Nicole Scherzinger on screen and on stage

Nicole Scherzinger is an American singer and actress who has recorded widely and appeared in film, television, music videos and on stage in both the West End and Broadway. She first appeared on television as a contestant and eventually became a member of Eden's Crush on Popstars USA; a show aimed at finding new talent to form a group. Following the band's dissolution in 2002, Scherzinger took a detour in acting and guest-starred in television shows such as My Wife and Kids (2002) and had a cameo in the independent comedy, Chasing Papi (2003).^[1][2]

Nicole Scherzinger in 2018

Her performances as the lead singer of the Pussycat Dolls from 2003 to 2009 brought her international attention,^[2] which led to her collaborating with other artists and appearing in three music videos in 2006, including a collaboration with P. Diddy's "Come to Me". The following year, she released her first music videos as a solo artist to the songs "Whatever U Like" and "Baby Love" from her shelved solo project, Her Name is Nicole. In 2009, the music video for "Jai Ho (You Are My Destiny)" received a MTV Video Music Award nomination.^[3] After the group's hiatus, Scherzinger became a judge on The Sing-Off for its two first seasons and won the tenth season of Dancing with the Stars.

After her stint as a guest judge on the British X Factor was favorably received by viewers and producers,^[4] Scherzinger was a main judge on the first season of the American version of the show. Her role was met with several controversies, while her performance was panned by critics.^[5] Meanwhile, Scherzinger released her debut album Killer Love (2011) and music videos for the disc's singles "Poison", "Don't Hold Your Breath", "Right There", "Wet" and "Try with Me". The following year, she appeared in Barry Sonnenfeld's Men in Black 3,^[6] and found greater success on the British X Factor, where she appeared as a judge for four series (2012–2013 and 2016-2017). She received a nomination for National Television Award for Best TV Judge (2017).^[7]

Scherzinger released four music videos from her sophomore solo album, Big Fat Lie (2014), including the lead single "Your Love". In 2015, she appeared on three variety shows; in the United States as a contestant, winning the inaugural season of I Can Do That, co-hosting Best Time Ever with Neil Patrick Harris, and in the UK appeared as a music panelist in Bring the Noise. She voiced the titular mother's role of Sina in Moana in 2016 and in 2017 starred in the television film Dirty Dancing, a remake of the 1987 film of the same name. Scherzinger is currently appearing as a panelist on The Masked Singer to ratings success.^[8] She made her West End debut in Cats, as Grizabella, in 2014, followed in 2023 by Sunset Boulevard, where her starring role as Norma Desmond earned her the Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actress in a Musical. The following year, she reprised the role on Broadway.

Film

List of films and roles

Title	Year	Role(s)	Notes	Ref.
Chasing Papi	2003	Miss Puerto Rico		[9]
Love Don't Cost a Thing		Champagne Girl		[9]
Be Cool	2005	Herself	Cameo	[10]
Men in Black 3	2012	Boris' Girlfriend		[11]
Moana	2016	Sina (voice)		[12]
Ralph Breaks the Internet	2018	Mo's Mother (voice)	Mid-credits scene	[13]
Yoshiki: Under the Sky	2023	Herself	Documentary film	[14]
Moana 2	2024	Sina (voice)		[15]

Music videos

As a performer

Title	Year	Other performer(s)	Director(s)	Ref.
"Lie About Us"	2006	Avant	Benny Boom	[16]
"You Are My Miracle"		Vittorio Grigolo	Declan Whitebloom	[17]
"Come to Me"		P. Diddy	Chris Robinson	[18]
"Whatever U Like"	2007	T.I.	Paul Hunter	[19]
"Baby Love"		will.i.am	Francis Lawrence	[20]
"Scream"	2008	Timbaland Keri Hilson	Justin Francis	[21]
"Jai Ho (You Are My Destiny)"	2009	A.R. Rahman The Pussycat Dolls	Thomas Kloss	[22]
"Heartbeat"	2010	Enrique Iglesias	Hiro Murai	[23]
"Poison"		—	Joseph Kahn	[24]
"Don't Hold Your Breath"	2011	—	Rich Lee	[25]
"Right There"		50 Cent	Paul Hunter	[26]
"Coconut Tree"		Mohombi	Director X
"Wet"		—	Justin Francis	[27]
"Try with Me"		—	Aaron Platt Joseph Toman	[28]
"Boomerang"	2013	—	Nathalie Canguilhem	[29]
"Fino all'estasi" / "Hasta el éxtasis"		Eros Ramazzotti	Robert Hales	[30]
"Missing You"		Alex Gaudino	Paul Boyd	[31]
"Io ti penso amore"		David Garrett	—
"Your Love"	2014	—	Dawn Shadforth	[32]
"On the Rocks" +(Wideboys video edit)		—	Tim Mattia	[33]
"Run"		—	Christopher Sims
"Bang"		—	Anders Rostad	[34]
"Mona Lisa Smile"	2016	will.i.am	Michael Jurkovac	[35]
"Papi"		Todrick Hall	Todrick Hall
"She's BINGO"	2021	MC Blitzy Luis Fonsi	Roy Raz	[36]

