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.
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Biography from TMDB.
- October 25, 1984 (42)
- Santa Barbara, California, USA
- Actor and producer
- 15 on MovieCove · 36 credits in all
What are Katy Perry's films like?
Across their 10 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Society and Self.
Genres
Their MovieCove films by primary genre. The badge is the typical Midcredits score of the genre's films, the median percentile; an up arrow marks a genre at or above their average across these genres.
Themes
What they feel like to watch
Ironic 0 · Wry 0 · Earnest 9
Light 9 · Serious 0 · Dark 0
A split, not a type: Grounded 6 · Stylized 1 · Heightened 2
Gentle 4 · Charged 4 · Intense 1
Steady 7 · Shifting 2 · Whiplash 0
Straight-faced 2 · Some laughs 5 · Funny 2
Slow burn 3 · Even-paced 5 · Relentless 1
Casual 8 · Engaged 1 · Full focus 0
Easy watch 8 · Affecting 1 · Heavy 0
Resolved 9 · Open-ended 0 · Ambiguous 0
Moods and endings
- Happy9
- Ambiguous1
AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.
Where can I watch Katy Perry's films?
As of October 24, 2026, 11 of their 15 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Hulu (5).
Subscription and free streaming for Katy Perry's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.
Filmography
36 credits, 15 with a MovieCove page; 84 appearances as themselves are hidden until asked for.
Midcredits score: 96th percentile of all films
The One That Got Away: The Director's Cut (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2026)
Tapis Rouge Gala Des Pièces Rouge (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2025)
Katy Perry - Rock In Rio 40 anos (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2024)
Peppa Pig: Wedding Party! (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2024)
Peppa's Cinema Party (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2024)
Katy Perry: Special MTV World Stage (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2020)
The Rookie(2018)
Midcredits score: 89th percentile of all shows
Katy Perry: Will You Be My Witness? (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2017)
American Housewife(2016)
Midcredits score: 74th percentile of all shows
Zoolander: Super Model(2016)
Midcredits score: 17th percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 76th percentile of all films
Zoolander 2(2016)
Midcredits score: 7th percentile of all films
Katy Perry: Rock in Rio 2015 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2015)
Midcredits score: 92nd percentile of all films
Katy Perry - BBC Radio 1's Big Weekend 2014 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2014)
Katy Perry - iHeartRadio Music Festival (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2013)
The Smurfs 2(2013)
Midcredits score: 19th percentile of all films
Katy Perry: The Outrageous World of Katy Perry (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2013)
Katy Perry: Part of Me(2012)
Midcredits score: 65th percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 71st percentile of all films
The Voice (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2012)
Katy Perry - California Dreams Tour 2011 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2011)
The Smurfs(2011)
Midcredits score: 24th percentile of all films
Katy Perry - London Live (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2010)
Raising Hope(2010)
Midcredits score: 88th percentile of all shows
Katy Perry: MTV Unplugged (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2009)
MasterChef: Australia(2009)
Midcredits score: 86th percentile of all shows
How I Met Your Mother(2005)
Midcredits score: 94th percentile of all shows
So You Think You Can Dance (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2005)
Best Week Ever (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2004)
VH1 Top 20 Video Countdown (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2003)
Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2002)
Later... with Jools Holland (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1992)
The Simpsons(1989)
Midcredits score: 96th percentile of all shows
Melody (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)
Career shape
Star power in the 84th percentile of 239,109 people with a billed film role, over a full career of 35 titles, 34 of them dated from 1989 to 2026.
Biggest box office
The Smurfs (2011)
Highest rated
Katy Perry: The Lifetimes Tour - Live from Paris (2026)
Most popular right now
The Smurfs 2 (2013)
Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored.
How do Katy Perry's films land?
Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 65th percentile, the median of all 9; across their 9 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 73rd percentile for acclaim.
- 75th and up8
- 50th to 74th3
- Below 25th4
Shape of the crowd
6 of their 15 titles are Mixed.
- Universally Loved4
- Cult Classic1
- Crowd Pleaser4
- Mixed6
Reviewers score the acting 57/100 in their films, across 6 reviewed titles; fans 73, detractors 25. The element that speaks to their work as an actor.
Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.
Who does Katy Perry work with?
People who share at least 2 of Katy Perry's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Bradford Cobb shares the most, 3.
Directors
- Raja GosnellShared titles: The Smurfs 2 (2013), The Smurfs (2011)See all 2 shared titles with Raja Gosnell
Writers
- David N. WeissShared titles: The Smurfs 2 (2013), The Smurfs (2011)See all 2 shared titles with David N. Weiss
- David RonnShared titles: The Smurfs 2 (2013), The Smurfs (2011)See all 2 shared titles with David Ronn
- J. David StemShared titles: The Smurfs 2 (2013), The Smurfs (2011)See all 2 shared titles with J. David Stem
- Jay ScherickShared titles: The Smurfs 2 (2013), The Smurfs (2011)See all 2 shared titles with Jay Scherick
Actors
- Hank AzariaShared titles: The Smurfs 2 (2013), The Smurfs (2011)See all 2 shared titles with Hank Azaria
- Jayma MaysShared titles: The Smurfs 2 (2013), The Smurfs (2011)See all 2 shared titles with Jayma Mays
- Neil Patrick HarrisShared titles: The Smurfs 2 (2013), The Smurfs (2011)See all 2 shared titles with Neil Patrick Harris
Composers, cinematographers and editors
- Brett TurnbullShared titles: Katy Perry: The Lifetimes Tour - Live from Paris (2026), Katy Perry: The Prismatic World Tour (2015)See all 2 shared titles with Brett Turnbull
- Heitor PereiraShared titles: The Smurfs 2 (2013), The Smurfs (2011)See all 2 shared titles with Heitor Pereira
- Phil MeheuxShared titles: The Smurfs 2 (2013), The Smurfs (2011)See all 2 shared titles with Phil Meheux
- Sabrina PliscoShared titles: The Smurfs 2 (2013), The Smurfs (2011)See all 2 shared titles with Sabrina Plisco
Producers
- Bradford CobbShared titles: Katy Perry: The Lifetimes Tour - Live from Paris (2026), Katy Perry: The Prismatic World Tour (2015), Katy Perry: Part of Me (2012)See all 3 shared titles with Bradford Cobb
- Baz HalpinShared titles: Katy Perry: The Lifetimes Tour - Live from Paris (2026), Katy Perry: The Prismatic World Tour (2015)See all 2 shared titles with Baz Halpin
- Martin KirkupShared titles: Katy Perry: The Prismatic World Tour (2015), Katy Perry: Part of Me (2012)See all 2 shared titles with Martin Kirkup
- Steven JensenShared titles: Katy Perry: The Prismatic World Tour (2015), Katy Perry: Part of Me (2012)See all 2 shared titles with Steven Jensen