Rock chicks

1. Tori Amos

Soundtrack | Twister

At age one, Tori and her family moved to Baltimore, where she spent much of her childhood. She started playing piano at a very early age (2 1/2). At the age of five, she was accepted to the Peabody Conservatory of Music (Arts school); she was the youngest person to be accepted to the school. ...

2. Anouk

Soundtrack | Amazones

Anouk was born on April 8, 1975 in The Hague, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands. She is an actress and composer, known for Amazones (2004), Anouk Is Alive (2006) and Divorce (2012). She was previously married to Remon Stotijn and Edwin Jansen.

3. Fiona Apple

Soundtrack | Pleasantville

Daughter of former singer Diane McAfee and actor Brandon Maggart. She was classically trained as a pianist as a child and began composing songs when she was eight years old. She crafted a demo tape while in Los Angeles finishing High School. When she returned home to New York for Christmas one of ...

4. Melissa Auf der Maur

Actress | Beyond Borders

Melissa Auf der Maur was born in Montreal, Canada to Linda Gaboriau, a DJ, and Nick Auf der Maur, a rock journalist. She has described her father as being "absent" in her life. She attended F.A.C.E., a performing arts school in Montreal. At school, she was active in choir, piano and trumpet before ...

5. Merril Bainbridge

Actress | Merril Bainbridge: Mouth (Version 1)

Merril Bainbridge is known for Merril Bainbridge: Mouth (Version 1) (1994), Merril Bainbridge: Mouth (Version 2) (1994) and Merril Bainbridge: Under the Water (Australian Version) (1995).

6. Natasha Bedingfield

Soundtrack | Morning Glory

Natasha Bedingfield was born on November 26, 1981 in Haywards Heath, Sussex, England, UK. She is an actress and composer, known for Morning Glory (2010), From Russia with Love (2005) and What to Expect When You're Expecting (2012). She has been married to Matt Robinson since March 21, 2009. They ...

7. Pat Benatar

Soundtrack | Deadpool 2

Pat Benatar was born Patricia Andrzejewski in Brooklyn and raised in suburban Lindenhurst, Long Island. Her mother Millie had sacrificed her own career as an opera singer to bring up Pat and son Andrew. Years later, it was Pat who sang classically, honing the powers of her 4.5-octave voice as a ...

8. Björk

Soundtrack | Dancer in the Dark

Born in 1965 in the Icelandic capital city of Reykjavik, the daughter of Gudmundur Gunnarsson (an electrician) and Hildur Hauksdóttir who divorced before her second birthday, Björk grew up in a hippie-type community with her mother and her seven siblings. She started to study classical music at the...

9. Michelle Branch

Soundtrack | The Hot Chick

Michelle Branch was born on July 2, 1983 in Sedona, Arizona as Michelle Jaquet DeSevren Branch. She was born 7 weeks early, weighing only 3 lbs. 11 oz. When she was 3, she recorded herself singing Beatles covers on her parents karaoke machine & sent them off to her grandmother. She took up singing ...

10. Meredith Brooks

Soundtrack | Snake Eyes

Meredith Brooks was born on June 12, 1958 in Oregon City, Oregon, USA. She is an actress and composer, known for Snake Eyes (1998), Edtv (1999) and What Women Want (2000). She was previously married to Russell Jackson.

11. Kate Bush

Soundtrack | The Line, the Cross & the Curve

Kate Bush began playing piano at a young age and, by her mid-teens, had composed over 200 songs. Her talent caught the notice of David Gilmour (of Pink Floyd) who assisted in arranging her contract with EMI. The first song she released, "Wuthering Heights", soared to #1 in England in 1978. Since ...

12. Melanie C

Actress | Spice World

Born on the 12th January 1974 in Merseyside, England, Melanie Chisholm became a member of Spice Girls in 1994. Their three albums sold more than 40 million copies worldwide and they had nine singles at number 1 in the UK.

"Northern Star" was her first solo album. On the back of the first single "...

