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k.d. lang was born on November 2, 1961 in Consort, Alberta, Canada as Kathryn Dawn Lang. See full bio »
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Known For

Eye of the Beholder
Eye of the Beholder Hilary
(1999)
Salmonberries
Salmonberries Kotzebue
(1991)
The Last Don
The Last Don Dita Tommey
(1997)
Hable con ella
Hable con ella Soundtrack
(2002)
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 2014 Portlandia (TV Series) (performer - 1 episode)
- Getting Away (2014) ... (performer: "Down to the River to Pray" - uncredited)
 2014 Blue Bloods (TV Series) (performer - 1 episode)
- Secret Arrangements (2014) ... (performer: "What a Wonderful World" - as KD Lang , uncredited)
 2013 The Blue Black Hussar (Documentary) (writer: "Constant Craving" - as K.D. Lang)
 2011 Cloudburst (performer: "Tickled Pink", "Pine and Stew", "Busy Being Blue", "Hanky Panky") / (writer: "Tickled Pink", "Pine and Stew", "Hanky Panky")
  The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (TV Series) (performer - 1 episode, 2011) (writer - 1 episode, 2011)
- Episode #19.127 (2011) ... (performer: "I Confess") / (writer: "I Confess")
 2010 Glee (TV Series) (performer - 1 episode)
- A Very Glee Christmas (2010) ... (performer: "You're a Mean One, Mr. Grinch")
  So You Think You Can Dance Canada (TV Series) (performer - 2 episodes, 2010) (writer - 1 episode, 2010)
- Season 3 Finale: Winner Revealed (2010) ... (performer: "Nowhere to Stand") / (writer: "Nowhere to Stand")
- Top 4 Performance (2010) ... (performer: "Nowhere to Stand")
 2010 Como Esquecer (performer: "Coming Home") / (writer: "Coming Home")
 2010 Dancing on Ice (TV Series) (performer - 2 episodes)
- Episode #5.17 (2010) ... (performer: " (I Never Promised You A) Rose Garden")
- Episode #5.16 (2010) ... (performer: " (I Never Promised You A) Rose Garden")
 2009 So You Think You Can Dance (TV Series) (performer - 2 episodes)
- Finale: Winner Announced (2009) ... (performer: "Crying")
- Meet the Top 20 Dancers (2009) ... (performer: "Crying")
 2009 Rise Up: Canadian Pop Music in the 1980s (TV Movie documentary) (performer: "Hanky Panky") / (writer: "Hanky Panky")
 2009 Nurse Jackie (TV Series) (performer - 1 episode)
- Pilot (2009) ... (performer: "(Theme From) Valley Of The Dolls" - uncredited)
 2009 Farrah's Story (TV Movie) (performer: "Calling All Angels")
 2008 Rage (TV Series) (writer - 1 episode)
- Rage 'Ready for My Close Up' Special (2008) ... (writer: "Anybody Seen My Baby?")
 2007 CSI: NY (TV Series) (performer - 1 episode)
- What Schemes May Come (2007) ... (performer: "Calling All Angels" - uncredited)
 2007 For the Bible Tells Me So (Documentary) (performer: "Simple") / (writer: "Simple")
 2006 Tony Bennett: An American Classic (TV Special) (performer: "Because of You")
 2006 Happy Feet (performer: "Golden Slumbers", "The End")
 2006 Brothers & Sisters (TV Series) (performer - 1 episode)
- Family Portrait (2006) ... (performer: "Helpless " - uncredited)
 2006 Numb3rs (TV Series) (performer - 1 episode)
- Provenance (2006) ... (performer: "Hallelujah")
 2006 Tony Bennett: Duets - The Making of an American Classic (Video) (performer: "Because of You")
 2006 Away from Her (performer: "Helpless")
 2006 The Black Dahlia (performer: "Love for Sale") / (producer: "Love for Sale")
 2006 Words to Music: The Canadian Songwriters Hall of Fame 2006 (TV Movie) (performer: "Hallelujah")
 2005 The Prize Winner of Defiance, Ohio (performer: "Sitting on Top of the World" (1925))
