Cher
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 · 163
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
2009 · Self - Guest
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015 · Self
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
2014 · Self
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962 · Self
The Kelly Clarkson Show
2019 · Self
Top of the Pops
1964 · Self
Saturday Night Live
1975 · Self - Musical Guest
The Mike Douglas Show
1961 · Self - Co-Host
The Jennifer Hudson Show
2022 · Self
The Graham Norton Show
2007 · Self
The View
1997 · Self
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2003 · Self - Guest
Dancing with the Stars
2005 · Self - Guest Judge
Wetten, dass..?
1981 · Self
Die Harald Schmidt Show
1995 · Self
Vivement dimanche
1998 · Self
Kraft Music Hall
1958 · Self
Love, American Style
1969
Will & Grace
1998 · Cher
Keeping Up with the Kardashians
2007 · Self
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
2003 · Self
MTV Video Music Awards
1984 · Self
Bambi
1948 · Self
The Carol Burnett Show
1967 · Self - Guest
Going Live!
1987 · Self
The Oscars
1953 · Self
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
1968 · Self - Guest Performer
Parkinson
1998 · Self
People's Choice Awards
1975 · Self - Presenter
Dinah!
1974 · Self
TFI Friday
1996
TFI Unplugged
2026 · Self (Archive Footage)
An Audience with...
1978 · Self
Victoria's Secret Fashion Show
1995 · Self
Musikladen
1972 · Self
The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
1964 · Ramona
The Kennedy Center Honors
1978 · Self
Chicken Shop Date
2014 · Self - Guest
Scooby-Doo and Guess Who?
2019 · Cher (voice)
Donny & Marie
1976 · Self
Trailblazer Honors
2014 · Self - Presenter
So Graham Norton
1998 · Self - Guest
The New Scooby-Doo Movies
1972 · Cher (voice)
The Sonny & Cher Comedy Hour
1971
Stars 90
1990 · Self
Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again
2018 · Ruby Sheridan
The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour
1969 · Self
Trailer Camp
1995 · (Archival)
The Witches of Eastwick
1987 · Alexandra Medford
Impact x Nightline
2022 · Musician
The Player
1992 · Cher
Moonstruck
1987 · Loretta Castorini
The Rosie O'Donnell Show
1996 · Self - Guest
Burlesque
2010 · Tess
Cher
1975 · Self - Host
This Is Pop
2021 · Self (archive footage)
Zookeeper
2011 · Janet the Lioness (voi...
The Magic Hour
1998 · Self
The Sonny and Cher Show
1976 · Self - Host
Mask
1985 · Rusty Dennis
Mermaids
1990 · Rachel Flax
Watch the Sound with Mark Ronson
2021 · Self (archive footage)
Al TV
1984 · Self
Stuck on You
2003 · Cher
Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen
2012 · (archive footage)
Becoming Madonna
2024 · Self (archive footage)
Detroit Rock City
1999 · Self (archive footage)...
This Morning
1988 · Self
SNL50: The Homecoming Concert
2025 · Self
Prêt-à-Porter
1994 · Self
Silkwood
1983 · Dolly Pelliker
Parabéns
1992 · Self
Suspect
1987 · Kathleen Riley
Tina Turner: The Girl from Nutbush
1993
Live Aid
1985 · Self
Tea with Mussolini
1999 · Elsa Strauss-Almerson
iHeartRadio Jingle Ball 2023
2023 · Self - Special Guest
E! True Hollywood Story
1996
Commitment to Life
2023 · Self (archive footage)
Inventing David Geffen
2012 · Self
Night of 100 Stars
1982 · Self
If These Walls Could Talk
1996 · Dr. Beth Thompson
Bob Mackie: Naked Illusion
2024 · Self
A Night at the Academy Museum
2021 · Self
The Wrecking Crew
2008 · Self - Backup Singer,...
Six by Sondheim
2013 · Self (archive footage)
Outstanding: A Comedy Revolution
2024 · Self (archive footage)...
