The American singer-songwriter

Taylor Swift Taylor Alison Swift (born December 13, 1989) is an American singer-songwriter. Known for her autobiographical songwriting, artistic versatility, and Cultural impact of Taylor Swift, cultural impact, Swift is one of the Best selling artists, w ...

has appeared in various visual media. She has starred in 61

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s, 13 of which she self-directed; released six

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, including four feature-length

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; and acted in a number of fictional films, television shows, and commercial advertisements.

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directed several of Swift's award-winning music videos during her early career from 2006 to 2009. The music video for " Our Song" won Video of the Year at the 2008 CMT Music Awards. Swift's second studio album, '' Fearless'' (2008), was supported by the music videos for "

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" and " You Belong with Me". In 2009, the former won Video of the Year at both the CMT Music Awards and the

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, and the latter won Best Female Video at the

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. Swift's first self-directed music video was for her 2010 album '' Speak Nows lead single, " Mine", which she directed with

Roman White Roman White is an American music video and film director who has directed most of Carrie Underwood's videos. He has also directed music videos for Taylor Swift, Kelly Clarkson, Florida Georgia Line, Kelsea Ballerini, Cassadee Pope, Josh Groban, ...

. Swift's fourth studio album, ''

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'' (2012), was supported by the

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-directed music video for "

I Knew You Were Trouble "I Knew You Were Trouble" is a song by the American singer-songwriter Taylor Swift from her fourth studio album, '' Red'' (2012). She wrote the song with its producers, Max Martin and Shellback. Instrumented by electric guitars and synthesiz ...

", which won Best Female Video at the

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. Joseph Kahn directed award-winning music videos for singles from Swift's fifth studio album, ''

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'' (2014). At the 2015 MTV Video Music Awards, " Blank Space" and " Bad Blood" featuring rapper

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won four awards, including Video of the Year for the latter. "Bad Blood" also won the

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. Kahn further directed the music video for singles from Swift's sixth studio album ''

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'' (2017), including for the lead single "

Look What You Made Me Do "Look What You Made Me Do" is a song by the American singer-songwriter Taylor Swift and the lead single from her sixth studio album, ''Reputation'' (2017). Big Machine Records released the song on August 24, 2017, following an approximately yea ...

", which broke several online viewing records. With the music videos for singles from her seventh studio album ''Lover'' (2019), Swift began directing the majority of her work. At the MTV Video Music Awards, she won her second Video of the Year with " You Need to Calm Down" in

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, and Best Direction with her solo directorial debut, "

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", in

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. She wrote and directed the short film '' All Too Well: The Short Film'' (2021), her debut as a filmmaker, and the music video for the lead single from her tenth studio album ''

Midnights ''Midnights'' is the tenth studio album by the American singer-songwriter Taylor Swift. It was released on October 21, 2022, by Republic Records. She conceived ''Midnights'' as a concept album about nocturnal ruminations inspired by her sleepl ...

'', "

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" (2022). Both helped Swift win record-breaking third and fourth MTV Video Music Awards for Video of the Year in

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and

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. Her other self-directed music videos were for the singles including " Cardigan", "

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", "

Lavender Haze "Lavender Haze" is a song by the American singer-songwriter Taylor Swift from her tenth studio album, ''Midnights'' (2022). Swift wrote and produced the song with Jack Antonoff, Jahaan Sweet, and Sounwave. Zoë Kravitz and Sam Dew co-wrote the ...

", "

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", and " I Can Do It with a Broken Heart" in 2020–2024. Swift has released the live/video albums ''Taylor Swift and Def Leppard'' (2009), ''

Speak Now World Tour – Live ''Speak Now World Tour – Live'' is the first live album by the American singer-songwriter Taylor Swift. It was released on November 21, 2011, by Big Machine Records. The physical copy consists of an audio CD and a visual accompaniment on DVD ...

'' (2011), and ''Journey to Fearless'' (2011), and the documentary films/specials ''

The 1989 World Tour Live The 1989 World Tour was the fourth concert tour by the American singer-songwriter Taylor Swift, in support of her fifth studio album, ''1989'' (2014). It began in Tokyo, Japan, on May 5, 2015, and concluded in Melbourne, Australia, on December ...

'' (2015), ''

Reputation Stadium Tour The Reputation Stadium Tour was the fifth concert tour and the first stadium tour by the American singer-songwriter Taylor Swift, in support of her sixth studio album, ''Reputation'' (2017). It began in Glendale, Arizona, United States, on May ...

'' (2018), ''

Miss Americana ''Miss Americana'' (also known as ''Taylor Swift: Miss Americana'') is a 2020 American documentary film that follows the singer-songwriter Taylor Swift and her life over the course of several years of her career. It was directed by Lana Wilson, ...

'' (2020), '' City of Lover'' (2020), '' Folklore: The Long Pond Studio Sessions'' (2020), and '' Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour'' (2023). She has appeared in the television shows '' CSI: Crime Scene Investigation'' in 2009, ''

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'' in 2009, and ''

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'' in 2013. In film, she starred in ''

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'' (2010) and provided her voice in the animated film ''

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'' (2012).

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Filmography

Television

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