09-21 |
Movie | Katy Perry - London Live | 2010-11-01 | |
Series | MasterChef Australia | Unknown | 2009-04-27 |
Series | RuPaul's Drag Race | Self | 2009-02-02 |
Movie | Katy Perry: MTV Unplugged | Self | 2009-11-12 |
Series | Alan Carr: Chatty Man | Self | 2009-06-14 |
Series | Keeping Up with the Kardashians | Self | 2007-10-14 |
Series | The Graham Norton Show | Self | 2007-02-22 |
Series | Schlag den Raab | Self | 2006-09-23 |
Series | The One Show | Self | 2006-08-14 |
Series | Wildfire | Herself | 2005-06-20 |
Series | How I Met Your Mother | Honey | 2005-09-19 |
Series | So You Think You Can Dance | Unknown | 2005-07-20 |
Series | De Wereld Draait Door | Self | 2005-10-10 |
Series | Best Week Ever | Unknown | 2004-01-23 |
Series | The X Factor | Self - Special Guest | 2004-09-04 |
Series | VH1 Top 20 Video Countdown | Unknown | 2003-01-04 |
Series | Jimmy Kimmel Live! | Self | 2003-01-26 |
Series | CMT Crossroads | Self | 2002-01-13 |
Series | Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway | Unknown | 2002-06-08 |
Series | Star Academy | Self | 2001-10-20 |
Series | Lorraine | Self | 2001-09-03 |
Series | The View | Self | 1997-08-11 |
Series | Leute heute | Self | 1997-07-23 |
Series | Victoria's Secret Fashion Show | Self | 1995-02-10 |
Series | MTV Europe Music Awards | Self - Host | 1994-11-24 |
Series | ECHO-Verleihung | Self | 1992-05-18 |
Series | Billboard Music Awards | Self | 1989-05-01 |
Series | The Simpsons | Katy Perry (voice) | 1989-12-17 |
Series | This Morning | Self | 1988-10-03 |
Series | LIVE with Kelly and Mark | Self - Guest | 1988-09-05 |
Series | MTV Video Music Awards | Self - Host | 1984-09-14 |
Series | Entertainment Tonight | Self | 1981-09-15 |
Series | Wetten, dass..? | Self | 1981-02-14 |
Series | Saturday Night Live | Self | 1975-10-11 |
Series | American Music Awards | Self - Musical Guest | 1974-02-19 |
Series | The Grammy Awards | Self | 1959-11-29 |