Diane Warren: Relentless
2025 · Self
Gregg Allman: The Music of My Soul
2026 · Self
Come Back to the 5 & Dime, Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean
1982 · Sissy
Robert Altman's Players
1992 · Self
Carol Burnett: 90 Years of Laughter + Love
2023 · Self - Guest
Chastity
1969 · Chastity
The Fabulous Allan Carr
2017 · Self (archive)
Looney Tunes 50th Anniversary
1986 · Self
Cher & the Loneliest Elephant
2021 · Self
Bobbleheads: The Movie
2020 · Bobblehead Cher (voice...
Superstars and their Moms
1987 · Self
Pee-wee's Playhouse Christmas Special
1988 · Self
Faithful
1996 · Margaret
Fashion !
2012 · Self (archive footage)
AFI: 100 Years... 100 Movies... 10th Anniversary Edition
2007 · Self
Euro Disney : L'Ouverture
1992 · Self - Chanteuse
Die 90er - Popwunder & Popsünden
2004 · Self
Christmas at Graceland
2023 · Self
Mondo Hollywood
1967
Becoming Chaz
2011 · Self
MTV's 10th Anniversary Special
1991 · Self
Azzedine Alaïa, un couturier français
2022 · Self (archive footage)
Tina Turner : Celebrate!
1999 · Self
Women in Rock
1986 · Self
Wild on the Beach
1965 · Self
An Audience with Elton John
1997 · Self
VH1: Divas Las Vegas
2002 · Self - Performer
Cher... A Celebration at Caesars
1983 · Self
The Muppets: A Celebration of 30 Years
1986 · Self (archive footage)
Bang
2020 · Self
2024 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony
2024 · Self
Hollywood's Funniest All-Star Bloopers
1985 · Self (archive footage)
The Sonny Bono Story
1999 · Self (archive footage)
VH1 Divas Live 2: An Honors Concert for VH1's Save the Music
1999 · Self - Performer
2021 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony
2021 · Self
Superstar: The Life and Times of Andy Warhol
1990 · Self (archive footage)...
Joan Rivers at the BBC
2024 · Self (archive footage)
Meat Loaf - A Celebration Of Life
2022 · Self (archive footage)
AFI's 100 Years... 100 Movies: America's Greatest Movies
1998 · Self / Host
Magic Night
1980 · Self
That '70s KISS Show
2002 · Self
Stuck Together: Bringing Stuck on You to the Screen
2004 · Self
Larger than Life: The Kevyn Aucoin Story
2017 · Self
Paul McCartney & Wings: Wings Over the World
1979 · Audience member
The Best Of Beat
2003 · Self (archive footage)
ABBA - The Last Video
2004 · Self
Cher: Live in Concert
1999 · Self
The Grand Opening of Euro Disneyland
1992 · Self - Performer
Cher: The Farewell Tour
2003 · Self
Moonstruck: At the Heart of an Italian Family
2006 · Self (archival footage...
Celebrating Betty White: America's Golden Girl
2022 · Self
The Best of Max
2002 · Self
Cher Meets Rylan
2023 · Self
Good Times
1967 · Cher
The First Nine Months Are the Hardest
1971 · Self
Cher: In Her Own Words
2021 · Self
Cher... and Other Fantasies
1979 · Self
The Advocate Celebrates 50 Years: A Long Road to Freedom
2018 · Self
Cher: Life in the Spotlight
2019 · Self (archive footage)
Cher... Special
1978 · Self / Various
ET Vault Unlocked: Cher
2023 · Self
Standing Room Only: Cher in Concert
— · Self
The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour : Christmas Special 1969
1969
Bettie Page: The Girl in the Leopard Print Bikini
2004
The BRITs at 40
2020 · Self (archive footage
A Grammy Salute to Cyndi Lauper: Live from the Hollywood Bowl
2025 · Self
Southern Rock At The BBC
2012 · Self
Cherfitness: A New Attitude
1991 · Self
Rona Looks at Raquel, Liza, Cher and Ann-Margret
1975 · Self
Bon Jovi | Access All Areas: A Rock & Roll Odyssey
1990 · Self
Cher at the BBC
2021 · Self (archive)
Cherfitness: Body Confidence
1992 · Self
Dear Mom, Love Cher
2013 · Self
The Sonny & Cher Nitty Gritty Hour
1970 · Self - Co-Host
Cher... at the Mirage
1991 · Self
Cher – The Very Best Of Cher - The Video Hits Collection
2004