Guest appearances

Title	Year	Performer(s)	Director(s)	Ref.
"Enemy"	1999	Days of the New	John Schindler
"Amber"	2002	311	The Malloys	[37]
"Yes We Can"	2008	will.i.am	Jesse Dylan	[38]
"Please Don’t Bomb Nobody This Holiday"	2009	The Dan Band	—	[39]
"We Are the World 25 for Haiti"	2010	Artists for Haiti	Paul Haggis	[40]
"(It) Feels So Good"	2011	Steven Tyler	Ray Kay	[41]
"I Like How It Feels"		Enrique Iglesias Pitbull The WAV.s	Enrique Iglesias	[42]
"American Girl (Celebrity Lipsync Version)"	2013	Bonnie McKee	—
"Imagine" (UNICEF: World version)	2014	Various	Michael Jurkovac	[43]
"In Love By Now"	2015	Jamie Foxx	—	[44]

Television

Title	Year(s)	Role(s)	Notes	Ref.
Popstars USA	2001	Herself / Contestant	Season 1	[45]
Half & Half	2002	Jasmine	Episode: "The Big in with the in Crowd Episode"	[46]
Wanda at Large		Gorgeous Woman	Episode: "The Plane Trip"
My Wife and Kids	2003	Veronica	2 episodes	[47]
The X Factor (UK)	Various[a]	Herself / Various[b]	Series 4, 7, 9-10, 13-14	[48]
Cane	2007	Herself	Episode: "Family Business"	[49]
Big Time Rush	2009	Herself	Episode: "Big Time Audition"
The Sing-Off	2009–10	Herself / Judge	Season 1 & 2	[50]
Dancing with the Stars	2010	Herself / Contestant	Season 10	[51]
How I Met Your Mother		Jessica Glitter	Episode: "Glitter"	[52]
The X Factor (US)	2011	Herself / Judge	Season 1	[53]
Mixology	2014	Herself	Episode: "Fab & Jessica & Dominic"	[54]
Project Runway All Stars	2015	Herself / Guest judge	Episode: "Sketching with Sharks"	[55]
I Can Do That		Herself / Contestant	Season 1	[56]
Best Time Ever with Neil Patrick Harris		Herself / Co-Host	Season 1	[57]
Bring the Noise		Herself / Team Captain	Season 1	[58]
RuPaul's Drag Race: All Stars	2016	Herself / Guest Judge	Episode: "Drag Movie Shequels"	[59]
Dirty Dancing	2017	Penny Riviera	Television film	[60]
Drop the Mic		Herself / Contestant	Episode: "[Scherzinger] vs. Lil Rel Howery / Charlie Puth vs. Backstreet Boys"
Lip Sync Battle	2017–18	Herself / Various	2 episodes
Australia's Got Talent	2019	Herself / Judge	Season 9	[61]
The X Factor: Celebrity		Herself / Judge	8 episodes	[62]
The X Factor: The Band		Herself / Judge	4 episodes	[63]
The Masked Singer	2019–23	Herself / Panelist	Seasons 1–10	[64]
I Can See Your Voice	2020	Herself / Guest Panelist	Episode: "[Scherzinger], DeRay Davis, Russell Peters, Cheryl Hines, Adrienne Houghton"	[65]
Trese	2021	Miranda Trese (voice)	2 episodes	[66]
Annie Live!		Grace Farrell	Television special	[67]
That's My Jam (UK)	2022	Herself / Contestant	Episode: "[Scherzinger] & Thom Evans vs. Joey Fatone & Aloe Blacc"	[68]
That's My Jam	2023	Herself / Contestant	Episode: "Jason Derulo & [Scherzinger] vs. Kelsea Ballerini & Julia Michaels"	[69]

Web series

Title	Year	Role(s)	Notes	Ref.
The Sidemen Show	2018	Herself	Episode: "Sidemen Rescue Nicole Scherzinger"	[70]

Stage

Title	Year	Role(s)	Venue	Ref.
Rent	2010	Maureen Johnson	Hollywood Bowl	[71]
The Rocky Horror Show		The Usherette (Act 1) Janet Weiss (Act 2)	Wiltern Theatre
Cats	2014–15	Grizabella	London Palladium	[72]
Sunset Boulevard	2023–24	Norma Desmond	Savoy Theatre	[73]
	2024–25		St. James Theatre	[73]

Notes

1. 2007, 2010, 2012-13, 2016-17
2. Guest mentor, Guest judge, Judge