Kelly Brianne (born April 24, 1982), known professionally as Kelly Clarkson, is an American singer, songwriter, actress, author, and television personality. She rose to fame after winning the first season of American Idol in 2002, which earned her a record deal with RCA. Her debut single, "A Moment Like This", topped the US Billboard Hot 100, and became the country's best selling single of 2002. It was included on her debut studio album, Thankful (2003), which debuted atop the Billboard 200. Trying to reinvent her image, Clarkson parted ways with Idol management and shifted to pop rock for her second studio album, Breakaway (2004). Supported by four US top-ten singles – the title track, "Since U Been Gone", "Behind These Hazel Eyes", and "Because of You" – Breakaway sold over 12 million copies worldwide and won two Grammy Awards. Clarkson took further creative control for her third studio album, My December (2007), co-writing all of its tracks and becoming its executive producer. However, her label was dissatisfied with the album's darker rock music and promoted it reluctantly. Clarkson's fourth and fifth studio albums, All I Ever Wanted (2009) and Stronger (2011), returned to a lighter tone and pop rock sound, with the former becoming her second US number-one album and the latter making her the first artist to win the Grammy Award for Best Pop Vocal Album twice. Both albums spawned a Hot 100 number-one single: "My Life Would Suck Without You", which holds the record for the biggest jump to number one in the chart's history, and "Stronger (What Doesn't Kill You)", which became her best-selling single worldwide. Clarkson then became the first American female artist to release the best-selling Christmas album of the year with Wrapped in Red (2013). Her seventh studio album, Piece by Piece (2015), debuted at number-one in the US, while its title track reached the top ten. After leaving RCA and signing with Atlantic in 2016, Clarkson released her soul-influenced eighth album, Meaning of Life (2017), which was promoted by her highest-grossing tour to date. She went on to release her ninth studio album and second Christmas album, When Christmas Comes Around... (2021). Clarkson has sold over 25 million albums and 45 million singles worldwide. She has 11 top-ten singles in the US, and nine top-ten singles in the UK, Canada, and Australia. She became the first artist in history to top each of Billboard's pop, adult contemporary, adult pop, country, and dance charts. Clarkson also served as a coach on The Voice from its fourteenth season to the twenty-first season, and since 2019, has hosted her own talk show, The Kelly Clarkson Show. Among her numerous accolades, Clarkson has received three MTV Video Music Awards, four American Music Awards, two Academy of Country Music Awards, and three Daytime Emmy Awards. Billboard has hailed Clarkson as "one of pop music's greatest singers", and honored her with the Powerhouse Award, while VH1 ranked her nineteenth on their list of the 100 Greatest Women in Music. Description above from the Wikipedia article Kelly Clarkson, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Biography from TMDB.
- April 24, 1982 (44)
- Fort Worth, Texas, USA
- Actor and producer
- 15 on MovieCove · 26 credits in all
What are Kelly Clarkson's films like?
Across their 12 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Society and Bonds.
Genres
Their MovieCove films by primary genre. The badge is the typical Midcredits score of the genre's films, the median percentile; an up arrow marks a genre at or above their average across these genres.
Themes
What they feel like to watch
Ironic 0 · Wry 0 · Earnest 10
Light 10 · Serious 0 · Dark 0
Grounded 3 · Stylized 6 · Heightened 1
Gentle 9 · Charged 1 · Intense 0
Steady 10 · Shifting 0 · Whiplash 0
Straight-faced 0 · Some laughs 6 · Funny 4
Slow burn 5 · Even-paced 5 · Relentless 0
Casual 10 · Engaged 0 · Full focus 0
Easy watch 10 · Affecting 0 · Heavy 0
Resolved 10 · Open-ended 0 · Ambiguous 0
Roles they play
- Heroas Kelly in From Justin to Kelly (2003)
- Heroas Moxy in UglyDolls (2019)
Moods and endings
- Happy12
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 Kelly Clarkson's films?
As of October 24, 2026, 8 of their 15 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Hulu (4).