13. Charlotte Caffey

Soundtrack | RoboCop 3

Charlotte Caffey, who was best known from the pop 1980s band The Go-Go's, is the daughter of television director Michael Caffey, who directed such shows as Wonder Woman (1975), CHiPs (1977) and The Dukes of Hazzard (1979). Charlotte had a history of drug abuse while touring with The Go-Go's. After ...

14. Belinda Carlisle

Frequency

Pop icon Belinda Carlisle experienced full-blown American success twice in the 1980s, first with the all-female rock band The Go-Go's and then, on an international level (which she always wanted), as a solo artist. The Go-Go's first album, 1981's "Beauty and the Beat", spent six weeks at number 1 ...

15. Exene Cervenka

Soundtrack | The Kids Are All Right

Exene Cervenka was born on February 1, 1956 in Chicago, Illinois, USA. She is an actress and composer, known for The Kids Are All Right (2010), Kalifornia (1993) and G.I. Jane (1997). She has been married to Jason Edge since August 18, 2002. She was previously married to Viggo Mortensen and John Doe...

16. Paula Cole

Soundtrack | Urban Legend

Paula Cole was born on April 5, 1968 in Rockport, Massachusetts, USA. She is an actress and composer, known for Urban Legend (1998), Sweet November (2001) and Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil (1997). She was previously married to Hassan Hakmoun.

17. Nikka Costa

Soundtrack | If I Stay

Nikka Costa was born on June 4, 1972 in Tokyo, Japan. She is an actress and composer, known for If I Stay (2014), All About Steve (2009) and Coach Carter (2005). She has been married to Justin Stanley since 1992. They have two children.

18. Sheryl Crow

Soundtrack | Tomorrow Never Dies

Sheryl Suzanne Crow is an American musician, actress and singer from Kennett, Missouri. She is known for multi-genre songs such as "Soak Up the Sun", "Real Gone", "All I Wanna Do", "Tomorrow Never Dies", "Picture" and "My Favorite Mistake". Her songs can be heard in films such as Cars, Kangaroo ...

19. Cherie Currie

Soundtrack | The Runaways

Cherie Ann Currie was born on November 30, 1959 in Los Angeles, California. She rose to major rock stardom as the teenage lead vocalist for the now-legendary all female rock band, The Runaways, which also included Joan Jett, Lita Ford, Sandy West and Jackie Fuchs. After three albums with The ...

20. Jackie DeShannon

Soundtrack | Forrest Gump

The extremely talented, prolific and versatile Jackie DeShannon was one of the first successful female singer/songwriters to hit the rock and pop music scene back in the '60s. DeShannon has done music in such diverse genres as folk, orchestral pop, gospel, country, and rock 'n' roll. Jackie was ...

21. Beth Ditto

Actress | Nocturnal Animals

Beth Ditto was born on February 19, 1981 in Searcy, Arkansas, USA. She is an actress and composer, known for Nocturnal Animals (2016), Don't Worry, He Won't Get Far on Foot (2018) and Dickinson (2019). She was previously married to Kristin Ogata.

22. Fefe Dobson

Soundtrack | Raising Helen

Fefe Dobson was born on February 28, 1985 in Scarborough, Ontario, Canada. She is an actress and composer, known for Raising Helen (2004), It's a Boy Girl Thing (2006) and Fefe Dobson: Stuttering (2010). She has been married to Yelawolf since September 27, 2019.

23. Sheila E.

Music_department | Man of Steel

Daughter of musician Pete Escovedo, Sheila E. became one of the top female musicians during the 1980s due to her fierce drumming style and her Latin rhythms. A former protégé of Prince, Sheila became a drummer in his band before branching off into solo musical projects. In addition to being ...

24. Sheena Easton

Soundtrack | For Your Eyes Only

Sheena Easton started off as a worldwide sensation in the music industry. Since then she has expanded to movies (All Dogs Go to Heaven 2 (1996), Indecent Proposal (1993)), Broadway ("Man of La Mancha") and TV (Body Bag (1997), Highlander (1992), Gargoyles (1994), Jack's Place (1992), The Adventures...

