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Lizzo

Lizzo

Producer and actor · Born April 27, 1988 (38) · Detroit, Michigan, USA

Primetime Emmy winner · 2 other major award bodies

Lizzo was born Melissa Viviane Jefferson on April 27, 1988 in Detroit, Michigan & raised in Houston, Texas. Before signing with Nice Life and Atlantic Records, Lizzo released 2 studio albums, Lizzobangers (2013) & Big Grrrl Small World (2015). Lizzo's first major-label EP, Coconut Oil was released on 2016. She attained mainstream success with the release of her third studio album, Cuz I Love You (2019), which peaked inside the top five of the US Billboard 200. The album spawned two singles: Juice & Tempo. The deluxe version of the album included Lizzo's 2017 single, Truth Hurts, which became a viral sleeper hit, topping the US Billboard Hot 100 two years after its initial release. Around this time, her 2016 single: Good as Hell also climbed the charts, reaching the top 3 on the Hot 100 and top ten of the UK Singles Chart. Lizzo received 8 nominations at the 62nd Annual Grammy Awards, the most for any artist that year, including Album of the Year for the deluxe version of Cuz I Love You, Song of the Year and Record of the Year for Truth Hurts, as well as Best New Artist. She eventually won the awards for Best Urban Contemporary Album, Best Pop Solo Performance for Truth Hurts & Best Traditional R&B Performance for the song, Jerome. Aside from singing and rapping, Lizzo also takes up acting roles: she served as a voice performer in the animated film, UglyDolls (2019) and appeared in the crime comedy-drama film, Hustlers (2019). On 2019, Time named Lizzo as Entertainer of the Year for her meteoric rise and contribution to music. In addition to her 3 Grammy Awards, she has also won a Billboard Music Award, a BET Award & 2 Soul Train Music Awards.

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Biography from IMDb.

Born
April 27, 1988 (38)
From
Detroit, Michigan, USA
Works as
Producer and actor
Titles
4 on MovieCove
Links
IMDb (opens in a new tab)

Known for

What are Lizzo's films like?

Across their 5 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Self and Society.

Themes

share of theme weight
Self
58%
Society
19%
Bonds
18%
Power
5%
Self-worth3 titles, browse their movies with this themeFriendship2 titles, browse their movies with this themeIdentity2 titles, browse their movies with this theme

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Joyful
3
Hopeful
3
Absurd
1
Warm
1
Triumphant
2
Other
4

How their films linger

Feel-good5 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteFun3 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHopeful2 titles, browse their movies with this aftertaste

How their films end

  • Happy4
  • Cyclical1

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 Lizzo's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 3 of their 4 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on HBO Max (2).

Also on these channels

Subscription and free streaming for Lizzo'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

4 credits, 4 with a MovieCove page; 1 appearance as themselves is hidden until asked for.

Career shape

Across their 5 MovieCove titles, 4 of them dated from 2016 to 2022.

Highest rated

Love, Lizzo (2022)

Midcredits 62nd

Most popular right now

Brad Neely's Harg Nallin' Sclopio Peepio (2016)

By role

only this rolewith another role
Acting1 of 4: 1 only acting, 0 with another roleProducing3 of 4: 3 only producing, 0 with another role

By decade

2010s1 · acting2020s3 · crew

Counts over their MovieCove titles; a title counts in every role they held on it.

Awards

a Primetime Emmy and 5 other major awards from 16 major nominations, 2020–2023.

WinNomination
  1. 2023
    • Primetime Emmy, nominated · Outstanding Variety Special (Pre-Recorded)
    • +2 other major bodies · 2 wins and 4 nominations
      • Producers Guild Award, won · Outstanding Producer of Game & Competition Television
      • Grammy Award, won · Record of the Year
      • Grammy Award, nominated · Album of the Year
      • Grammy Award, nominated · Best Pop Solo Performance
      • Grammy Award, nominated · Best Pop Vocal Album
      • Grammy Award, nominated · Song of the Year
  2. 2022
    • Primetime Emmy, won · Outstanding Competition Program
  3. 2020
    • Grammy Award, won · Best Pop Solo Performance
    • Grammy Award, won · Best Traditional R&B Performance
    • Grammy Award, won · Best Urban Contemporary Album
    • Grammy Award, nominated · Album of the Year
    • Grammy Award, nominated · Best New Artist
    • Grammy Award, nominated · Best R&B Performance
    • Grammy Award, nominated · Record of the Year
    • Grammy Award, nominated · Song of the Year

Major bodies only: the Oscars, Primetime Emmys, Golden Globes, BAFTAs and Screen Actors Guild Awards are named; Cannes, Venice, the Berlinale, Sundance, the directors', writers' and producers' guilds, the Grammys, Critics Choice and the Independent Spirit Awards count as other major bodies. Festival and regional prizes are not counted. Source: IMDb.

Who does Lizzo work with?

People who share at least 2 of Lizzo's MovieCove titles; Alana Balden shares the most, 3.