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

• 2025Big Baby — Executive Producer
• 2024Little Bites — Executive Producer
• 2023iHeartRadio Jingle Ball 2023 — Self - Special Guest, Musician
• Impact x Nightline — Musician
• 2021Cher & the Loneliest Elephant — Self, Executive Producer
• 2020Bobbleheads: The Movie — Bobblehead Cher (voice)
• Scooby-Doo and Guess Who? — Cher (voice)
• 2018Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again — Ruby Sheridan
• 2017Edith+Eddie — Executive Producer
• 2013Dear Mom, Love Cher — Self, Executive Producer
• 2012Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen — (archive footage)
• 2011Zookeeper — Janet the Lioness (voice)
• 2010Burlesque — Tess
• 2008The Wrecking Crew — Self - Backup Singer, The Ronettes
• Dancing with the Stars — Self - Guest Judge, Self (archive footage), Thanks
• 2004Cher: The Very Best Of Cher - The Video Hits Collection — Director
• 2003Stuck on You — Cher
• 1999Tea with Mussolini — Elsa Strauss-Almerson
• 1998Sonny & Me: Cher Remembers — Self, Executive Producer
• Will & Grace — Cher
• E! True Hollywood Story
• 1996Faithful — Margaret
• 1996If These Walls Could Talk — Dr. Beth Thompson, Director
• TFI Friday
• 1995Trailer Camp — (Archival)
• 1993Tina Turner: The Girl from Nutbush
• 1992The Player — Cher
• 1990Mermaids — Rachel Flax
• 1989Chances Are — Songs
• 1987Moonstruck — Loretta Castorini
• 1987Suspect — Kathleen Riley
• 1987The Witches of Eastwick — Alexandra Medford
• 1985Mask — Rusty Dennis
• 1985Rabbit Ears: The Ugly Duckling — Narrator (voice)
• 1983Silkwood — Dolly Pelliker
• 1982Come Back to the 5 & Dime, Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean — Sissy
• 1979Cher... and Other Fantasies — Self, Writer
• 1979Paul McCartney & Wings: Wings Over the World — Audience member
• 1978Cher... Special — Self / Various, Writer
• The South Bank Show
• The New Scooby-Doo Movies — Cher (voice)
• The Sonny & Cher Comedy Hour
• 1969Chastity — Chastity
• Love, American Style
• 1969The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour : Christmas Special 1969
• 1967Good Times — Cher
• 1967Mondo Hollywood
• 1966Alfie — Theme Song Performance
• The Man from U.N.C.L.E. — Ramona
• Cher... at the Mirage — Creator
• Diamond Sleek — Cher
• Fly Squad – First Strike! — (voice)
• Gardel
• Standing Room Only: Cher in Concert — Self, Producer
• Untitled Cher Biopic — Producer

Appearances as themselves (130)

