Alanis Morissette Biography

Alanis Morissette

Alanis Nadine Morissette əɫænɪs neɪdi ː n mɔɹɪsɛt (June 1, 1974 in Ottawa, Ontario ) is a Canadian-American singer.

Private

In her early childhood living Alanis Morissette three years in Saint cell at Lahr in Germany . Her father, a native of Franco-Ontarians Alan Richard Morissette, and her Hungarian mother, Georgia, Mary Ann Feuerstein as a teacher taught the children of soldiers stationed in Germany in the Canadian military base in Lahr / Black Forest .

She has an older brother, Chad, and one at 12 minutes older twin brother, Wade. In February 2005, Alanis Morissette received the American citizenship, but without giving up their Canadian .

After five years of relationship, three of them as engaged , Alanis Morissette and Ryan Reynolds in February 2007, have officially announced their separation, which is to be made by mutual agreement.

Previously, she had a relationship with the actors including Dash Mihok and Dave Coulier, who was known by the television series Full House, from which it separated in 1993, however, as a result of a move to Toronto.

Career

Alanis Morissette at the Moon & Stars Festival Locarno (2004)

Having had seen Alanis Morissette in 1983, a performance by Lindsay and Jacqui Morgan, a folksters that was friends with her parents, she was so enthusiastic that they wanted to emulate them. After one of her self-written songs on cassette was recorded and played an accompaniment to Lindsay Morgan, enabling her einzusingen the song in the studio.

First acting experience from Alanis Morissette in 1984 by the Canadian children's program You Can not Do That on Television. The money they earned through the production, they invested in their first single Fate Stay With Me

Under the name Alanis Nadine she appeared around 1990 on the U.S. talent show Star Search, but was knocked out already in the first round. Their first album was released in 1991 under the name Alanis to avoid possible confusion with the Canadian singer Alannah Myles .

The first single, Too Hot, reached number 14 in the Canadian charts. She was nominated in three categories at the Juno Awards: Single of the Year (Single of the Year), Best Dance Record (Best Dance Recording) and Most Promising Female Vocalist (Most Promising singer). The latter could win it. Her second album, Now Is the Time, was released in 1992 on MCA, but could not build on the success of its predecessor .

1995, at the age of 20, published her first international album Alanis Morissette Jagged Little Pill, which had an unexpectedly huge success. The album debuted at # 118, although only one on the Billboard 200 charts , but climbed the singles success of You Oughta Know, Hand in My Pocket, You Learn, Head Over Feet Ironic and to No. 1 12 The album sold more than 30 million copies worldwide, of which only 16 million in the United States, 3 million copies in Britain and a million times in Canada. She won the 1996 Grammy Awards in the categories Album of the Year (Album of the Year) and Best Rock Album (Best Rock Album) and Best Female Vocal Performance (Best Performance by a singer) and Best Rock Song for You Oughta Know .

In 1998 she released Supposed Former Infatuation Junkie, which contained the hit singles and Thank U Joining You. The next year, followed Alanis Morissette - MTV Unplugged. After the death of Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan 1997, completed its review Mercy on the album The Prayer Cycle by Jonathan Elias. As it should sound internationally, they translated the text along with her grandmother and sang it in Hungarian. In 1999, she also contributed the song Uninvited to the soundtrack of "City of Angels in". The song won two Grammys .

In February 2002 the singer released with Under Rug Swept her third studio album, which contained the hits Hands Clean Precious Illusions. 5:00 With the former, she tried to his own statements to handle a relationship with an approximately 30-year-old man received, in had aged 14 years. While the verses are from the perspective of the 14-year-olds, the refrain of the response of the same person includes from the present. In December, appeared to be Feast on Scraps, a DVD / CD package, which is a live recording from Rotterdam as well as eight songs contained, which had not been used during the recording of Under Rug Swept .

2004 released their third album So-Called Chaos, which was strongly influenced by the relationship with Ryan Reynolds, which is mainly in the three songs Not All Me, Knees of My Bees shows and the first single, Everything.

In 2005 she released the song prodigy for the movie The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian, for which she won in the category Best Original Song a further nomination for a Golden Globe 2006. In July, Morissette for the tenth anniversary of the publication Jagged Little Pill Acoustic one version of the album, followed in November the best-of The Collection. Their single "Crazy" was an adaptation of a 90s hits by Seal. Alanis Morissette began in early 2006 in order to write a book of her memoirs .

In April 2007 she published on the video sharing website YouTube a parody of the song My Humps by The Black Eyed Peas .

On 30 2008 maxi their album Flavors of Entanglement, which was completely written by Morissette and produced by Guy Sigsworth. It is fundamentally different in style from previous albums, as it is towards electronic music. This is mainly due to the use of synthesizers, which was probably initiated by Guy Sigsworth. When the single first single Underneath was elected to the two videos were filmed. The title Not As We (second release in North America accompanied) the result 97 seconds from the TV series Dr. House and the subsequent protection of witnesses from the TV series Cold Case.

