Chrissy Metz

Metz was born in Homestead, Florida, to Denise and Mark Metz on September 29, 1980. She spent her early years in Japan, where her father was stationed by the US Navy. The family later moved to Gainesville, Florida, where she attended elementary, middle, and high school. She grew up with her mother, stepfather, two siblings and two half-siblings.

Metz has said that her first job was at a McDonald's restaurant in Gainesville.She played Kate Pearson in the NBC drama series This Is Us, which earned her Primetime Emmy Award and Golden Globe Award nominations. She played Ima Wiggles in FX's American Horror Story: Freak Show.

Metz is a singer in her band Chrissy and the Vapors.

In early 2018, it was announced that Metz would star in Breakthrough, working with producer DeVon Franklin. She is cast as Joyce Smith, the mother of John, a 14-year-old boy who fell through an icy Missouri lake and was proclaimed dead. The movie, based on the book written by Smith, explores the mother's belief that her son was brought back to life by God interceding through her and other's prayers. In 2021, Metz portrayed the ghost of Haunting Harriet in Muppets Haunted Mansion.

Metz studies with acting coach John Kirby.

In 2021, Chrissy Metz was a guest panelist in season five of The Masked Singer where she appeared in its eighth episode. In 2024, Metz competed in season eleven as "Poodle Moth". After losing to contestant Thelma Houston as "Clock" in the knockoffs on "Shower Anthem Night", she was saved by Rita Ora who rang the Ding Dong Keep It On Bell due to the chanting of the audience. Metz was eliminated during the quarterfinals.

In November 2023, Metz was a guest narrator at Disney's Candlelight Processional at Walt Disney World. Metz was also a performer on the 2023 Wonderful World of Disney: Magical Holiday Celebration television special. In December of the same year, she sang "Silver Bells" in the holiday television special Christmas at the Opry."