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Courtney Love Biography

Birth Name:
Courtney Michelle Harrison
Birth Place:
San Fernando, California, United States
Profession
Actor, singer

Fast Facts

  • Raised in Eugene, OR, and New Zealand
  • Living on a trust fund, traveled the world, finding employment in Japan, Taiwan and Alaska
  • Made her first film appearance in the 1986 biopic Sid and Nancy
  • Released her debut with rock band Hole, Pretty on the Inside, in 1991
  • Related to screen legend Douglas Fairbanks—he was first cousins with her great-grandmother
  • Father was briefly a manager for the Grateful Dead
  • Mother is a therapist who convinced 1970s radical fugitive Katharine Ann Power to surrender to authorities in 1993
  • Named by Barbara Walters as one of "The 10 Most Fascinating People of 1995
  • " Released her first solo album, America's Sweetheart, in 2004

Awards

  • 1997Golden Globe-Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Drama: nominated
  • 1996New York Film Critics Circle-Best Supporting Actress: winner
  • 1996Chicago Film Critics Association-Most Promising Actress: winner

Relationships