28 February 2010 at the closing ceremonies of the XXI. Olympic Winter Games in Vancouver, she performed with the title of prodigy.

Play-acting

In 1999 she starred opposite Matt Damon and Alan Rickman in Kevin Smith film Dogma, the role of God, which was meant for Emma Thompson. She also participated in the soundtrack of the film. The same role it plays in the film Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back, in which it concludes after the credits roll, the Jersey-Chronicle and suggests that the (temporary) end of the New Jersey films.

Alanis Morissette also appeared in the television series Sex and the City, in which she played a lesbian woman and actress Sarah Jessica Parker kissed .

In 2003, she had an appearance in the Cole Porter De-Lovely portrait in which she interpreted his hit Let's Do It, Let's Fall in Love in their own way .

In May 2006 she was in London on the stage, where she took a guest role in the play The Exonerated (The Exonerated) .

They also had 2006, in the series Nip / Tuck, a guest role as the girlfriend of Dr. Liz Cruz.

In 2009 she starred in the Showtime series Weeds in seven episodes of season five, the role of a doctor friend of Audra Kitson and Andy.

Discography

Albums

* 1991: Alanis (CA: Platinum )
* 1992: Now Is the Time
* 1995: Jagged Little Pill (CA: 11-times-platinum; U.S.: 16x Platinum, UK: 10x platinum; DE: double platinum; AT: double platinum, CH: Platinum)
* 1998: Supposed Former Infatuation Junkie (CA: 4x platinum; U.S.: 3x Platinum, UK: platinum; DE: platinum; AT: platinum; CH: Platinum)
* 1999: MTV Unplugged (U.S.: Gold, UK Gold, DE: platinum; AT: Gold; U.S.: Gold)
* 2002: Under Rug Swept (CA: platinum; U.S.: Platinum, UK: Gold, DE: Gold, U.S. Gold, U.S.: Platinum)
* 2002: Feast on Scraps
* 2004: So-Called Chaos (UK: silver; U.S.: Gold: AT: Gold; CH: Platinum)
* 2005: Jagged Little Pill Acoustic
* 2005: The Collection (U.S.: Gold)
* 2008: Flavors of Entanglement (CH: Gold)

Singles

* 1987: Fate Stay With Me (Canada)
* 1991: Too Hot (CA)
* 1991: Walk Away (Promo, Canada)
* 1991: Feel Your Love (Promo, Canada)
* 1992: Plastic (Promo, Canada)
* 1992: An Emotion Away (Canada)
* 1992: No Apologies (Promo, Canada)
* 1992: Real World (Promo, Canada)
* 1993: (Change Is) Never a Waste of Time (Promo, Canada)
* 1995: You Oughta Know
* 1995: Hand in My Pocket
* 1996: Ironic (U.S.: Gold)
* 1996: You Learn
* 1996: Head Over Feet
* 1996: All I Really Want (UK / France / Australia)
* 1998: Uninvited (Promo, Germany / Japan / Australia)
* 1998: Thank U
* 1999: So Pure
* 1999: Joining You (Europe)
* 1999: Unsent (Canada / Australia)
* 1999: That I Would Be Good (Unplugged)
* 2000: King of Pain (Unplugged) (Netherlands / Japan)
* 2000: You Learn (Unplugged) (France)
* 2001: Utopia (Promo Internet Release)
* 2002: Hands Clean
* 2002: Precious Illusions
* 2002: Simple Together (Promo, Germany / France)
* 2004: Everything
* 2004: Out Is Through (Europe)
* 2004: Eight Easy Steps (USA)
* 2005: Hand in My Pocket (acoustic) (Promo, Europe / Japan / USA)
* 2005: Crazy
* 2005: prodigy (Oscar Promo, USA)
* 2008: Underneath

Other

* 1995: Space Cakes EP (Japan)
* 1996: The Singles Box (Germany / Australia)

Soundtracks

* 1998: Uninvited (City of Angels)
* 1999: Still (Dogma)
* 2004: Let's Do It (De-Lovely)
* 2005: Wunderkind (The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian)
* 2009: I Remain (Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time)

Filmography

* 1993: Just One Of The Girls
* 1999: Dogma
* 2001: Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back (Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back)
* 2004: De-Lovely - The Cole Porter Story

Awards

* Grammy Awards
o Album of the Year for Jagged Little Pill (1996)
o Best Female Vocal Performance - Rock for You Oughta Know (1996)
o Best Rock Song for You Oughta Know (1996)
o Best Rock Album for Jagged Little Pill (1996)
o Best Music Langvideo for Jagged Little Pill, Live (1998)
o Best Female Vocal Performance - Rock of Uninvited (1999)
o Best Rock Song for Uninvited (1999)
* MTV Europe Music Awards
o Best Female Artist (1996)
* Brit Awards
o International Breakthrough Act (1996)
* Echo
o International Newcomer Award (1996)
o artist international (1997)
* Bravo Otto in silver
o 1996 in the category singer ()
* Comet
o audience Comet VIVA Plus (1996)

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