Yoko Ono

Yoko Ono

Known for
Acting
Born
February 18, 1933 (age 93)
Birthplace
Tokyo, Japan

Biography

Yoko Ono is a Japanese artist, musician, author and peace activist, known for her work in avant-garde art, music and filmmaking as well as her marriage to John Lennon. Ono brought feminism to the forefront through her music which prefigured New Wave music (whether she was a direct influence is still debated). She is a supporter of gay rights and is known for her philanthropic contributions to the arts, peace and AIDS outreach programs.

Known For

Photos

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Filmography

2026
Power to the People: John & Yoko Live in NYC poster

Power to the People: John & Yoko Live in NYC

Movie · as Self

2026
John Lennon: The Last Interview poster

John Lennon: The Last Interview

Movie

2025
One to One: John & Yoko poster

One to One: John & Yoko

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

2025
Borrowed Time: Lennon's Last Decade poster

Borrowed Time: Lennon's Last Decade

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

2025
The Beatles - Free As A Bird: A Song Reborn poster

The Beatles - Free As A Bird: A Song Reborn

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

2025
The Beatles: The Sound of a Revolution poster

The Beatles: The Sound of a Revolution

Movie · as Self

2025
David Frost Vs poster

David Frost Vs

TV · as self (archive footage) · 1 ep

2024
Daytime Revolution poster

Daytime Revolution

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

2024
Beatles '64 poster

Beatles '64

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

2024
Elton John: Never Too Late poster

Elton John: Never Too Late

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

2023
Nam June Paik: Moon Is the Oldest TV poster

Nam June Paik: Moon Is the Oldest TV

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

2023
The Lost Weekend: A Love Story poster

The Lost Weekend: A Love Story

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

2023
Now and Then - The Last Beatles Song poster

Now and Then - The Last Beatles Song

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

2023
Revival69: The Concert That Rocked the World poster

Revival69: The Concert That Rocked the World

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

2022
The Beatles: Get Back - The Rooftop Concert poster

The Beatles: Get Back - The Rooftop Concert

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

2022
Infamous Crime Scenes: John Lennon poster

Infamous Crime Scenes: John Lennon

Movie

2021
Parkinson at 50 poster

Parkinson at 50

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

2021
1971: The Year That Music Changed Everything poster

1971: The Year That Music Changed Everything

TV · as Self (archive footage) · 1 ep

2021
The Beatles: Get Back poster

The Beatles: Get Back

TV · as Self · 2 eps

2020
Jealous Guy: The Assassination of John Lennon poster

Jealous Guy: The Assassination of John Lennon

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

2020
Zappa poster

Zappa

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

2020
Tapes poster

Tapes

Movie

2020
Lennon's Last Weekend poster

Lennon's Last Weekend

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

2019
Other Music poster

Other Music

Movie · as Self

2019
Killing John Lennon poster

Killing John Lennon

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

2019
The Last 24 Hours: John Lennon poster

The Last 24 Hours: John Lennon

Movie · as Self

2018
Isle of Dogs poster

Isle of Dogs

Movie · as Assistant-Scientist Yoko-ono (voice)

2018
George: The Story of George Maciunas and Fluxus poster

George: The Story of George Maciunas and Fluxus

Movie · as Self

2018
John & Yoko: Above Us Only Sky poster

John & Yoko: Above Us Only Sky

Movie · as Self

2018
Why Are We Creative? poster

Why Are We Creative?

Movie · as Self

2017
I Don't Know Which Tree It Comes From that Fragrance poster

I Don't Know Which Tree It Comes From that Fragrance

Movie · as Self

2017
It Was Fifty Years Ago Today! The Beatles: Sgt. Pepper & Beyond poster

It Was Fifty Years Ago Today! The Beatles: Sgt. Pepper & Beyond

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

2017
Kyoko poster

Kyoko

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

2017
How the Beatles Changed the World poster

How the Beatles Changed the World

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

2016
Stupor Mundi: Livre 2, Les Hommes qui mangèrent la montagne

Stupor Mundi: Livre 2, Les Hommes qui mangèrent la montagne

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

2016
Deconstructing the Beatles' White Album poster

Deconstructing the Beatles' White Album

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

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

2016
WAR IS OVER! (If You Want It) poster

WAR IS OVER! (If You Want It)