25. Melissa Etheridge

Soundtrack | An Inconvenient Truth

Melissa Etheridge was born on May 29, 1961 in Leavenworth, Kansas, USA. She is an actress and composer, known for An Inconvenient Truth (2006), Money Train (1995) and The Devil's Own (1997). She has been married to Linda Wallem since May 31, 2014.

26. Jackie Fuchs

Let Me In

Jackie Fox was born as Jackie Fuchs on December 20, 1959 in Los Angeles, California. A merit scholar who was planning to study mathematics at UCLA, Jackie was discovered dancing at the famous Starwood nightclub by club owner and disc jockey Rodney Bingenheimer, who in turn introduced her to music ...

27. Charlotte Gainsbourg

Actress | Nymphomaniac: Vol. II

Charlotte Gainsbourg was born in London, England in 1971. She is an Anglo-French actress and singer. The daughter of English singer and actress Jane Birkin and French songwriter, singer and actor Serge Gainsbourg, she was raised in Paris. Charlotte made her motion picture debut in 1984. In 1986, ...

28. Kim Gordon

Actress | Don't Worry, He Won't Get Far on Foot

Kim Gordon was born on April 28, 1953 in Rochester, New York, USA. She is an actress and composer, known for Don't Worry, He Won't Get Far on Foot (2018), I'm Not There (2007) and Last Days (2005). She has been married to Thurston Moore since June 9, 1984. They have one child.

29. Alejandra Guzmán

Actress | Alejandra Guzmán: Mírala, Míralo

Alejandra Guzmán was born on February 9, 1968 in Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico. She is a music artist and actress, known for Alejandra Guzmán: Mírala, Míralo (1993), Franco De Vita Feat. Alejandra Guzmán: Tan Sólo Tú (Live) (2011) and Una familia ...

30. Sarah Harmer

Actress | Sarah Harmer: Basement Apartment

Sarah Harmer was born on November 12, 1970 in Burlington, Ontario, Canada. She is an actress and composer, known for Sarah Harmer: Basement Apartment (2000), Men with Brooms (2002) and The End of Silence (2006).

31. Debbie Harry

Actress | Videodrome

Deborah Harry was born Angela Trimble on July 1, 1945 in Miami, Florida. At three months, she was adopted by Catherine (Peters) and Richard Smith Harry, and was raised in Hawthorne, New Jersey. In the 1960s, she worked as a Playboy Bunny and hung out at Max's Kansas City, a famous Warhol-inhabited ...

32. PJ Harvey

Soundtrack | The Basketball Diaries

Polly Jean Harvey was born in England on October 9th 1969. The daughter of a quarryman father and an artist mother, Polly Jean, or PJ as she is more commonly known, was raised on a sheep farm in Yeovil, Somerset. She learned to play a number of instruments as a child (including guitar, saxophone, ...

33. Juliana Hatfield

Soundtrack | Hollow Man

Juliana Hatfield was born on July 27, 1967 in Wiscasset, Maine, USA. She is an actress and composer, known for Hollow Man (2000), Urban Legend (1998) and Reality Bites (1994).

34. Gemma Hayes

Soundtrack | Mr. & Mrs. Smith

Gemma Hayes was born on August 11, 1977 in Dublin, Ireland. She is an actress, known for Mr. & Mrs. Smith (2005), Freeloaders (2012) and A Love Divided (1999).

35. Susanna Hoffs

Soundtrack | Austin Powers in Goldmember

Susanna Hoffs is a singer, songwriter, guitarist, actress, novelist and co-founder of the multi-platinum selling group, The Bangles. Her voice is instantly recognizable on such hit singles as, "Eternal Flame", "In Your Room" (both co-written by Hoffs), and "Manic Monday".

Her first novel, "This Bird...

36. Chrissie Hynde

Soundtrack | Happy Feet

Chrissie Hynde was born on September 7, 1951 in Akron, Ohio, USA. She is an actress and composer, known for Happy Feet (2006), Stealth (2005) and The Living Daylights (1987). She was previously married to Lucho Brieva and Jim Kerr.

