Courtney Love is an American singer-songwriter, musician, actress, and artist. The daughter of psychotherapist Linda Carroll and writer and ex-Grateful Dead manager Hank Harrison, Love began her career as an actress in her early twenties, landing roles in Alex Cox's cult films Sid and Nancy (1986) and Straight to Hell (1987), and later rose to international prominence as frontwoman of alternative rock band
Hole,
which she formed in 1989.
-Wikipedia
Birth Name: Courtney Michelle Harrison
Born: July 9, 1964 (age 60)
From: San Francisco, California, U.S.
Spouse(s): Kurt Cobain
(lead singer of
Nirvana,
married on February 24th, 1992,
died on April 5th, 1994 - suicide)
James Moreland
(vocalist of The Leaving Trains)
(married in 1989; divorced in 1989)
Father:
Hank Harrison
(publisher; born in 1940; divorced in 1966)
Mother:
Linda Carroll
(psychotherapist; remarried twice)
Step Father:
Frank Rodriguez
(teacher: married in 1968),
David Manely
Daughter:
Frances Bean Cobain (born in 1992)
Genre(s):
Alternative rock,
hardcore punk,
noise rock,
power pop
Instrument(s):
Vocals,
guitar,
bass,
keyboards
Occupation(s):
Singer-songwriter,
musician,
actress,
visual artist
Active From: 1982-present
Associated Acts:
Hole,
Nirvana,
Babes in Toyland,
Pagan Babies,
Faith No More,
Linda Perry,
Emilie Autumn
Influences:
Big Black,
Sonic Youth,
Fleetwood Mac
Awards:
L.A. Outfest: Grand Jury Award - Outstanding Actress in a Feature Film, JULIE JOHNSON (2001)
Chicago Film Critics Association Awards: Most Promising Actress, THE PEOPLE VS. LARRY FLYNT (1997)
Golden Satellite Awards: Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture - Drama, THE PEOPLE VS. LARRY FLYNT (1997)
Boston Society of Film Critics Awards: Best Supporting Actress, THE PEOPLE VS. LARRY FLYNT (1996)
New York Film Critics Circle Awards: Best Supporting Actress, THE PEOPLE VS. LARRY FLYNT (1996)
Quotes:
"Kurt Cobain was Nirvana. He named the band, hired its members, played guitar, wrote the songs,
fronted the band onstage and in interviews, and took responsibility for the band's business decisions."
"If there's any time you should be on drugs it's when you're pregnant, cause it sucks."
"People hate her [Yoko Ono], they really do. Did you know that to 'Yoko someone' is a verb in America?
It is something that boys say if they're hanging out with you too much and they're going to school
or they have a band. It's almost a myth that's used to suppress women. Y'know, 'You're gonna Yoko me.
You're gonna destroy me.' And this woman put up with racial inequality from Fleet Street, she put
up with being accused of breaking up the best band in the world [The Beatles], she put up with
people's idea that she castrated this man and then, worst of all, she had her best friend, her husband,
the person she lived for, die in her arms in front of a fortress that she'd hidden herself in for
twenty years. And I just feel that the world media should apologize to her because she handled it
with so much dignity."