This guide will show you all of Ariana Grande’s best roles in movies and TV shows, including where you can stream them online right now.
Ariana Grande might be one of the biggest pop stars of our generation, but she’s also building a surprisingly robust acting resume as well. In fact, she first broke out into stardom thanks to her Nickelodeon series Victorious, where she starred alongside Victoria Justice. Since then she’s starred in both movies and more television series. Use our guide below to discover Ariana Grande’s best roles and find out where to watch them online.
Victorious
Victorious follows teenager Tori Vega, who gets accepted to a prestigious performing arts school. The series follows her and her friends on their various adventures. In the show, Grande plays Cat Valentine, Tori’s always-bubbly friend and classmate.
Sam & Cat
Grande’s Cat ended up getting her own spinoff series alongside Jenette McCurdy. In the show, the duo decide to get after-school jobs as babysitters in Los Angeles…which naturally leads to pure hilarity and chaos.
Scream Queens
Just as Ariana Grande’s music career started booming, she also starred in the Ryan Murphy horror comedy series Scream Queens. The show centers around the Chanels at Wallace University, who find themselves in the middle of a mystery…and a serial killing spree.
Hairspray Live!
Part of NBC’s beloved live theater performance series, Grande was joined by stars like Martin Short, Dove Cameron, and Jennifer Hudson to bring John Waters’ bonkers and hilarious musical to life in front of the entire country. Grande played Penny Pingleton, who was portrayed by Amanda Bynes in the film.
Don’t Look Up
2021’s Don’t Look Up was a massive rebuke of America’s regression and the country’s insistence on ignoring science and facts. In the movie, Grande plays the shallow and ditzy pop star Riley – a critique of the way society is more obsessed with celebrities than actual issues.
Swindle
The Nick movie Swindle focuses on a group of teenagers who plan a heist to steal back a valuable baseball card from a pawn shop after the owner purchases it from one of them and then plans to resell it for over $1 million. It’s a hilarious take on heist films like Oceans 11.
Ariana Grande: Dangerous Woman Diaries
In 2018, Grande launched her own YouTube series Ariana Grande: Dangerous Woman Diaries. The series gave fans a behind-the-scenes look at the production of her album Sweetener and her massive Dangerous Woman Tour. The show’s final episode “One Love” focuses on the aftermath of Ariana’s Manchester concert bombing.
Wicked
Easily the largest role of Grande’s acting career so far, she took on the role of Glinda the “Good Witch” in the Hollywood adaptation of Wicked. Releasing in two parts, the second half is set to premiere at the end of 2025.
Where Can I Watch Ariana Grande’s Best Movies and Shows Online?
Check out our guide below to find out where all of Ariana Grande’s best movies and TV shows are streaming online right now.