37. Wanda Jackson

Soundtrack | '71

Singer/songwriter Wanda Jean Jackson has enjoyed a long and successful music career which encompasses such diverse genres as country, gospel, and rockabilly. Wanda was born on October 20, 1937 in Maud, Oklahoma. Her father Tom was a former country singer who had to quit music because of the Great ...

38. Joan Jett

Soundtrack | Light of Day

Joan Jett rose to fame in the 1970s all-girl rock band The Runaways. Her cover of "I Love Rock and Roll" was a number one hit in 1982; "Crimson and Clover" was another hit for her. Jett has appeared as Columbia in the Broadway production of "The Rocky Horror Show".

39. Janis Joplin

Soundtrack | Watchmen

Janis Lyn Joplin was born at St. Mary's Hospital in the oil-refining town of Port Arthur, Texas, near the border with Louisiana. Her father was a cannery worker and her mother was a registrar for a business college. As an overweight teenager, she was a folk-music devotee (especially Odetta, ...

40. Jewel

Soundtrack | Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story

Jewel was born on May 23, 1974 in Payson, Utah, USA. She is a music artist and actress, known for Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story (2007), Ride with the Devil (1999) and Clueless (1995). She was previously married to Ty Murray.

41. Carole King

Soundtrack | A League of Their Own

Carole King is an American composer and singer-songwriter.

She is the most successful female songwriter of the latter half of the 20th century in the USA, having written or co-written 118 pop hits on the Billboard Hot 100 between 1955 and 1999. King also wrote 61 hits that charted in the UK, making ...

42. Elle King

Soundtrack | The Old Guard

Elle was born in 1989. Her mother, London King, was then married to Rob Schneider. Elle grew up back and forth in Ohio and L.A.

Elle now resides in Brooklyn, NY and is working on her music career by playing shows and recording in Brooklyn and Harlem.

She also works for a tattoo shop called East Side ...

43. Beverley Knight

Actress | Cinderella

Beverley Knight was born on March 22, 1973 in Wolverhampton, West Midlands, England, UK. She is an actress and composer, known for Cinderella (2021), Premonition (2005) and Nynne (2005). She has been married to James O'Keefe since September 7, 2012.

44. k.d. lang

Soundtrack | Twister

k.d. lang was born on November 2, 1961 in Consort, Alberta, Canada. She is an actress and composer, known for Twister (1996), Salmonberries (1991) and Dick Tracy (1990).

45. Cyndi Lauper

Soundtrack | Cyndi Lauper: Girls Just Want to Have Fun

Cyndi Lauper was born on June 22, 1953 in Ozone Park, Queens, New York City, New York, USA. She is a music artist and actress, known for Cyndi Lauper: Girls Just Want to Have Fun (1983), Vibes (1988) and Cyndi Lauper: Time After Time (1984). She has been married to David Thornton since November 24,...

46. Avril Lavigne

Actress | Over the Hedge

Avril Lavigne was born on September 27, 1984 in Belleville, Ontario, Canada, to Judith-Rosanne (Loshaw) and Jean-Claude Joseph Lavigne. Her ancestry is French-Canadian, Polish, English, Irish, and Scottish. At sixteen, she moved to Manhattan and began work on her debut album. She dropped out of ...

47. Amy Lee

Soundtrack | Voice from the Stone

Amy Lynn Hartzler (known professionally as Amy Lee) was born on December 13, 1981 to John Lee, a disc jockey and voiceover artist, and Sara Cargill. She trained in classical piano since childhood, originally inspired by Mozart and Danny Elfman's film scores. The death of her little sister at six ...

48. Jenny Lewis

Actress | The Wizard

Jenny Lewis was born on January 8, 1976, in Las Vegas, Nevada. Her acting debut was in a Jell-O commercial. During the mid-1980s, her parents divorced and she moved with her mom, Linda, to Los Angeles, California. In 1999, she gathered a couple of her friends, Blake Soper, Pierre de Reeder, and ...

49. Juliette Lewis

Actress | Natural Born Killers

Juliette Lewis has been recognized as one of Hollywood's most talented and versatile actors of her generation since she first stunned audiences and critics alike with her Oscar-nominated performance as "Danielle Bowden" in Cape Fear (1991). To date, she has worked with some of the most revered ...