Movie · as Self

2016
Andy Warhol, Fluorescent poster

Andy Warhol, Fluorescent

Movie · as (archive footage)

2015
Drunk Stoned Brilliant Dead poster

Drunk Stoned Brilliant Dead

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

2015
Bad Girls of Japan poster

Bad Girls of Japan

Movie

2015
The Last Lennon Interview poster

The Last Lennon Interview

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

2015
The Beatles 1+ poster

The Beatles 1+

Movie

2014
The Term. Beginning of a Big Story poster

The Term. Beginning of a Big Story

Movie · as Self (uncredited)

2014
The Last Impresario poster

The Last Impresario

Movie · as Self

2014
John Lennon - Imagine poster

John Lennon - Imagine

Movie · as cori, co-produzione

2013
Rock 'N' Roll Exposed: The Photography of Bob Gruen

Rock 'N' Roll Exposed: The Photography of Bob Gruen

Movie · as Self

2013
Pussy Riot: A Punk Prayer poster

Pussy Riot: A Punk Prayer

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

2013
Silver Spoon poster

Silver Spoon

TV · as Aki's Grandmother (voice) · 2 eps

2012
Arts & Crafts Spectacular #2

Arts & Crafts Spectacular #2

Movie · as (voice)

2012
Inventing David Geffen poster

Inventing David Geffen

Movie · as Self

2012
John Cage: Journeys in Sound poster

John Cage: Journeys in Sound

Movie · as Self

2011
Sleepless Nights Stories poster

Sleepless Nights Stories

Movie · as Self

2011
Re: Maciunas and Fluxus poster

Re: Maciunas and Fluxus

Movie

2011
Free Radicals: A History of Experimental Film poster

Free Radicals: A History of Experimental Film

Movie · as Herself (archive footage)

2011
George Harrison: Living in the Material World poster

George Harrison: Living in the Material World

TV · as Self · 2 eps

2010
Who Is Harry Nilsson (And Why Is Everybody Talkin' About Him?) poster

Who Is Harry Nilsson (And Why Is Everybody Talkin' About Him?)

Movie · as Self

2010
LennoNYC poster

LennoNYC

Movie · as Self

2010
John Lennon: Love Is All You Need poster

John Lennon: Love Is All You Need

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

2010
Ugly Beauty poster

Ugly Beauty

Movie · as Self

2010
Music poster

Music

Movie · as Self

2010
The Day John Lennon Died poster

The Day John Lennon Died

Movie · as Self

2010
The Beatles: The Complete Story poster

The Beatles: The Complete Story

Movie · as Self (Archive Footage)

2009
Project 9: The Making of The Beatles: Rock Band poster

Project 9: The Making of The Beatles: Rock Band

Movie · as Self

2008
The Universe of Keith Haring poster

The Universe of Keith Haring

Movie · as Self

2008
Classic Albums: John Lennon - Plastic Ono Band poster

Classic Albums: John Lennon - Plastic Ono Band

Movie · as Self

2008
All Together Now poster

All Together Now

Movie · as Self

2008
The 60s: The Beatles Decade poster

The 60s: The Beatles Decade

TV · 1 ep

2007
Annie Leibovitz: Life Through a Lens poster

Annie Leibovitz: Life Through a Lens

Movie · as Self

2007
365 Day Project poster

365 Day Project

Movie · as Self

2006
John Lennon & Yoko Ono: Give Peace A Song

John Lennon & Yoko Ono: Give Peace A Song

Movie · as as Herself

2006
Torino 2006 Olympic Opening Ceremony poster

Torino 2006 Olympic Opening Ceremony

Movie

2006
The U.S. vs. John Lennon poster

The U.S. vs. John Lennon

Movie · as Self

2006
To John With Love poster

To John With Love

Movie · as Self

2006
John & Yoko Bed-In poster

John & Yoko Bed-In

Movie · as Self

2006
Warhol and Maciunas poster

Warhol and Maciunas

Movie · as Self

2006
Nam June Paik: Lessons from the Video Master

Nam June Paik: Lessons from the Video Master

Movie · as Self

2006
Follow My Voice: With the Music of Hedwig poster

Follow My Voice: With the Music of Hedwig

Movie · as Self

2006
Greasy Rider poster

Greasy Rider

Movie

2005
Pink Floyd London '66-'67 poster

Pink Floyd London '66-'67

Movie · as Self (uncredited)

