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Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthday
November 2, 1961
Place of Birth
Consort, Alberta, Canada
Also Known As
- Kathryn Dawn Lang
K.D. Lang
0.4 Popularity
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.
Known For
8.0
Self
Anne Murray: Full Circle
2021
6.0
Self
Jann
2019
0.0
Cantante
k.d. lang - Ingénue Redux - Live From the Majestic Theatre
2018
0.0
Narrator (voice)
Heritage Minutes: Jim Egan
2018
10.0
Self - Performer
Tower of Song: A Memorial Tribute to Leonard Cohen
2018
8.0
Self
Tony Bennett Celebrates 90
2016
6.9
Peggy
Portlandia
2011
0.0
Self
This Beat Goes On: Canadian Pop Music in the 1970s
2009
0.0
herself
k.d. lang - Live in London with the BBC Orchestra
2009
🎬
0.0
Self
Anne Murray Friends and Legends
2007
Credits
Anne Murray: Full Circle
as Self
2021
8.0
Jann
as Self
2019
6.0
k.d. lang - Ingénue Redux - Live From the Majestic Theatre
as Cantante
2018
0.0
Heritage Minutes: Jim Egan
as Narrator (voice)
2018
0.0
Tower of Song: A Memorial Tribute to Leonard Cohen
as Self - Performer
2018
10.0
Tony Bennett Celebrates 90
as Self
2016
8.0
Portlandia
as Peggy
2011
6.9
This Beat Goes On: Canadian Pop Music in the 1970s
as Self
2009
0.0
k.d. lang - Live in London with the BBC Orchestra
as herself
2009
0.0
🎬
Anne Murray Friends and Legends
as Self
2007
0.0
Tony Bennett: Duets - The Making of an American Classic
as Self
2007
0.0
The Graham Norton Show
as Self
2007
7.2
Tony Bennett: An American Classic
as Self
2006
8.4
The Black Dahlia
as Lesbian Bar Singer (uncredited)
2006
5.6
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
as Self
2003
5.7
Tony Bennett - Wonderful World: Live In San Francisco
as Self
2002
7.5
K.D. Lang: Live By Request
as herself
2001
0.0
An All-Star Tribute to Joni Mitchell
as Self
2000
0.0
Roy Orbison: The Anthology
as Self (archive footage)
1999
0.0
Eye of the Beholder
as Hilary
1999
4.9
Parkinson
as Self
1998
0.0
Dharma & Greg
as Self
1997
6.4
Songs & Visions
as Self
1997
0.0
The Last Don
as Dita Tommey
1997
7.1
Tony Bennett: MTV Unplugged
as Self
1994
0.0
Ellen
as Janine
1994
6.2
Teresa's Tattoo
as Michelle
1994
4.9
Truth or Dairy
as Self
1994
0.0
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
as Self - Musical Guest
1993
7.2
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
1992
5.4
🎬
The Carol Burnett Show
as Self
1991
7.3
Salmonberries
as Kotzebue
1991
5.4
🎬
K.D. Lang: Harvest of Seven Years
1991
0.0
🎬
Stand On Your Man
as Self
1991
0.0
Red Hot + Blue: A Tribute to Cole Porter
as Self
1990
0.0
The Jim Henson Hour
as Herself
1989
8.9
Pee-wee's Playhouse Christmas Special
as Self
1988
7.2
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
1988
5.5
🎬
The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour
1988
0.0
Roy Orbison and Friends: A Black and White Night
as Self - Backing Vocals
1988
7.5
CBS News Sunday Morning
as Self
1979
6.8
Saturday Night Live
as Self - Musical Guest
1975
6.9
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
as Self
1962
7.4