Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthdate
1961-11-02 (Age: 65)
Place of Birth
Consort, Alberta, Canada
K.D. Lang
Biography
Kathryn Dawn Lang OC AOE (born November 2, 1961), known by her stylized stage name k.d. lang, is a Canadian pop and country singer-songwriter and occasional actress. Lang has won Juno Awards and Grammy Awards for her musical performances. Hits include the songs "Constant Craving" and "Miss Chatelaine". A mezzo-soprano, lang has contributed songs to movie soundtracks and has collaborated with musicians such as Roy Orbison, Tony Bennett, Elton John, The Killers, Anne Murray, Ann Wilson, and Jane Siberry. She performed at the closing ceremony of the 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary, Alberta, and at the opening ceremony of the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, British Columbia, where she performed Leonard Cohen's "Hallelujah". Lang has also been active as an animal rights, gay rights, and Tibetan human rights activist. She is a tantric practitioner of the old school of Tibetan Buddhism. Description above from the Wikipedia article k.d. lang, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Filmography (29)
k.d. lang: songs & silence
2023
Anne Murray: Full Circle
2021
k.d. lang - Ingénue Redux - Live From the Majestic Theatre
2018
Heritage Minutes: Jim Egan
2018
Tower of Song: A Memorial Tribute to Leonard Cohen
2018
Roy Orbison: Black and White Night 30
2017
Tony Bennett Celebrates 90
2016
Country at the BBC
2011
This Beat Goes On: Canadian Pop Music in the 1970s
2009
k.d. lang - Live in London with the BBC Orchestra
2009Anne Murray Friends and Legends
2007
Tony Bennett: Duets - The Making of an American Classic
2007
Tony Bennett: An American Classic
2006
The Black Dahlia
2006
