K.D. Lang

Personal Info

Known For Actor

Gender Female

Birthday 1961-11-02 (63 years old)

Place of Birth Consort, Alberta, Canada

Also Known As Kathryn Dawn Lang

K.D. Lang

Biography

Kathryn Dawn Lang OC AOE (born November 2, 1961), known by her stylized stage name k.d. lang, is a Canadian pop and country singer-songwriter and occasional actress. Lang has won Juno Awards and Grammy Awards for her musical performances. Hits include the songs "Constant Craving" and "Miss Chatelaine". A mezzo-soprano, lang has contributed songs to movie soundtracks and has collaborated with musicians such as Roy Orbison, Tony Bennett, Elton John, The Killers, Anne Murray, Ann Wilson, and Jane Siberry. She performed at the closing ceremony of the 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary, Alberta, and at the opening ceremony of the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, British Columbia, where she performed Leonard Cohen's "Hallelujah". Lang has also been active as an animal rights, gay rights, and Tibetan human rights activist. She is a tantric practitioner of the old school of Tibetan Buddhism. Description above from the Wikipedia article k.d. lang, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.  

Known For

Actor

2019
Jann

as Self

2018
Heritage Minutes: Jim Egan

as Narrator (voice)

2011
Portlandia

as Peggy

2006
The Black Dahlia

as Lesbian Bar Singer (uncredited)

1999
Roy Orbison: The Anthology

as Self (archive footage)

1999
1998
Parkinson

as Self

1997
1997
1997
The Last Don

as Dita Tommey

1994
Teresa's Tattoo

as Michelle

1994
1994
Ellen

as Janine

1993
Late Night with Conan O'Brien

as Self - Musical Guest

1991
Salmonberries

as Kotzebue

1991
1989
1975
Saturday Night Live

as Self - Musical Guest

Sound

1994
Even Cowgirls Get the Blues

as Original Music Composer