50. Lykke Li

Soundtrack | Insurgent

Lykke Li was born on March 18, 1986 in Stockholm, Sweden. She is an actress and composer, known for The Divergent Series: Insurgent (2015), Possessor (2020) and The Fault in Our Stars (2014).

51. Lisa Loeb

Actress | House on Haunted Hill

Lisa Loeb was born on March 11, 1968 in Bethesda, Maryland, USA. She is a music artist and actress, known for House on Haunted Hill (1999), Legally Blonde (2001) and Twister (1996). She has been married to Roey Hershkovitz since January 31, 2009. They have two children.

52. Courtney Love

Actress | The People vs. Larry Flynt

The daughter of Grateful Dead devotee and first manager Hank Harrison and psychotherapist Linda Caroll, Courtney Love was born Courtney Michelle Harrison in San Francisco, California in 1964. Love spent her early years living in hippie communes in Oregon and at schools in Europe and New Zealand, ...

53. Aimee Mann

Soundtrack | Magnolia

Aimee Mann is a Grammy- and Oscar-nominated singer-songwriter. She has released 9 albums including Bachelor No. 2, @#%&*! Smilers, Lost in Space, and Mental Illness in January 2017. Her work includes the soundtrack from the critically acclaimed film Magnolia. "Save Me" was later nominated for an ...

54. Shirley Manson

Actress | Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles

Shirley Manson was born on August 26, 1966 in Edinburgh, Scotland, UK. She is an actress and composer, known for Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles (2008), Captain Marvel (2019) and The World Is Not Enough (1999). She has been married to Billy Bush since May 2010. She was previously married to ...

55. Lene Marlin

Actress | Lene Marlin: Sitting Down Here

Lene Marlin was born on August 17, 1980 in Tromsø, Norway. She is an actress and composer, known for Lene Marlin: Sitting Down Here (2000), Mauvaises fréquentations (1999) and Maybe Baby (2000).

56. Amanda Marshall

Soundtrack | Tin Cup

Amanda Marshall was born on August 29, 1972 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. She is an actress, known for Tin Cup (1996), My Best Friend's Wedding (1997) and The Replacements (2000).

57. Cerys Matthews

Actress | Very Annie Mary

Cerys Matthews was born on April 11, 1969 in Cardiff, Wales, UK. She is an actress and writer, known for Very Annie Mary (2001), Looking for Alibrandi (2000) and L.A. Without a Map (1998). She was previously married to Seth Riddle.

58. Tane McClure

Actress | Legally Blonde

Tane McClure is a lifelong film, television and music professional with over 60-plus Film Festival Awards and 20 nominations as well as earning the coveted LA Press Club - National Journalism Award. She has worked on both sides of the camera and microphone as an actress, producer, writer, director,...

59. Nellie McKay

Soundtrack | P.S. I Love You

Nellie McKay was born on April 13, 1982 in London, England, UK. She is an actress and composer, known for P.S. I Love You (2007), Rumor Has It... (2005) and Monster-in-Law (2005).

60. Joni Mitchell

Soundtrack | Two Weeks Notice

Joni Mitchell is one of the most highly regarded and influential songwriters of the 20th century. Her melodious tunes support her poetic and often very personal lyrics to make her one of the most authentic artists of her time. As a performer she is widely hailed for her unique style of playing ...

61. Alanis Morissette

Soundtrack | Dogma

Alanis Nadine Morissette was born in Ottawa, Canada, on June 1st 1974. Alanis' Greek name is a feminine version of her father's name, Alan. Her mother's name's Georgia and she has two brothers: Chad and Wade (Alanis' Twin). She learned to play the piano at age 6 and the guitar at age 21. In 1986 ...

62. Billie Myers

Soundtrack | Down to You

Billie Myers was born on June 14, 1971 in Coventry, England, UK. She is an actress and composer, known for Down to You (2000), So This Is Romance? (1997) and Bullfighter (2000).