2005
Girls and Boys - Sex and British Pop poster

Girls and Boys - Sex and British Pop

TV · as Self · 4 eps

2004
Art & the 60s poster

Art & the 60s

Movie

2004
Twenty to Life: The Life & Times of John Sinclair poster

Twenty to Life: The Life & Times of John Sinclair

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

2004
Beatles Biggest Secrets poster

Beatles Biggest Secrets

Movie · as Self

2004
Kulturplatz poster

Kulturplatz

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2003
Inside John Lennon - Unauthorized

Inside John Lennon - Unauthorized

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

2003
Lennon Legend: The Very Best of John Lennon poster

Lennon Legend: The Very Best of John Lennon

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

2003
Beatles: The Journey poster

Beatles: The Journey

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

2003
Imagine Imagine poster

Imagine Imagine

Movie · as Self

2003
Jimmy Kimmel Live! poster

Jimmy Kimmel Live!

TV · as Self · 2 eps

2002
Hanratty: The Whole Truth

Hanratty: The Whole Truth

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

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

2001
Come Together: A Night for John Lennon's Words & Music poster

Come Together: A Night for John Lennon's Words & Music

Movie

2001
Wingspan poster

Wingspan

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

2001
Friday Night with Jonathan Ross poster

Friday Night with Jonathan Ross

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2000
Gimme Some Truth: The Making of John Lennon's Imagine Album poster

Gimme Some Truth: The Making of John Lennon's Imagine Album

Movie · as Self

2000
John & Yoko's Year of Peace poster

John & Yoko's Year of Peace

Movie · as Self

1998
Sternstunde Kunst

Sternstunde Kunst

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1997
Happy Birthday to John poster

Happy Birthday to John

Movie · as Self

1997
The View poster

The View

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1997
Behind the Music poster

Behind the Music

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1997
Classic Albums poster

Classic Albums

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1996
The Rolling Stones Rock and Roll Circus poster

The Rolling Stones Rock and Roll Circus

Movie · as Self - Vocal

1995
An Introduction to Harmolodics

An Introduction to Harmolodics

Movie

1995
"Topless Cellist" Charlotte Moorman poster

"Topless Cellist" Charlotte Moorman

Movie

1994
Jonas in the Desert poster

Jonas in the Desert

Movie · as Self

1994
Brisant poster

Brisant

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1993
The Revenge of the Dead Indians poster

