Chrissy Metz (born September 29, 1980) is an American actress and singer. She played Kate Pearson in the television series This Is Us (2016–2022), which earned her nominations for a Primetime Emmy Award and two Golden Globe Awards. She has also appeared in films such as Sierra Burgess Is a Loser (2018), Breakthrough (2019) and Faith in the Flames: The Nichole Jolly Story (2025). Description above from the Wikipedia article Chrissy Metz, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Biography from TMDB.
- September 29, 1980 (46)
- Homestead, Florida, USA
- Actor, also producer
- 15 on MovieCove · 16 credits in all
What are Chrissy Metz's films like?
Across their 8 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Survival and Morality.
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 6
Light 2 · Serious 4 · Dark 0
Grounded 5 · Stylized 1 · Heightened 0
Gentle 2 · Charged 3 · Intense 1
Steady 2 · Shifting 3 · Whiplash 1
Straight-faced 3 · Some laughs 3 · Funny 0
Slow burn 3 · Even-paced 3 · Relentless 0
Casual 3 · Engaged 3 · Full focus 0
A split, not a type: Easy watch 2 · Affecting 0 · Heavy 4
Resolved 5 · Open-ended 1 · Ambiguous 0
Roles they play
Usually the Hero: 4 of 5 analyzed roles.
- Heroas Kate Pearson in This Is Us (2016)
- Heroas Joyce Smith in Breakthrough (2019)
- Shadowas Michelle in Stay Awake (2022)
- Heroas Faith in A Creature Was Stirring (2023)
- Heroas Nichole Jolly in Faith in the Flames: The Nichole Jolly Story (2025)
Moods and endings
- Happy2
- Bittersweet4
- Ambiguous2
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 Chrissy Metz's films?
As of October 24, 2026, 13 of their 15 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Hulu (5).
Subscription and free streaming for Chrissy Metz'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
16 credits, 15 with a MovieCove page; 28 appearances as themselves are hidden until asked for.
The Hunting Wives(2025)
Midcredits score: 44th percentile of all shows
Midcredits score: 31st percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 51st percentile of all films
A Creature Was Stirring(2023)
Midcredits score: 8th percentile of all films
Stay Awake(2022)
Midcredits score: 66th percentile of all films
Muppets Haunted Mansion(2021)
Midcredits score: 57th percentile of all films
Breakthrough(2019)
Midcredits score: 65th percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 24th percentile of all films
The Last O.G. (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2018)
This Is Us(2016)
Midcredits score: 98th percentile of all shows
Superstore(2015)
Midcredits score: 85th percentile of all shows
American Horror Story(2011)
Midcredits score: 87th percentile of all shows
The Onion Movie(2008)
Midcredits score: 53rd percentile of all films
Loveless in Los Angeles(2007)
Midcredits score: 14th percentile of all films
My Name Is Earl(2005)
Midcredits score: 83rd percentile of all shows
Entourage(2004)
Midcredits score: 93rd percentile of all shows
Career shape
Star power in the 94th percentile of 239,109 people with a billed film role, over a full career of 16 titles from 2004 to 2025; peak year 2018.
Film career
Peak 2018 · fewer prominent film roles lately. Top draw in 1 MovieCove title. 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.
- 2011Screen debut· American Horror Story
- 2016Screen Actors Guild Award win· This Is Us
- 2018First film· Sierra Burgess Is a Loser
- 2019First top-billed film· Breakthrough
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. Billing is TMDB cast order for roles with 25+ votes, billed in the top 30.
Awards
2 Screen Actors Guild Awards from 6 major nominations, 2017–2019.
- Screen Actors Guild Award, won · Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series
- Golden Globe, nominated · Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Series, Limited Series or Motion Picture Made for Television
- Screen Actors Guild Award, won · Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series
+1 other major body · 1 nomination
- Critics Choice Award, nominated · Best Supporting Actress in a Drama Series
- Primetime Emmy, nominated · Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series
- Golden Globe, nominated · Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Series, Limited Series or Motion Picture Made for Television
Major bodies only: the Oscars, Primetime Emmys, Golden Globes, BAFTAs and Screen Actors Guild Awards are named; Cannes, Venice, the Berlinale, Sundance, the directors', writers' and producers' guilds, the Grammys, Critics Choice and the Independent Spirit Awards count as other major bodies. Festival and regional prizes are not counted. Source: IMDb.
How do Chrissy Metz's films land?
Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 51st percentile, the median of all 9; across their 6 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 46th percentile for acclaim.
- 75th and up5
- 50th to 74th5
- 25th to 49th2
- Below 25th3
Shape of the crowd
7 of their 15 titles are Crowd Pleasers.
- Universally Loved2
- Crowd Pleaser7
- Mixed6
Reviewers score the acting 64/100 in their films, across 6 reviewed titles; fans 75, detractors 37. 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 Chrissy Metz's work okay for kids?
Across up to 5 MovieCove titles with content scores, 1 of the 5 categories sits near the median of all films.
Severity 0–100 from the Content Guide. Categories with under 10 votes on a title are not counted. The band's colour is the severity of their median, named beside it.