63. Stevie Nicks

Soundtrack | Sweet November

Stevie Nicks was born in Phoenix, Arizona. From an early age, she showed a love and aptitude for music, singing country and western duets with her grandfather when she was 4 years old. After moving to San Francisco, she began songwriting and performing at Menlo-Atherton High School, where she met ...

64. Heather Nova

Soundtrack | The Craft

Heather Nova was born on July 6, 1967 in Bermuda. She is an actress and composer, known for The Craft (1996), Now Is Good (2012) and Randka w ciemno (2010). She was previously married to Felix Tod.

65. Karen O

Soundtrack | Where the Wild Things Are

Karen O was born on November 22, 1978 in South Korea. She is a composer and actress, known for Where the Wild Things Are (2009), Her (2013) and The Happytime Murders (2018). She has been married to Barnaby Clay since December 2011. They have one child.

66. Sinéad O'Connor

Soundtrack | In the Name of the Father

Sinéad O'Connor was born on December 8, 1966 in Glenageary, Ireland. She was a music artist and actress, known for In the Name of the Father (1993), Vanilla Sky (2001) and Sinéad O'Connor: Nothing Compares 2 U (1990). She was married to Barry Herridge, Steve Cooney, Nicholas Sommerlad and ...

67. Dolores O'Riordan

Soundtrack | Mission: Impossible

Dolores Mary Eileen O'Riordan was born in Ballybricken, a town 8 miles outside Limerick on Sept. 6, 1971. Her parents are Eileen and Terrance. Terrance was in a wheelchair due to a motorcycle accident. Dolores was the youngest of seven children, and one of two girls. In the late eighties, Dolores ...

68. Yoko Ono

Soundtrack | The Beatles: Get Back

Yoko Ono was born on Saturday, February 18th, 1933, in her ancestral estate in Tokyo, Japan. Her father, Eisuke Ono, was the descendant of a 9th Century Emperor of Japan. Her mother, Isoko Yasuda Ono, was the granddaughter of Zenijiro Yasuda, the founder of Yasuda Bank. Yoko was two years old when ...

69. Orianthi

Soundtrack | Rockstar

Orianthi was born on January 22, 1985 in Adelaide, South Australia, Australia. She is an actress, known for Rockstar (2011), Bratz (2007) and Orianthi: According to You (2009).

70. Beth Orton

Soundtrack | Vanilla Sky

Beth Orton was born on December 14, 1970 in Norfolk, England, UK. She is an actress and composer, known for Vanilla Sky (2001), Stir of Echoes (1999) and Monster (2003). She has been married to Sam Amidon since 2011. They have one child.

71. Joan Osborne

Soundtrack | Vanilla Sky

Joan Osborne was born on July 8, 1962 in Anchorage, Kentucky, USA. She is an actress and composer, known for Vanilla Sky (2001), For Love of the Game (1999) and Nightcrawler (2014).

72. Kelly Osbourne

Actress | Austin Powers in Goldmember

Kelly Michelle Lee Osbourne is a British actress, singer, fashion model and television personality from Westminster, London. She is the daughter of Ozzy and Sharon Osbourne. She is known for her roles in Austin Powers in Goldmember, The Masked Singer UK, Phineas & Ferb, The Muppets Wizard of Oz and...

73. Peaches

Soundtrack | Cashback

Peaches was born on November 11, 1968 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. She is an actress and composer, known for Cashback (2006), Drive Angry (2011) and Lost in Translation (2003).

74. Linda Perry

Soundtrack | Dumplin'

Linda Perry was born on April 15, 1965 in Springfield, Massachusetts, USA. She is a music artist and composer, known for Dumplin' (2018), Luckiest Girl Alive (2022) and Resident Evil: Welcome to Raccoon City (2021). She was previously married to Sara Gilbert.

75. Nina Persson

Soundtrack | Hot Fuzz

Wonderfully talented vocalist and lyricist, primarily with Swedish band 'The Cardigans'. Persson was born on September 6th 1974 in Orebro, Sweden. Always interested in music (she plays harmonica, some guitar, piano and drums), she joined The Cardigans in 1992. The band had formed in Jonkoping, ...

