Lydia Lunch

Lydia Lunch

Known for
Acting
Born
June 2, 1959 (age 67)
Birthplace
Rochester, New York, USA

Biography

Lydia Lunch is an American singer, poet, writer, actress and self-empowerment speaker, whose career was spawned by the New York no wave scene. Her work typically features provocative and confrontational noise music delivery, and has maintained an anti-commercial ethic, operating independently of major labels and distributors.

Known For

Photos

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Filmography

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Love Diptych

Love Diptych

Movie

2020
My Lover The Killer poster

My Lover The Killer

Movie

2020
70 Years of Youth Revolt poster

70 Years of Youth Revolt

TV · as Self (archive footage) · 1 ep

2019
Spit and Ashes poster

Spit and Ashes

Movie

2019
Lydia Lunch: The War Is Never Over poster

Lydia Lunch: The War Is Never Over

Movie · as Self

2017
L7: Pretend We're Dead poster

L7: Pretend We're Dead

Movie · as Self

2016
The Ripple Effect poster

The Ripple Effect

TV · as Self · 6 eps

2014
Kill Us All

Kill Us All

Movie

2014
The Circular Ruins

The Circular Ruins

Movie · as Night (voice)

2012
The Hardcore Collection poster

The Hardcore Collection

Movie · as (archive footage)

2012
Wild Thing

Wild Thing

Movie · as Self

2012
Bye Bye Blondie poster

Bye Bye Blondie

Movie · as La chanteuse

2012
Road Rant: A Week on the Road with Lydia Lunch poster

Road Rant: A Week on the Road with Lydia Lunch

Movie · as Self

2011
Autoluminescent: Rowland S. Howard poster

Autoluminescent: Rowland S. Howard

Movie · as Self

2011
Blank City poster

Blank City

Movie · as Self

2010
Fake Orgasm poster

Fake Orgasm

Movie

2010
Godkiller: Walk Among Us poster

Godkiller: Walk Among Us

Movie · as Beezal (voice)

2010
Flood Stains

Flood Stains

Movie · as Saltmaster

2009
Mutantes: Punk Porn Feminism poster

Mutantes: Punk Porn Feminism

Movie · as Self - Interviewee

2009
No Wave - Underground '80: Berlin - New York

No Wave - Underground '80: Berlin - New York

Movie · as Self

2009
NYC Foetus poster

NYC Foetus

Movie · as Herself

2009
For the End of Time poster

For the End of Time

Movie

2008
Death of the Reel

Death of the Reel

Movie · as Narrator

2008
Lydia Lunch: Video Hysterie: 1978 - 2006 poster

Lydia Lunch: Video Hysterie: 1978 - 2006

Movie · as Herself

2007
Llik Your Idols poster

Llik Your Idols

Movie · as Herself

2006
Kill Your Idols: More.

Kill Your Idols: More.

Movie · as Self

2006
Her Noise - The Making Of

Her Noise - The Making Of

Movie

2005
American Fame Pt. 2: Forgetting Jonathan Brandis

American Fame Pt. 2: Forgetting Jonathan Brandis

Movie · as Narrator

2004
Kill Your Idols poster

Kill Your Idols

Movie · as Self

2004
The Heart Is Deceitful Above All Things poster

The Heart Is Deceitful Above All Things

Movie · as Social Worker #2

2002
D.I.Y. or Die: How to Survive as an Independent Artist

D.I.Y. or Die: How to Survive as an Independent Artist

Movie · as Self - Interviewee

2001
Kiss My Grits: The Herstory of Women in Punk and Hard Rock

Kiss My Grits: The Herstory of Women in Punk and Hard Rock

Movie · as Self

2000
The Hardcore Collection poster

The Hardcore Collection

Movie

1997
Richard Kern - Portrait: Live From New York poster

Richard Kern - Portrait: Live From New York

Movie

1996
Visiting Desire poster

Visiting Desire

Movie · as Sitter

1996
Baby Trouble Hole poster

Baby Trouble Hole

Movie · as Performer

1994
Lydia Lunch: Malicious Intent

Lydia Lunch: Malicious Intent

Movie

1994
Die Haut - Sweat poster

Die Haut - Sweat

Movie · as Self

1993
No Age New York

No Age New York

Movie · as Self

1991
Thanatopsis

Thanatopsis

Movie · as Herself

1990
Kiss Napoleon Goodbye poster

Kiss Napoleon Goodbye

Movie · as Hedda

1989
The Gun Is Loaded poster

The Gun Is Loaded

Movie · as Herself

1989
Gang of Souls: A Generation of Beat Poets poster

Gang of Souls: A Generation of Beat Poets

Movie · as Self

1988
Mondo New York poster

Mondo New York

Movie · as Prologue

1988
Put More Blood Into the Music poster

Put More Blood Into the Music

Movie · as Herself

1987
Submit to Me Now poster

Submit to Me Now

Movie

1987
Penn & Teller's Invisible Thread poster

Penn & Teller's Invisible Thread

Movie

1987
Cruel Tricks for Dear Friends poster

Cruel Tricks for Dear Friends

Movie · as Self

1986
Fingered poster

Fingered

Movie

1986
Barbecue Death Squad From Hell poster

Barbecue Death Squad From Hell

Movie · as Herself

1985
Submit to Me poster

Submit to Me

Movie

1984
The Right Side of My Brain poster

The Right Side of My Brain

Movie · as Narrator

1984
School of Shame

School of Shame

Movie

1983
The Wild World of Lydia Lunch poster

The Wild World of Lydia Lunch

Movie · as Herself

1983
Like Dawn to Dust

Like Dawn to Dust

Movie

1982
Vortex poster

Vortex

Movie · as Angel Powers

1982
Dance of the Dead Children poster

Dance of the Dead Children

Movie

1982
The Agony Is The Ecstacy poster

The Agony Is The Ecstacy

Movie

1981
Subway Riders poster

Subway Riders

Movie

1980
Raw Nerves: A Lacanian Thriller poster

Raw Nerves: A Lacanian Thriller

Movie

1980
The Offenders poster

The Offenders

Movie · as Lydia

1979
Beauty Becomes the Beast poster

Beauty Becomes the Beast

Movie

1979
Black Box poster

Black Box

Movie · as Torturer

1979
Alien Portrait

Alien Portrait

Movie · as Self

1979
No New York Festival - Berlin

No New York Festival - Berlin

Movie · as Self

1978
She Had Her Gun All Ready poster

She Had Her Gun All Ready

Movie

1978
Rome '78 poster

Rome '78

Movie · as Empress

1978
Guerillère Talks poster

Guerillère Talks

Movie · as Herself

1978
Punking Out poster

Punking Out

Movie · as Self