The Revenge of the Dead Indians

Movie · as Herself

1993
The Misfits - 30 Years of Fluxus

The Misfits - 30 Years of Fluxus

Movie · as Self

1993
Late Night with Conan O'Brien poster

Late Night with Conan O'Brien

TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep

1993
Intimate Portrait poster

Intimate Portrait

TV · as Self (archive footage) · 1 ep

1992
The John Lennon Video Collection poster

The John Lennon Video Collection

Movie

1992
Rolling Stone 25: The MTV Special

Rolling Stone 25: The MTV Special

Movie · as Self

1992
Murderers, Mobsters, & Madmen: Volume 2: Assassination in the 20th Century

Murderers, Mobsters, & Madmen: Volume 2: Assassination in the 20th Century

Movie

1992
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno poster

The Tonight Show with Jay Leno

TV · 1 ep

1992
Mad About You poster

Mad About You

TV · as Yoko Ono · 1 ep

1992
Later... with Jools Holland poster

Later... with Jools Holland

TV · 1 ep

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

1990
Superstar: The Life and Times of Andy Warhol poster

Superstar: The Life and Times of Andy Warhol

Movie · as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

1990
Scenes from the Life of Andy Warhol: Friendships and Intersections poster

Scenes from the Life of Andy Warhol: Friendships and Intersections

Movie · as Self

1990
Lennon: A Tribute poster

Lennon: A Tribute

Movie

1990
The Word poster

The Word

TV · 1 ep

1988
Imagine: John Lennon poster

Imagine: John Lennon

Movie · as Self

1988
Michael Jackson: The Legend Continues poster

Michael Jackson: The Legend Continues

Movie · as Self

1987
I Am Not a Freak poster

I Am Not a Freak

Movie · as Self

1986
He Stands in a Desert Counting the Seconds of His Life poster

He Stands in a Desert Counting the Seconds of His Life

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

1986
The John Lennon Sketchbook

The John Lennon Sketchbook

Movie · as Self

1986
John Lennon: One to One Concert Live in New York poster

John Lennon: One to One Concert Live in New York

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

1986
Vain Glory poster

Vain Glory

Movie · as Yōko Ono

1986
An All-Star Celebration Honoring Martin Luther King Jr.

An All-Star Celebration Honoring Martin Luther King Jr.

Movie

1986
American Masters poster

American Masters

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1984
Yoko Ono: Then and Now poster

Yoko Ono: Then and Now

Movie · as Self

1982
Champs-Elysées poster

Champs-Elysées

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1981
The Killing of America poster

The Killing of America

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

1979
Flux-Concert poster

Flux-Concert

Movie · as Self

1978
The South Bank Show poster

The South Bank Show

TV · 1 ep

1977
Urgent ou à quoi bon exécuter des projets puisque le projet est en lui-même une jouissance suffisante poster

Urgent ou à quoi bon exécuter des projets puisque le projet est en lui-même une jouissance suffisante

Movie · as Self

1976
Chelsea Girls with Andy Warhol poster

Chelsea Girls with Andy Warhol

Movie

1975
Saturday Night Live poster

Saturday Night Live

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1972
Yoko Ono: This Is Not Here poster

Yoko Ono: This Is Not Here

Movie · as Self

1972
Imagine poster

Imagine

Movie · as Self

1972
John Lennon - Imagine poster

John Lennon - Imagine

Movie

1972
The One to One Concert poster

The One to One Concert

Movie · as Self

1971
Sweet Toronto poster

Sweet Toronto

Movie · as Self

1971
Brazil in Cannes poster

Brazil in Cannes

Movie

1971
Up Your Legs Forever poster

Up Your Legs Forever

Movie · as Self - Last Legs(uncredited)

1971
Frank Zappa, John Lennon & Yoko Ono: At Fillmore East poster

Frank Zappa, John Lennon & Yoko Ono: At Fillmore East

Movie

1971
Ten for Two: The John Sinclair Freedom Rally poster

Ten for Two: The John Sinclair Freedom Rally

Movie · as Self

1971
Dynamite Chicken poster

Dynamite Chicken

Movie · as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

1971
Yoko and John Party

Yoko and John Party

Movie · as Self

1970
Apotheosis poster

Apotheosis

Movie

1970
Freedom

Freedom

Movie · as Woman

1970
Rome Is Burning: Portrait of Shirley Clarke poster

Rome Is Burning: Portrait of Shirley Clarke

Movie · as Yoko Ono

1970
Let It Be poster

Let It Be

Movie · as Self (uncredited)

1969
The Beatles: Something poster

The Beatles: Something

Movie · as Self

1969
24 Hours: The World of John and Yoko poster

24 Hours: The World of John and Yoko

Movie · as Self

1969
Bed Peace poster

Bed Peace

Movie · as Self

1968
Two Virgins poster

Two Virgins

Movie

1968
Diaries, Notes, and Sketches poster

Diaries, Notes, and Sketches

Movie · as Self

1968
The Dick Cavett Show poster

The Dick Cavett Show

TV · as Self - Guest · 3 eps

1966
No. 4 poster

No. 4

Movie · as Self

1966
Eyeblink poster

Eyeblink

Movie · as Self

1965
Satan's Bed poster

Satan's Bed

Movie · as Ito

1965
Cut Piece poster

Cut Piece

Movie · as Herself

1965
Andy Warhol Screen Tests poster

Andy Warhol Screen Tests

Movie · as Self

1964
Some Young People

Some Young People

Movie · as herself

1964
Hi-Red Centre Shelter Plan poster

Hi-Red Centre Shelter Plan

Movie