76. Liz Phair

Soundtrack | High Fidelity

Liz Phair was born on April 17, 1967 in New Haven, Connecticut, USA. She is a composer and actress, known for High Fidelity (2000), Thirteen (2003) and She's All That (1999). She was previously married to Jim Staskauskas.

77. Pink

Actress | Thanks for Sharing

Pink was born Alecia Beth Moore in Doylestown, Pennsylvania, and was later raised in Philadelphia. Her parents, Judith Moore (née Kugel), a nurse, and Jim Moore, a Vietnam veteran, divorced when she was very young. Her mother is from an Ashkenazi Jewish family, while her father has Irish, German, ...

78. Poe

Music_department | Real Steel

Named for a halloween costume based on an Edgar Allan Poe short story, Poe gained a contract with Atlantic during the boom of female singer/songwriters during the mid-'90s. Originally from New York City, she moved around frequently with her parents -- a director and an actress -- but returned to ...

79. Lisa Marie Presley

Actress | Lisa Marie Presley: Idiot

Lisa Marie Presley was born on February 1, 1968 in Memphis, Tennessee, USA. She was a music artist and actress, known for Lisa Marie Presley: Idiot (2005), Michael Jackson: You Are Not Alone (1995) and Lisa Marie Presley: Dirty Laundry (2005). She was married to Michael Lockwood, Nicolas Cage, ...

80. Amy Ray

Soundtrack | The Amazing Spider-Man

Amy Ray is half of the internationally famous, Grammy-Award-winning folk/rock duo Indigo Girls. She began playing the guitar at an early age and in high school began playing as a duo with Emily Saliers; the duo adopted the name "Indigo Girls" in 1985. After several years of college and playing the ...

81. Santigold

Soundtrack | Power Rangers

Santigold was born on September 25, 1976 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. She is an actress and composer, known for Power Rangers (2017), The Happytime Murders (2018) and Paper Towns (2015).

82. Patti Smith

Soundtrack | Noah

Patti Smith was born on December 30, 1946 in Chicago, Illinois, USA. She is an actress and composer, known for Noah (2014), Song to Song (2017) and Barb Wire (1996). She was previously married to Fred 'Sonic' Smith.

83. Patty Smyth

Soundtrack | Junior

Sultry-voiced singer/songwriter Patty Smyth was born on June 26, 1957 in New York City. She's of Irish descent. Her show business enthusiast mother not only worked as a trapeze artist and onetime manager for legendary rock'n'roll guitarist Link Wray, but also ran and/or owned several prominent ...

84. Regina Spektor

Soundtrack | Bombshell

Regina Spektor was born in Moscow, USSR to a musical Jewish family. Her father, Ilya Spektor, is a photographer and violinist. Her mother, Bella Spektor, was a music professor in a Russian college of music and now teaches at a public elementary school in New York. Spektor learned how to play piano ...

85. Sharleen Spiteri

Soundtrack | xXx: Return of Xander Cage

Before forming Texas with Johnny McElhone, she was a hairdresser and continued hairdressing for 18 months after the formation of Texas because she needed the money. She separated from longtime boyfriend Ashley Heath, a journalist, in 2004. The two have a daughter together. Owns two houses, one in ...

86. Gwen Stefani

Soundtrack | Trolls

Gwen Renée Stefani was born on October 3, 1969 in Fullerton, California & raised in Anaheim, California. She was one of four children born to Dennis Stefani and Patti Flynn. Her siblings are Eric Stefani, Jill and Todd Stefani. Her father is of Italian descent and her mother's ancestry is English, ...

87. Poly Styrene

Soundtrack | Sid and Nancy

Poly Styrene was born on July 3, 1957 in Bromley, Kent, England, UK. She was an actress, known for Sid and Nancy (1986), Freaks of Nature (2015) and The Handmaid's Tale (2017). She died on April 25, 2011 in St. Leonards-on-Sea, East-Sussex, England, UK.

