Björk
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- November 21, 1965 (age 60)
- Birthplace
- Reykjavík, Iceland
Biography
Björk Guðmundsdóttir (born 21 November 1965) is an Icelandic singer, songwriter, composer, record producer and actress. Over her four-decade career, she has developed an eclectic musical style that draws on influences and genres including electronic, pop, jazz, experimental, trip hop, alternative, classical, and avant-garde music. Born and raised in Reykjavík, Björk began her music career at the age of 11 and gained international recognition as the lead singer of the alternative rock band the Sugarcubes. After the band's breakup in 1992, Björk embarked on a solo career, coming to prominence with albums such as Debut (1993), Post (1995), and Homogenic (1997), while collaborating with a range of artists and exploring a variety of multimedia projects. Her other albums include Vespertine (2001), Medúlla (2004), Volta (2007), Biophilia (2011), Vulnicura (2015), Utopia (2017) and Fossora (2022). Several of Björk's albums have reached the top 20 on the US Billboard 200 chart. As of 2015, she had sold between 20 and 40 million records worldwide. 31 of her singles have reached the top 40 on pop charts around the world, with 22 top-40 hits in the UK, including the top-10 singles "It's Oh So Quiet", "Army of Me", and "Hyperballad" and the top-20 singles "Play Dead", "Big Time Sensuality", and "Violently Happy". Her accolades and awards include the Order of the Falcon, five BRIT Awards, and 15 Grammy nominations. In 2015, Time named her one of the 100 most influential people in the world. Rolling Stone named her the 60th greatest singer and the 81st greatest songwriter. Björk starred in the 2000 Lars von Trier film Dancer in the Dark, for which she won the Best Actress Award at the 2000 Cannes Film Festival, and was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Original Song for "I've Seen It All". Biophilia was marketed as an interactive app album with its own education program. Björk has also been an advocate for environmental causes in Iceland. A retrospective exhibition dedicated to Björk was held at the New York Museum of Modern Art in 2015.
Known For
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Filmography
Björk: Cornucopia
Movie · as Self
The Best of Me
Movie · as Self
Monk in Pieces
Movie · as Self
Can Creativity Save the World?
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Fungi: The Web of Life
Movie · as Narrator (voice)
The Northman
Movie · as Seeress
Björk Orchestral
Movie · as Self
Björk Orchestral II
Movie · as Self
Björk Orkestral III
Movie · as Self
Björk Orkestral IV
Movie · as Self
The Sparks Brothers
Movie · as Self (voice)
Björk Orkestral
Movie
Why Are We Creative?
Movie · as Self
Out of Thin Air
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
The Nineties
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Björk - Vulnicura Live
Movie · as Self
Björk - The Creative Universe of a Music Missionary
Movie · as Self
Black Lake
Movie
Björk: Biophilia Live
Movie · as Self
When Björk Met Attenborough
Movie · as Self
Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen
Movie · as (archive footage)
Björk: Later 1995-2011
Movie · as Self
YouTube Trilogy: 4 Songs, History, Asian Girls
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Sleepless Nights Stories
Movie · as Self
Björk: Voltaïc
Movie · as Self
Náttúra Concert Featuring Björk and Sigur Rós
Movie · as Self
The Hidden Treasures of Michel Ocelot
Movie · as Self
Anna and the Moods
Movie · as Anna (voice)
Drawing Restraint 9
Movie · as Occidental Guest
Matthew Barney: No Restraint
Movie · as Self
The Sugarcubes: Live Zabor
Movie · as Self
Coachella
Movie · as Self
My Favourite Attenborough Moment
Movie · as Self
Screaming Masterpiece
Movie · as Self
The Medúlla Videos
Movie · as Self
Looking for a Thrill: An Anthology of Inspiration
Movie · as Self
The Colbert Report
TV · as Self - Musical Guest · 1 ep
I've Been Twelve Forever: The Work of Director Michel Gondry
Movie · as Self
Arakimentari
Movie · as Self
Björk: The Inner or Deep Part of an Animal or Plant Structure
Movie · as Self
Sugar Cubes - The DVD
Movie · as Self
Athens 2004: Olympic Opening Ceremony (Games of the XXVIII Olympiad)
Movie · as Self
The Work of Director Spike Jonze
Movie · as Self
The Work of Director Chris Cunningham
Movie · as Self
Inside Björk
Movie · as Self
Björk: Later with Jools Holland
Movie · as Self
The Work of Director Michel Gondry
Movie · as Self
808 State: Opti Buk
Movie · as Self
Björk: Volumen Plus
Movie · as Self
Björk: MTV Unplugged & Live
Movie · as Self - vocals
Björk: Minuscule
Movie · as Self
Björk: Greatest Hits - Volumen 1993-2003
Movie · as Self
Heart of the Festival
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Björk: Vespertine Live at the Royal Opera House
Movie · as Self
Björk: Live at Riverside Church
Movie · as Self
Björk: Vespertine Live at Orchard Hall
Movie
Friday Night with Jonathan Ross
TV · as Self - Guest, Self - Musical Guest · 1 ep
Dancer in the Dark
Movie · as Selma Jezkova
Von Trier's 100 Eyes
Movie · as Self
Click
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Björk: No Place Like Home. Live at National Theatre of Reykjavík
Movie · as Self
Björk: Volumen
Movie · as Self
Björk: Cambridge 1998
Movie · as Self
Björk: MTV Live 1998
Movie · as Self
Free Tibet
Movie · as Self
Sternstunde Kunst
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Björk: Shepherd's Bush Empire 1997
Movie · as Self
Bravo Profiles: Björk
Movie · as Self
Björk: Tibetan Freedom Concert
Movie
TFI Friday
TV · as Self · 1 ep
The Frank Skinner Show
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Björk: Vessel 1994
Movie · as Self
Björk: MTV Unplugged
Movie · as Self
Prêt-à-Porter
Movie · as Model
La Machine Mode
Movie · as Self
Space Ghost Coast to Coast
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
TV · as Self - Musical Guest · 1 ep
Eurotrash
TV · 1 ep
The Sugarcubes: Murder and Killing in Hell (Live at Manchester Academy)
Movie · as Self
Later... with Jools Holland
TV · 7 eps
The Juniper Tree
Movie · as Margit
The Word
TV · 1 ep
MTV Unplugged
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Broken Glass
Movie · as Maria
Smash Hits Poll Winners Party
TV · as Self · 2 eps
Victoires de la musique
TV · as Self · 1 ep
New Life
Movie · as Singer (as Björk)
Rock in Reykjavik
Movie · as Self
The South Bank Show
TV · 1 ep
The BRIT Awards
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Saturday Night Live
TV · as Self - Musical Guest · 2 eps
Top of the Pops
TV · as Self - Host · 1 ep
The Oscars
TV · as Self · 1 ep