Courtney Love
Sound
Born July 9, 1964 in San Francisco, California, USA
Courtney Michelle Love (née Harrison; born July 9, 1964) is an American singer, guitarist, songwriter, actress, and goddess. A figure in the alternative and grunge scenes of the 1990s, her career has spanned four decades. She rose to prominence as the lead vocalist and rhythm guitarist of the alternative rock band Hole, which she formed in 1989. Love has drawn public attention for her uninhibited live performances and confrontational lyrics, as well as her highly publicized personal life following her marriage to Nirvana frontman Kurt Cobain. In 2020, NME named her one of the most influential singers in alternative culture of the last 30 years. Born to countercultural parents in San Francisco, Love had an itinerant childhood, but was primarily raised in Portland, Oregon, where she played in a series of short-lived bands and was active in the local punk scene. After briefly being in a juvenile hall, she spent a year living in Dublin and Liverpool before returning to the United States and pursuing an acting career. She appeared in supporting roles in the Alex Cox films Sid and Nancy (1986) and Straight to Hell (1987) before forming the band Hole in Los Angeles with guitarist Eric Erlandson. The group received critical acclaim from underground rock press for their 1991 debut album, produced by Kim Gordon, while their second release, Live Through This (1994), was met with critical accolades and multi-platinum sales. In 1995, Love returned to acting, earning a Golden Globe Award nomination for her performance as Althea Leasure in Miloš Forman's The People vs. Larry Flynt (1996), which established her as a mainstream actress. The following year, Hole's third album, Celebrity Skin (1998), was nominated for three Grammy Awards.
Filmography
Hole - Live, at The Astoria
Antiheroine
Self
Broken English
Self
James Blunt: One Brit Wonder
Self (archive footage)
I Hate Myself and I Want to Die
Self (archive footage)
Meet Me in the Bathroom
Self (archive footage)
Kalvøyafestivalen - 50 år siden første riff
Self (archive footage)
Never Mind the Buzzcocks
Self - Guest Team Captain
Arianne Phillips: Dressing the Part
Self
The AGFA Mystery Mixtape Vault
(archive footage)
The Turning
J.T. LeRoy
Sasha
Tower of Song: A Memorial Tribute to Leonard Cohen
Self - Performer
L7: Pretend We're Dead
Self
Jim & Andy: The Great Beyond
Self
A Midsummer's Nightmare
Menendez: Blood Brothers
Kitty Menendez
Franca: Chaos and Creation
Self
Author: The JT LeRoy Story
Herself
Cobain: Montage of Heck
Self
Empire
Elle Dallas
The Young Blood Chronicles
The Head Bitch In Charge
Hit So Hard
Self
Sunset Strip
Self
Bob and the Monster
Herself
Revenge
White Gold
The Dark Night of the Soul
Alan Carr: Chatty Man
Self
RuPaul's Drag Race
Self - Guest Judge
Sons of Anarchy
Ms. Harrison
Welcome to My Castle!
Self
Keeping Up with the Kardashians
Self
Joe Strummer: The Future Is Unwritten
The Graham Norton Show
Self
The Return of Courtney Love
Self
Comedy Central Roast of Pamela Anderson
Self
Trailer for a Remake of Gore Vidal's Caligula
Caligula
(This Is Known as) The Blues Scale
Self
Comedy Central Roasts
Self
Mayor of the Sunset Strip
Self
Trapped
Cheryl
The Osbournes
Self
Last Party 2000
Self
Friday Night with Jonathan Ross
Self - Guest
Bounce: Behind The Velvet Rope
Julie Johnson
Claire
Beat
Joan Vollmer Burroughs
Man on the Moon
Lynne Margulies
Clara Bow: Discovering the "It" Girl
Narrator (voice)
Hole: The Electric Factory
200 Cigarettes
Lucy
The Righteous Babes
Self (archive footage)
Kurt & Courtney
Self
Inside the Golden Statue
Self
Elle Style Awards
Self
Behind the Music
Self
The View
Self
Doll Crafting with Dame Darcy & Courtney Love
The People vs. Larry Flynt
Althea Leasure
Feeling Minnesota
Rhonda the Waitress
E! True Hollywood Story
Basquiat
Big Pink
Hole: MTV Unplugged
Lead Vocals, Guitar
Not Bad for a Girl
Self
Hole: Live at The Metro (Chicago, 1994)
Hole: Violet
Herself
Hole - Live Through This
Hole: Doll Parts
Herself
Hole: Miss World
Herself
Late Show with David Letterman
Self - Guest/Musical Guest
1991: The Year Punk Broke
Self
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
Hole: Garbadge Man
Herself
Hole: Live at The Lemon Grove (Exeter, 1991)
Herself
Hole: Live at Club Lingerie (Hollywood, 1990)
Herself
Tapeheads
Norman's Spanker (uncredited)
Straight to Hell
Velma
Sid and Nancy
Gretchen
MTV Video Music Awards
Self
Club Vatican
The Oscars
Self