88. Alison Sudol

Actress | Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them

Alison Sudol is an actress, musician and author based in Los Angeles. Alongside a successful music career, Alison starred in the two-time Golden Globe-winning Amazon hit 'Transparent', USA network's 'DIG' from the creators of 'Homeland' and 'Heroes' and Rafael Palacio's show 'The Force'. Alison ...

89. Skye Sweetnam

Music_department | Radio Free Roscoe

Skye Sweetnam was born on May 5, 1988 in Bolton, Ontario, Canada. She is an actress and writer, known for Radio Free Roscoe (2003), Skye Sweetnam: Human (2007) and Carly-Jo: Turn on the Oven (2013).

90. The Donnas

Soundtrack | Mean Girls

The Donnas is known for Mean Girls (2004), I Love You, Man (2009) and The Hangover (2009).

91. Tina Turner

Soundtrack | Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome

With almost fifty years in the music business, Tina Turner became one of the most commercially successful international female rock stars. Her sultry, powerful voice, her incredible legs, her time-tested beauty and her unforgettable story all contributed to her legendary status.

Born to a ...

92. Shania Twain

Soundtrack | I Heart Huckabees

Shania Twain was born as Eilleen Regina Edwards in 1965 in Windsor, Ontario, Canada, one of three daughters of Clarence and Sharon (Morrison) Edwards (sister Jill is two years older and Carrie-Ann three years younger). When she was age six, her mother remarried Jerry Twain, a full-blooded Ojibwa ...

93. Bonnie Tyler

Soundtrack | Resident Evil: Welcome to Raccoon City

Born on June 8, 1951 in Skewen, Neath, Wales. She first came to prominence in 1976 with the song, "Lost in France", which made the UK top 10. Following a throat operation, she inadvertently developed her distinct singing voice. She had a transatlantic top 5 hit with "It's a Heartache" in 1978.

She ...

94. Vitamin C

Actress | Dracula 2000

Vitamin C (Colleen Ann Fitzpatrick) is an American pop music singer, songwriter, record producer, dancer, and actress.

She began her career as an Ivory soap baby and child actress, appearing in John Waters' film Hairspray (1988), and continued to appear in minor roles in films before starting the ...

95. Jane Wiedlin

Actress | Clue

Jane Wiedlin was born on May 20, 1958 in Oconomowoc, Wisconsin, USA. She is a music artist and actress, known for Clue (1985), Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure (1989) and Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home (1986). She has been married to Terence Lundy since February 2023. She was previously married ...

96. Meg White

Actress | Coffee and Cigarettes

She is not the older sister of The White Stripes band mate Jack White, as we were originally led to believe. Rather, Megan Martha White, born in Detroit on December 10, 1974, is Jack Gillis White's former wife and current drummer. Meg's drumming style is unique in its simplicity, and Jack has often...

97. Hayley Williams

Soundtrack | Twilight

Hayley Williams was born on December 27, 1988 in Meridian, Mississippi, USA as Hayley Nichole Williams. She moved to Franklin, Tennessee, USA as a teenager. At the age of 15, she joined / created the band Paramore. They have released six studio albums to date - landing multiple global #1 chart ...

98. Wendy O. Williams

Actress | Reform School Girls

Wendy O. Williams was born on May 28, 1949 in Rochester, New York, USA. She was an actress, known for Reform School Girls (1986), Pucker Up and Bark Like a Dog (1989) and The Legend of Billie Jean (1985). She died on April 6, 1998 in Storrs, Connecticut, USA.

99. Ann Wilson

Soundtrack | The Golden Child

Singer, flute player, songwriter, and guitarist Ann Dustin Wilson was born on June 19, 1950 in San Diego, California. The daughter of Brig. Gen. John B. Wilson USMC, Wilson and her family moved around a lot, before eventually settling in the Seattle suburb of Bellevue, WA. Ann attended Interlake ...

100. Nancy Wilson

Soundtrack | Vanilla Sky

Nancy Wilson was born in San Francisco, California and joined her sister Ann Wilson in the Seattle, Washington based hard rock-band Heart in the early-seventies. She sang lead vocals on the number one-hit "These Dreams" and on the top-twenty hit "Stranded". Ann performed on "The Battle of Evermore"...