Alessia Caracciolo, known professionally as Alessia Cara, is a Canadian singer and songwriter. She began posting covers of songs on YouTube at age 13. After uploading acoustic covers of songs such as "Love Yourself" and "Sweater Weather" online, she signed with EP Entertainment and Def Jam Recordings in 2014 and released her debut single, "Here", the following year. It peaked at number 19 on the Canadian Hot 100 chart and was a sleeper hit in the US, peaking at number 5 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart.

Filmography

• 2026Alessia Cara: Giant Desk Concert — Herself, Production Artist
• Rock, Paper, Scissors — Lolly (voice)
• 2022Making 'In The Meantime' — Herself, Editor, Director
• Blade Runner: Black Lotus — Selene (voice), Theme Song Performance, Main Title Theme Composer
• 2021PAW Patrol: The Movie — Songs
• 2020The Willoughbys — Jane Willoughby (voice), Songs
• The Other Two — Alessia Cara
• Undateable — Alessia Cara
• Nicolas' Life — Carol Wiston
• Later... with Jools Holland

Appearances as themselves (33)

• Canada's Drag Race: Canada vs The World — Self - Guest Judge
• 2021Alessia Cara: Live From Niagara Falls — Self
• Star Académie — Self - Guest Artist
• That's My Jam — Self - Guest
• 2021The Queen Family Singalong — Self
• 2021Yearly Departed — Self
• Ride the Wind — Self
• 2020Stronger Together, Tous Ensemble — Self
• The Kelly Clarkson Show — Self
• American Idol — Self - Performer
• 2018Elton John: I'm Still Standing - A Grammy Salute — Self
• The Launch — Self
• 2018iHeartRadio Jingle Ball 2018 — Self
• 2016Disney Parks Magical Christmas Celebration — Self
• Greatest Hits — Self
• 2015Taylor Swift: The 1989 World Tour - Live — Self - Musical Guest
• The Late Show with Stephen Colbert — Self - Musical Guest
• Late Night with Seth Meyers — Self - Musical Guest
• The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon — Self - Musical Guest, Self - Guest
• Radio Disney Music Awards — Self
• BBC Radio 1's Live Lounge — Self
• Jimmy Kimmel Live! — Self - Musical Guest
• Teen Choice Awards — Self - Presenter
• Glastonbury — Self
• MTV Europe Music Awards — Self - Performer
• Morgenmagazin — Self
• LIVE with Kelly and Mark — Self - Guest
• MTV Video Music Awards — Self
• Allsång på Skansen — Self - Guest
• Austin City Limits — Self
• Saturday Night Live — Self - Musical Guest
• American Music Awards — Self - Musical Guest
• The Grammys — Self