The new Devotion perfume spot is far from the first time Katy Perry has acted. She’s obviously most known for her music career and having numerous pop hits that still get regular rotation. However, she also has a fairly intensive filmography where she’s mostly had a chance to play herself in a wide breadth of film and television projects.
She lent her vocal talents to Smurfette in two “Smurfs” movies in 2011 and 2013. The role came at the height of her music superstardom, and she told Billboard in 2012 how she had intriguing plans for her acting future. And she had a fantastic inspiration. “I want to do stuff that’s a little unrecognizable, the self-deprecation kind of humor where I don’t always have to be lit so perfectly,” Perry said. “I know I can be like the pretty girl, the teasing kitten. But what I want to do is be like a Jerri from Amy Sedaris’ [‘Strangers With Candy’]. I just want to kind of transform.” “Strangers With Candy” is one sitcom famously cited as ending too soon, and Perry would somewhat fulfill her desire as she soon launched into numerous comedic roles.
She starred in various comedies and sitcoms, including “Zoolander 2,” “How I Met Your Mother,” and “Raising Hope.” Arguably, one of her most famous appearances came during a bizarre live-action segment on “The Simpsons,” where she’s inexplicably dating a puppet version of Moe Szyslak. It certainly lives up to the self-deprecation Perry wanted to pursue, and whether she’s an object of desire in a perfume ad or the only human among puppets, Katy Perry always stuns.