Subscription and free streaming for Kelly Clarkson'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
26 credits, 15 with a MovieCove page; 79 appearances as themselves are hidden until asked for.
Midcredits score: 80th percentile of all shows (provisional, few ratings)
American Song Contest (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2022)
Midcredits score: 74th percentile of all films
Trolls World Tour(2020)
Midcredits score: 49th percentile of all films
The Morning Show(2019)
Midcredits score: 83rd percentile of all shows
The Kelly Clarkson Show (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2019)
UglyDolls(2019)
Midcredits score: 23rd percentile of all films
The Rookie(2018)
Midcredits score: 89th percentile of all shows
Home: For the Holidays(2017)
Midcredits score: 23rd percentile of all films
The Star(2017)
Midcredits score: 56th percentile of all films
Disney Parks Presents: A Descendants Magical Holiday Celebration (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2016)
The Wonderful World of Disney: Magical Holiday Celebration (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2016)
Midcredits score: 91st percentile of all films
The Crazy Ones(2013)
Midcredits score: 44th percentile of all shows
Phineas and Ferb(2007)
Midcredits score: 90th percentile of all shows
From Justin to Kelly(2003)
Midcredits score: 4th percentile of all films
VH1 Top 20 Video Countdown (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2003)
American Dreams (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2002)
Issues 101 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2002)
American Idol: The Search For A Superstar (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2002)
Reba(2001)
Midcredits score: 42nd percentile of all shows
CD:UK (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1998)
King of the Hill(1997)
Midcredits score: 76th percentile of all shows
Midcredits score: 47th percentile of all shows
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1992)
Billboard Music Awards (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1989)
Career shape
Star power in the 89th percentile of 239,109 people with a billed film role, over a full career of 25 titles from 1989 to 2022; peak year 2020.
Biggest box office
The Star (2017)
Highest rated
The Star (2017)
Most popular right now
Trolls World Tour (2020)
Film career
Peak 2020 · their film career is on the way up. Film roles by billing, audience size and rating; 25+ votes. A show carries a single first-air date, so shows are not on the curve.
- 2003Screen debut· From Justin to Kelly
- 2003First top-billed film· From Justin to Kelly
Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored.
How do Kelly Clarkson's films land?
Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 49th percentile, the median of all 7; across their 10 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 47th percentile for acclaim.
- 75th and up6
- 50th to 74th2
- 25th to 49th4
- Below 25th3
Shape of the crowd
8 of their 15 titles are Mixed.
- Universally Loved2
- Divisive2
- Crowd Pleaser3
- Mixed8
Reviewers score the acting 54/100 in their films, across 5 reviewed titles; fans 67, detractors 33. The element that speaks to their work as an actor.
Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.
Is Kelly Clarkson's work okay for kids?
Across a limited sample of up to 3 MovieCove titles with content scores.
Severity 0–100 from the Content Guide. Categories with under 10 votes on a title are not counted.
Who does Kelly Clarkson work with?
People who share at least 2 of Kelly Clarkson's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Ron Funches shares the most, 3.
Writers
- Jordan WatlandShared titles: Songs & Stories with Kelly Clarkson (2025), Kelly Clarkson Presents: When Christmas Comes Around (2021)See all 2 shared titles with Jordan Watland
Actors
- Ron FunchesShared titles: 2023: Back That Year Up (2023), Trolls World Tour (2020), Home: For the Holidays (2017)See all 3 shared titles with Ron Funches
- Blake SheltonShared titles: UglyDolls (2019), Sugar (2018), Blake Shelton's Not So Family Christmas (2012)See all 3 shared titles with Blake Shelton
- Nick JonasShared titles: Songs & Stories with Kelly Clarkson (2025), UglyDolls (2019)See all 2 shared titles with Nick Jonas
- Gabriel IglesiasShared titles: UglyDolls (2019), The Star (2017)See all 2 shared titles with Gabriel Iglesias
Producers
- Bob ReadShared titles: Songs & Stories with Kelly Clarkson (2025), Kelly Clarkson Presents: When Christmas Comes Around (2021)See all 2 shared titles with Bob Read
