Cher
- Teen actor
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.
Acted in
SNL50: The Homecoming Concert
2025
as Self
Diane Warren: Relentless
2025
Music by John Williams
2024
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
2024 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony
2024
as Self
Joan Rivers at the BBC
2024
as Self (archive footage)
Outstanding: A Comedy Revolution
2024
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Bob Mackie: Naked Illusion
2024
as Self
iHeartRadio Jingle Ball 2023
2023
as Self - Special Guest
Cher Meets Rylan
2023
as Self
Christmas at Graceland
2023
as Self
ET Vault Unlocked: Cher
2023
as Self
Carol Burnett: 90 Years of Laughter + Love
2023
as Self - Guest
Meat Loaf - A Celebration Of Life
2023
as Self
2021 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony
2021
as Self
A Night at the Academy Museum
2021
as Self
Val
2021
as Self (archive footage)
Cher at the BBC
2021
as Self (archive)
Cher: In Her Own Words
2021
as Self
Cher & the Loneliest Elephant
2021
as Self
This Is Pop
2021
as Self (archive footage)
Bobbleheads: The Movie
2020
as Bobblehead Cher (voice)
Bang
2020
as Self
The BRITs at 40
2020
as Self (archive footage
Cher: Life in the Spotlight
2019
as Self (archive footage)
Scooby-Doo and Guess Who?
2019
as Cher (voice)
It's Always Sonny: Backstage at 'The Cher Show' with Jarrod Spector
2018
as Self
Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again
2018
as Ruby Sheridan
The Advocate Celebrates 50 Years: A Long Road to Freedom
2018
as Self
Robin Williams: Come Inside My Mind
2018
as Self (archive footage)
Larger than Life: The Kevyn Aucoin Story
2017
as Self
Somewhere Over The Rainbow
2014
as Self
Trailblazer Honors
2014
as Self - Presenter
And the Oscar Goes To...
2014
as Self (archive footage)
Six by Sondheim
2013
as Self (archive footage)
Dear Mom, Love Cher
2013
as Self
Inventing David Geffen
2012
as Self
Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen
2012
as (archive footage)
Southern Rock At The BBC
2012
as Self
Fashion !
2012
as Self
Zookeeper
2011
as Janet the Lioness (voice)
Becoming Chaz
2011
as Self
Burlesque
2010
as Tess
Never Sleep Again: The Elm Street Legacy
2010
as Self (archive footage)
The Wrecking Crew
2008
as Self - Backup Singer, The Ronettes
Keeping Up with the Kardashians
2007
as Self
AFI: 100 Years... 100 Movies... 10th Anniversary Edition
2007
as Self
Moonstruck: At the Heart of an Italian Family
2006
as Self (archival footage)
Dancing with the Stars
2005
as Self - Guest Judge
Die 90er - Popwunder & Popsünden
2004
as Self
Cher – The Very Best Of Cher - The Video Hits Collection
2004
ABBA - The Last Video
2004
as Self
Stuck Together: Bringing Stuck on You to the Screen
2004
as Self
Stuck on You
2003
as Cher
The Best Of Beat
2003
as Self (archive footage)
Cher: The Farewell Tour
2003
as Self
VH1: Divas Las Vegas
2002
as Self - Performer
The Best of Max
2002
as Self
Cher: Live in Concert
1999
as Self
Tina Turner : Celebrate!
1999
as Self
The Sonny Bono Story
1999
as Self (archive footage)
Detroit Rock City
1999
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
VH1 Divas Live 2: An Honors Concert for VH1's Save the Music
1999
as Self - Performer
Tea with Mussolini
1999
as Elsa Strauss-Almerson
Will & Grace
1998
as Cher
AFI's 100 Years... 100 Movies
1998
as Self
AFI's 100 Years... 100 Movies: America's Greatest Movies
1998
as Self / Host
Millionär gesucht! - Die SKL Show
1998
as Self
Sonny & Me: Cher Remembers
1998
as Self
An Audience with Elton John
1997
as Self
Happy Birthday Elizabeth: A Celebration of Life
1997
as Self
If These Walls Could Talk
1996
as Dr. Beth Thompson
E! True Hollywood Story
1996
Faithful
1996
as Margaret
Die Harald Schmidt Show
1995
as Self
Victoria's Secret Fashion Show
1995
as Self
Prêt-à-Porter
1994
as Self
ECHO-Verleihung
1992
as Self
Euro Disney : L'Ouverture
1992
as Self - Chanteuse
The Player
1992
as Cher
Cherfitness: Body Confidence
1992
as Self
Robert Altman's Players
1992
as Self
MTV's 10th Anniversary Special
1991
as Self
Cherfitness: A New Attitude
1991
as Self
Cher... at the Mirage
1991
as Self
Mermaids
1990
as Rachel Flax
Bon Jovi | Access All Areas: A Rock & Roll Odyssey
1990
as Self
AN EVENING WITH: FRIENDS OF THE ENVIRONMENT
1990
as Self
Stars 90
1990
as self
Superstar: The Life and Times of Andy Warhol
1990
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Pee-wee's Playhouse Christmas Special
1988
as Self
Moonstruck
1987
as Loretta Castorini
Suspect
1987
as Kathleen Riley
Going Live!
1987
as Self
The Witches of Eastwick
1987
as Alexandra Medford
Superstars and their Moms
1987
as Self
Pee-wee's Playhouse
1986
The Muppets: A Celebration of 30 Years
1986
as Self (archive footage)
Bugs Bunny/Looney Tunes All-Star 50th Anniversary
1986
as Self
Women in Rock
1986
as Self
Rabbit Ears: The Ugly Duckling
1985
as Narrator (voice)
Live Aid
1985
as Self
Mask
1985
as Rusty Dennis
Hollywood's Funniest All-Star Bloopers
1985
as Self (archive footage)
MTV Video Music Awards
1984
as Self
Al TV
1984
as Self
Silkwood
1983
as Dolly Pelliker
Cher... A Celebration at Caesars
1983
as Self
Come Back to the 5 & Dime, Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean
1982
as Sissy
Night of 100 Stars
1982
as Self
Wings Over the World
1979
as Audience member
Cher... and Other Fantasies
1979
as Self
The Kennedy Center Honors
1978
as Self
Cher... Special
1978
as Self / Various
The Sonny and Cher Show
1976
as Self - Host
Rona Looks at Raquel, Liza, Cher and Ann-Margret
1975
Cher
1975
as Self - Host
Dinah!
1974
as Self
Musikladen
1972
as Self
The New Scooby-Doo Movies
1972
as Cher (voice)
The Sonny & Cher Comedy Hour
1971
The First Nine Months Are the Hardest
1971
as Self
The Sonny & Cher Nitty Gritty Hour
1970
as Self - Co-Host
The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour : Christmas Special 1969
1969
Love, American Style
1969
Chastity
1969
as Chastity
The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour
1969
as Self
The Carol Burnett Show
1967
as Self - Guest
The Carol Burnett Show
1967
as Self
Good Times
1967
as Cher
Wild on the Beach
1965
as Self
Top of the Pops
1964
as Self
Kraft Music Hall
1958
as Self
The Oscars
1953
as Self
Bambi Awards
1948
as Self
Gardel
Standing Room Only: Cher in Concert
as Self