Katy Perry
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- October 25, 1984 (age 42)
- Birthplace
- Santa Barbara, California, USA
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.
Known For
Photos
Filmography
Melody
Movie · as Melody (voice)
The One That Got Away: The Director's Cut
Movie · as Katy/Older Katy
Katy Perry: The Lifetimes Tour – Live from Paris
Movie · as Self
Katy Perry: Live at Rock in Rio Lisboa 2026
Movie · as Self
Russell Brand: Open Secret
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
FireAid Benefit Concert
Movie · as Self
Le Gala des Pièces Jaunes 2025 : Le concert événement
Movie · as Self - Guest
Tapis Rouge Gala Des Pièces Rouge
Movie
Not So Fast, My Friend: A Lee Corso Special
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Peppa's Cinema Party
Movie · as Ms Leopard (voice)
Peppa Pig: Wedding Party!
Movie · as Ms. Leopard (voice)
iHeartRadio Jingle Ball 2024
Movie · as Self - Performer
Katy Perry: Night of a Lifetime
Movie · as Self
Katy Perry - Rock In Rio 40 anos
Movie · as Self
Therapuss
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Carol Burnett: 90 Years of Laughter + Love
Movie · as Self - Guest
The Coronation Concert
Movie · as Self
Flora and Son
Movie · as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Disney 100: A Century of Dreams – A Special Edition of 20/20
Movie · as Self
Jazz Fest: A New Orleans Story
Movie · as Self
Power of Women: The Changemakers
Movie · as Self
ABBA V Queen
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Madame X Presents: Madame Xtra Q&A
Movie · as Self
Katy Perry: Sweet Dreams
Movie · as Self
Celebrating America
Movie · as Self
Billie Eilish: The World's a Little Blurry
Movie · as Self
Dolly Parton: A MusiCares Tribute
Movie · as Self
Dear Class of 2020
Movie · as Self
Katy Perry: Special MTV World Stage
Movie · as singer
Feels Good Man
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
The Disney Family Singalong - Volume II
Movie · as Self
The Disney Holiday Singalong
Movie · as Self
Out of Shadows
Movie · as Self (archive)
Anitta Dentro da Casinha
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Disney Insider
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Det svenska popundret
TV · as Self · 6 eps
The Rookie
TV · as Katy Perry · 1 ep
American Idol
TV · as Self - Judge · 131 eps
Katy Perry - BBC Radio 1's Big Weekend 2017
Movie · as Herself
Katy Perry: Will You Be My Witness?
Movie · as Self
One Love Manchester
Movie · as Self
The F Word
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Madonna: Rebel Heart Tour
Movie · as Self - Best Unapologetic Bitch Ever
Zoolander 2
Movie · as Katy Perry
Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping
Movie · as Katy (uncredited)
Zoolander: Super Model
Movie · as Katy Perry (voice)
American Housewife
TV · as Katy Perry · 1 ep
Nicki Minaj: My Time Again
Movie · as Self
Katy Perry: Making of the Pepsi Super Bowl Halftime Show
Movie · as Self
Katy Perry: Rock in Rio 2015
Movie · as Singer
Katy Perry: The Prismatic World Tour Live
Movie · as Self
StarTalk with Neil deGrasse Tyson
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Katy Perry: Getting Intimate
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Katy Perry - BBC Radio 1's Big Weekend 2014
Movie · as Her Self
Lennon or McCartney
Movie · as Self
Katy Perry and Kacey Musgraves: CMT Crossroads
Movie · as Herself
Katy Perry - Live - U-EXPRESS LIVE 2014 - WOWOW
Movie · as Self
David Blaine: Real or Magic
Movie · as Self
Katy Perry - iHeartRadio Music Festival
Movie
Katy Perry: iTunes Festival
Movie · as Herself
The iHeartRadio Album Release Party With Katy Perry
Movie · as Herself
The Smurfs 2
Movie · as Smurfette (voice)
Katy Perry: The Outrageous World of Katy Perry
Movie
FOX 25th Anniversary Special
Movie · as Self
Katy Perry: Part of Me
Movie · as Self
The Voice
TV · as Katy Perry · 1 ep
Katy Perry - California Dreams Tour 2011
Movie
The Smurfs
Movie · as Smurfette (voice)
Perez Hilton Superfan
TV · as Self · 4 eps
Katy Perry - London Live
Movie
Music Nuggets
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Raising Hope
TV · as Rikki Hargrove · 1 ep
James Corden's World Cup Live
TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep
Let's Dance for Sport Relief
TV · as Self - Performer · 1 ep
RuPaul's Drag Race: Untucked
TV · as Self - Guest Judge · 1 ep
BBC Radio 1's Live Lounge
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Katy Perry: MTV Unplugged
Movie · as Self
MasterChef Australia
TV · 1 ep
Alan Carr: Chatty Man
TV · as Self · 1 ep
RuPaul's Drag Race
TV · as Self, Self - Guest Judge · 1 ep
X Factor
TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep
The Graham Norton Show
TV · as Self · 4 eps
Keeping Up with the Kardashians
TV · as Self · 1 ep
The One Show
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Schlag den Raab
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Germany's Next Topmodel
TV · as Self - Special Guest, Self - Show Act · 1 ep
How I Met Your Mother
TV · as Honey · 1 ep
Wildfire
TV · as Herself · 1 ep
So You Think You Can Dance
TV · 1 ep
De Wereld Draait Door
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Best Week Ever
TV · 1 ep
The X Factor
TV · as Self - Special Guest · 1 ep
VH1 Top 20 Video Countdown
TV · 1 ep
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
TV · as Self - Guest, Self - Guest, Self - Mean Tweets (uncredited) · 1 ep
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
TV · as Self · 4 eps
Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway
TV
CMT Crossroads
TV · as Self · 1 ep
American Idol
TV · as Self - Performer · 1 ep
Star Academy
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Lorraine
TV · as Self · 1 ep
The View
TV · as Self - Guest · 2 eps
Leute heute
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Elle Style Awards
TV · as Self - Winner · 1 ep
Victoria's Secret Fashion Show
TV · as Self · 1 ep
MTV Europe Music Awards
TV · as Self - Host · 2 eps
Late Show with David Letterman
TV · as Self - Musical Guest · 1 ep
ECHO-Verleihung
TV · as Self · 2 eps
Morgenmagazin
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Later... with Jools Holland
TV · 1 ep
The Simpsons
TV · as Katy Perry · 1 ep
Billboard Music Awards
TV · as Self · 1 ep
This Morning
TV · as Self · 1 ep
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
TV · as Self - Guest · 3 eps
MTV Video Music Awards
TV · as Self, Self - Host · 4 eps
Wetten, dass..?
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Entertainment Tonight
TV · as Self · 4 eps
Saturday Night Live
TV · as Self - Host, Self - Musical Guest · 1 ep
American Music Awards
TV · as Self - Musical Guest · 4 eps
The Grammys
TV · as Self · 2 eps