Laurie Anderson

Laurie Anderson

Known for
Acting
Born
June 5, 1947 (age 79)
Birthplace
Glen Ellyn, Illinois, USA

Biography

Laura Phillips Anderson is an American avant-garde artist, composer, musician and film director whose work spans performance art, pop music, and multimedia projects.

Known For

Filmography

2026
Nova '78 poster

Nova '78

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

2025
Thank You Very Much poster

Thank You Very Much

Movie · as Self

2025
Free for All: The Public Library poster

Free for All: The Public Library

Movie · as Self

2025
Why I Love The Stars poster

Why I Love The Stars

Movie · as Self

2025
Laurie Anderson Saint Joan of Arc Basilica, Paris poster

Laurie Anderson Saint Joan of Arc Basilica, Paris

Movie

2024
Eno poster

Eno

Movie · as Self

2023
Garland Jeffreys: The King of in Between poster

Garland Jeffreys: The King of in Between

Movie · as Self

2023
Buke & Gase poster

Buke & Gase

Movie · as Self

2021
Sisters with Transistors poster

Sisters with Transistors

Movie · as Narrator (voice)

2020
The Business of Thought: A Recorded History of Artists Space poster

The Business of Thought: A Recorded History of Artists Space

Movie · as Self

2020
Symphony Of The Invisible poster

Symphony Of The Invisible

Movie · as Self (voice)

2019
Museum Town poster

Museum Town

Movie · as Self

2018
Feminists: What Were They Thinking? poster

Feminists: What Were They Thinking?

Movie · as Self

2018
Call Us Ishmael poster

Call Us Ishmael

Movie · as Herself

2017
Julian Schnabel: A Private Portrait poster

Julian Schnabel: A Private Portrait

Movie · as Self

2016
Yoko Ono Lennon's Courage Awards 2016: Laurie Anderson, Mohammad el Gharani, Eileen Boxer, RoseLee Goldberg, LoftOpera poster

Yoko Ono Lennon's Courage Awards 2016: Laurie Anderson, Mohammad el Gharani, Eileen Boxer, RoseLee Goldberg, LoftOpera

Movie

2015
Heart of a Dog poster

Heart of a Dog

Movie · as Narrator

2015
Track Stories

Track Stories

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2012
BAM150 poster

BAM150

Movie · as Self

2012
Classic Albums: Peter Gabriel - So poster

Classic Albums: Peter Gabriel - So

Movie · as Self

2011
Brainwave poster

Brainwave

Movie · as Self

2010
William S. Burroughs: A Man Within poster

William S. Burroughs: A Man Within

Movie · as Self

2010
Homeland: The Story of the Lark poster

Homeland: The Story of the Lark

Movie

2010
Music poster

Music

Movie · as Self

2008
A Not So Silent Night poster

A Not So Silent Night

Movie · as Self

2007
Why Birds Sing poster

Why Birds Sing

Movie · as Herself

2007
Brand Upon the Brain! poster

Brand Upon the Brain!

Movie · as Narrator (live recording)

2006
Andy Warhol: A Documentary Film poster

Andy Warhol: A Documentary Film

Movie · as Narrator

2005
John Peel's Record Box poster

John Peel's Record Box

Movie · as Self

2002
McLuhan's Wake poster

McLuhan's Wake

Movie · as Narrator

2002
The Making and Meaning of 'We Are Family' poster

The Making and Meaning of 'We Are Family'

Movie · as Self

1998
The Rugrats Movie poster

The Rugrats Movie

Movie · as Newborn Baby (singing voice)

1997
Classic Albums poster

Classic Albums

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1994
Space Ghost Coast to Coast poster

Space Ghost Coast to Coast

TV · 1 ep

1993
The Sensual Nature of Sound: 4 Composers Laurie Anderson, Tania Leon, Meredith Monk, Pauline Oliveros poster

The Sensual Nature of Sound: 4 Composers Laurie Anderson, Tania Leon, Meredith Monk, Pauline Oliveros

Movie · as Herself

1992
Later... with Jools Holland poster

Later... with Jools Holland

TV · 1 ep

1991
Sphinxes Without Secrets poster

Sphinxes Without Secrets

Movie

1991
Laurie Anderson: The Collected Videos poster

Laurie Anderson: The Collected Videos

Movie · as The Clones

1991
The Human Face poster

The Human Face

Movie · as Presenter

1990
One World, One Voice poster

One World, One Voice

Movie · as Self

1990
John Cage: I Have Nothing to Say and I Am Saying It poster

John Cage: I Have Nothing to Say and I Am Saying It

Movie · as Self

1989
Heavy Petting poster

Heavy Petting

Movie · as Self

1989
Talk Normal poster

Talk Normal

Movie · as Herself

1986
The Kitchen Presents: Two Moon July

The Kitchen Presents: Two Moon July

Movie

1986
Home of the Brave: A Film by Laurie Anderson poster

Home of the Brave: A Film by Laurie Anderson

Movie · as Self - Keyboards, Vocals / Fenway Bergamot / The Voice of Reason

1986
What You Mean We?

What You Mean We?

Movie · as Herself

1985
All Star Video poster

All Star Video

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

1985
Alive from Off Center poster

Alive from Off Center

TV · as Host, Laurie Anderson & Clones · 3 eps

1984
Good Morning, Mr. Orwell poster

Good Morning, Mr. Orwell

Movie · as Self

1983
Closed Circuit poster

Closed Circuit

Movie · as Sängerin

1983
Bei Bio

Bei Bio

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1981
14 Americans: Directions of the 1970s poster

14 Americans: Directions of the 1970s

Movie · as Herself

1979
Okay

Okay

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1978
The South Bank Show poster

The South Bank Show

TV · 1 ep

1977
Songs for Lines/Songs for Waves poster

Songs for Lines/Songs for Waves

Movie

1975
Saturday Night Live poster

Saturday Night Live

TV · as Self - Musical Guest · 1 ep