Cher starred in a movie with another singer.
Burlesque is a 2010 American backstage musical film written and directed by Steven Antin which stars Cher and Christina Aguilera along with Eric Dane , Cam Gigandet , Julianne Hough , Alan Cumming , Peter Gallagher , Kristen Bell and Stanley Tucci . Cher . She subsequently earned critical acclaim for her performances in films such as Silkwood ( 1983 ) , Mask ( 1985 ) , and Moonstruck ( 1987 ) , for which she won the Academy Award for Best Actress . After seven years of absence , she returned to film in the 2010 musical Burlesque .