• 2026Darlene Love: I Know Where I've Been — Self
• 2026Dolly Parton – An American Icon — Self - Interviewee (voice)
• 2026Gregg Allman: The Music of My Soul — Self
• TFI Unplugged — Self (Archive Footage)
• 2025A Grammy Salute to Cyndi Lauper: Live from the Hollywood Bowl — Self
• 2025Diane Warren: Relentless — Self
• 2025SNL50: The Homecoming Concert — Self
• 20242024 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony — Self
• 2024Becoming Madonna — Self (archive footage)
• 2024Bob Mackie: Naked Illusion — Self
• 2024Joan Rivers at the BBC — Self (archive footage)
• 2024Outstanding: A Comedy Revolution — Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
• 2023Carol Burnett: 90 Years of Laughter + Love — Self - Guest
• 2023Cher Meets Rylan — Self
• 2023Christmas at Graceland — Self
• 2023Commitment to Life — Self (archive footage)
• 2023ET Vault Unlocked: Cher — Self
• 2022Azzedine Alaïa, un couturier français — Self (archive footage)
• 2022Celebrating Betty White: America's Golden Girl — Self
• 2022Meat Loaf - A Celebration Of Life — Self (archive footage)
• The Jennifer Hudson Show — Self
• 20212021 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony — Self
• 2021A Night at the Academy Museum — Self
• 2021Cher at the BBC — Self (archive)
• 2021Cher: In Her Own Words — Self
• This Is Pop — Self (archive footage)
• 2021Val — Self (archive)
• Watch the Sound with Mark Ronson — Self (archive footage)
• 2020Bang — Self
• 2020The BRITs at 40 — Self (archive footage
• 2019Cher: Life in the Spotlight — Self (archive footage)
• The Kelly Clarkson Show — Self
• 2018The Advocate Celebrates 50 Years: A Long Road to Freedom — Self
• 2017Larger than Life: The Kevyn Aucoin Story — Self
• 2017The Fabulous Allan Carr — Self (archive footage)
• The Late Show with Stephen Colbert — Self, Self - Guest
• Chicken Shop Date — Self - Guest, Self - Guest (archive footage)
• 2014Return to the 5 & Dime: An Interview with Ed Graczyk — Self – Sissy (archive footage)
• 2014Somewhere Over The Rainbow — Self
• The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon — Self
• Trailblazer Honors — Self - Presenter
• 2013Six by Sondheim — Self (archive footage)
• Fashion ! — Self (archive footage)
• 2012Inventing David Geffen — Self
• 2012Southern Rock At The BBC — Self
• 2011Becoming Chaz — Self
• Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen — Self - Guest
• 2007AFI: 100 Years... 100 Movies... 10th Anniversary Edition — Self
• Keeping Up with the Kardashians — Self
• The Graham Norton Show — Self, Self - Musical Guest
• 2006Moonstruck: At the Heart of an Italian Family — Self (archival footage)
• 2004Bettie Page: The Girl in the Leopard Print Bikini — Self (archive footage)
• 2004Die 90er - Popwunder & Popsünden — Self
• 2004Stuck Together: Bringing Stuck on You to the Screen — Self
• 2003Cher: The Farewell Tour — Self
• Jimmy Kimmel Live! — Self - Guest
• 2003The Best Of Beat — Self (archive footage)
• The Ellen DeGeneres Show — Self
• 2002That '70s KISS Show — Self
• 2002The Best of Max — Self
• 2002VH1: Divas Las Vegas — Self - Performer
• 1999Cher: Live in Concert — Self
• 1999Detroit Rock City — Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
• 1999The Sonny Bono Story — Self (archive footage)
• 1999Tina Turner : Celebrate! — Self
• 1999VH1 Divas Live 2: An Honors Concert for VH1's Save the Music — Self - Performer
• 1998AFI's 100 Years... 100 Movies: America's Greatest Movies — Self / Host
• Millionär gesucht! - Die SKL Show — Self
• Parkinson — Self
• So Graham Norton — Self - Guest
• The Magic Hour — Self
• Vivement dimanche — Self
• 1997An Audience with Elton John — Self
• 1997Happy Birthday Elizabeth: A Celebration of Life — Self
• The View — Self
• The Rosie O'Donnell Show — Self - Guest
• Die Harald Schmidt Show — Self
• Victoria's Secret Fashion Show — Self
• 1994Prêt-à-Porter — Self
• 1992Cherfitness: Body Confidence — Self
• ECHO-Verleihung — Self
• 1992Euro Disney : L'Ouverture — Self - Chanteuse
• Parabéns — Self
• 1992Robert Altman's Players — Self
• 1992The Grand Opening of Euro Disneyland — Self - Performer
• 1991Cher... at the Mirage — Self
• 1991Cherfitness: A New Attitude — Self
• 1991MTV's 10th Anniversary Special — Self
• 1990AN EVENING WITH: FRIENDS OF THE ENVIRONMENT — Self
• 1990Bon Jovi | Access All Areas: A Rock & Roll Odyssey — Self
• Stars 90 — Self
• 1990Superstar: The Life and Times of Andy Warhol — Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
• 1988Pee-wee's Playhouse Christmas Special — Self
• This Morning — Self
• Going Live! — Self
• 1987Superstars and their Moms — Self
• 1986Looney Tunes 50th Anniversary — Self
• 1986The Muppets: A Celebration of 30 Years — Self (archive footage)
• 1986Women in Rock — Self
• 1985Hollywood's Funniest All-Star Bloopers — Self (archive footage)
• 1985Live Aid — Self
• Al TV — Self
• MTV Video Music Awards — Self
• 1983Cher... A Celebration at Caesars — Self
• 1982Night of 100 Stars — Self
• Wetten, dass..? — Self
• 1980Magic Night — Self
• An Audience with... — Self
• The Kennedy Center Honors — Self
• Donny & Marie — Self
• The Sonny and Cher Show — Self - Host
• Cher — Self - Host
• People's Choice Awards — Self - Presenter
• 1975Rona Looks at Raquel, Liza, Cher and Ann-Margret — Self
• Saturday Night Live — Self - Musical Guest, Self (uncredited)
• Dinah! — Self
• Musikladen — Self
• 1971The First Nine Months Are the Hardest — Self
• 1970The Sonny & Cher Nitty Gritty Hour — Self - Co-Host
• The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour — Self
• Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In — Self - Guest Performer, Self (uncredited)
• The Carol Burnett Show — Self - Guest
• 1965Wild on the Beach — Self
• Die Drehscheibe — Self
• Top of the Pops — Self
• The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson — Self
• The Mike Douglas Show — Self - Co-Host, Self - Co-Hostess
• Kraft Music Hall — Self
• The Oscars — Self
• Bambi — Self