Alanis Morissette



First NameAlanis
Middle NameNadine
Last NameMorissette
Full Name at BirthAlanis Nadine Morissette
Age37
Date of BirthJune 1, 1974
BirthplaceOttawa, ON, Canada
Height5' 4" (163 cm)
BuildAverage
Hair ColorBrown - Dark
Star SignGemini
ReligionBuddhist
EthnicityWhite
NationalityCanadian
High SchoolNotre Dame High School, Ottawa, ON
Glebe Collegiate Institute, Ottawa, ON
OccupationSinger, songwriter
Occupation CategorySinger
Claim to FameJagged Little Pill
Music GenrePop, Pop/Rock
Music StyleAlternative Pop/ Rock, Post-Grunge, Adult Alternative Pop/ Rock, Alternative/ Indie Rock, Alternative Singer/ Songwriter, Contemporary Pop/Rock
Music MoodBittersweet, Searching, Knotty, Insular, Brooding, Angst-Ridden, Cathartic, Earnest, Intimate, Poignant, Freewheeling, Plaintive, Reflective, Yearning, Elaborate, Ambitious, Suffocating, Literate, Theatrical, Tense/Anxious, Confrontational
InstrumentVocals
Official Websitealanis.com
PetsBoogs (Dog)
LeeLee (Dog)

Alanis Nadine Morissette (born June 1, 1974) is a Canadian-American singer-songwriter, guitarist, record producer, and actress. She has won 16 Juno Awards and seven Grammy Awards, was nominated for two Golden Globe Awards and also shortlisted for an Academy Award nomination. Morissette began her career in Canada, and as a teenager recorded two dance-pop albums, Alanis and Now Is the Time, under MCA Records Canada. Her worldwide debut album was the rock-influenced Jagged Little Pill, released in 1995, which remains the best-selling debut album by a female artist in the U.S., and the highest selling debut album worldwide, selling more than 30 million units globally. Her following album, Supposed Former Infatuation Junkie, was released in 1998 and was a success as well. Morissette took up producing duties for her subsequent albums, which include Under Rug Swept, So-Called Chaos and Flavors of Entanglement. Morissette has sold more than 40 million albums worldwide.


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Filmography

Selected Alanis Morissette film and TV show credits:


Acting Credits

2009
Sylvia

2008
The Other Side
Dame Gummo

2005
Dr. Audra Kitson

2005
We're with the Band
Alanis Morissette

2004
Musical Performer - "Let's Do It, Let's Fall In Love"

2003
Poppy

2002
Singer in the Lair

2000
Alanis Morissette

1999

1998
Dawn

1979
You Can't Do That on Television
Alanis

Producer Credits

2005
We're with the Band
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2004
Alanis Morissette: We're with the Band
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Soundtrack Credits

2010
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2010
One Night Stand
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2009
Live from Studio Five
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2006
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2006
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2006
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2005
The Eight
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2005
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2004
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2004
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2003
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2002
Glory Days
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2001
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2001
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2000
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2000
Music in High Places
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1999
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1999
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1999
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1998
El séptimo de caballería
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1997
VH1 Storytellers
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1997
Falsche Liebe
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1996
Brit Awards 1996
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1994
Unter uns
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Alanis Morissette
Alanis (1991)
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Crazy (2005)
Everything (2004)
Flinch (2002)
Hands Clean (2002)
Ironic (1995)
Joining You (1998)
King Of Pain (1999)
MTV Unplugged (1999)
No Apologies (1992)
Not As We (2008)
So Pure (1998)
So Unsexy (2002)
Space Cakes (1995)
Thank U (1998)
Too Hot (1991)
Underneath (2008)
Unsent (1998)
Utopia (2002)
Walk Away (1991)
You Learn (1995)