 2005 The Work of Director Mark Romanek (Video documentary) (performer: "Constant Craving") / (writer: "Constant Craving")
 2004 Crossing Jordan (TV Series) (performer - 1 episode)
- Fire in the Sky (2004) ... (performer: "After The Gold Rush" - uncredited)
 2004 Australian Idol (TV Series) (writer - 1 episode)
- Top 8 Performance Show: Contestant's Choice (2004) ... (writer: "Constant Craving")
 2004 Home on the Range (performer: "Little Patch Of Heaven", "Little Patch Of Heaven (Finale)")
 2003 Mulheres Apaixonadas (TV Series) (performer: "La Vie en Rose")
 2003 Normal (TV Movie) (performer: "If We Never Meet Again", "Always" - as KD Lang) / (producer: "Always" - as KD Lang)
 2003 Soldier's Girl (TV Movie) (performer: "Still Thrives This Love", "The Consequences of Falling", "Save Me") / (writer: "Still Thrives This Love", "Save Me")
 2002 Bara no jujika (TV Mini-Series) (performer: "Constant Craving") / (writer: "Constant Craving")
 2002 Hable con ella (performer: "Hain't It Funny")
 2001 Sweet November (performer: "Consequences of Falling")
 2000 Live by Request: K.D. Lang (TV Movie) (performer: "Summerfling", "Big Boned Gal", "Black Coffee", "Trail Of Broken Hearts", "Crying", "Don't Smoke In Bed", "The Consequences Of Falling", "Miss Chatelaine", "MacArthur Park", "Three Cigarettes In An Ashtray", "Fever", "Barefoot", "Constant Craving", "Wash Me Clean", "Pullin' Back The Reins", "Simple") / (writer: "Summerfling", "Big Boned Gal", "Trail Of Broken Hearts", "Miss Chatelaine", "Barefoot", "Constant Craving", "Wash Me Clean", "Pullin' Back The Reins", "Simple")
 2000 A Many Splintered Thing (TV Series) (performer - 1 episode)
- Episode #1.6 (2000) ... (performer: "Crying")
 1999 Roy Orbison: The Anthology (Video documentary) (performer: "Crying")
 1999 Anywhere But Here (performer: "Anywhere But Here") / (producer: "Anywhere But Here") / (writer: "Anywhere But Here")
 1998 The Roseanne Show (TV Series) (performer - 1 episode)
- Episode #1.16 (1998) ... (performer: "The Right to Love")
 1997 Tomorrow Never Dies (performer: "Surrender")
 1997 Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil (performer: "Skylark")
 1995-1997 Stars in Their Eyes (TV Series) (writer - 2 episodes)
- Episode #8.9 (1997) ... (writer: "Constant Craving")
- Episode #6.4 (1995) ... (writer: "Constant Craving")
 1997 Traveller (performer: "Seven Lonely Days")
 1996 Twister (performer: "Love Affair") / (producer: "Love Affair")
  Friends (TV Series) (performer - 1 episode, 1996) (writer - 1 episode, 1996)
- The One with the Two Parties (1996) ... (performer: "Sexuality" - uncredited) / (writer: "Sexuality" - uncredited)
 1996 Brit Awards 1996 (TV Special) (performer: "If I Were You") / (writer: "If I Were You")
 1996 It's My Party (performer: "Infinite and Unforeseen") / (writer: "Infinite and Unforeseen")
 1995 The Celluloid Closet (Documentary) (performer: "Secret Love (Reprise)" - as K. D. Lang)
 1994 Prêt-à-Porter (performer: "I Got the Bull by the Horns")
 1994 Mystery Science Theater 3000 (TV Series) (writer - 1 episode)
- The Creeping Terror (1994) ... (writer: "Constant Craving" - uncredited)
 1994 Mayu wo tsukuru onna (TV Movie) (performer: "Miss Chatelaine") / (writer: "Miss Chatelaine")
 1994 Frauen sind was Wunderbares (lyrics: "Miss Chatelaine") / (music: "Miss Chatelaine") / (performer: "Miss Chatelaine")
 1993 Even Cowgirls Get the Blues (performer: "Sweet Little Cherokee") / (writer: "Just Keep Me Moving", "In Perfect Dreams", "Lifted Be Love", "Kundalini Yoga Waltz", "Apogee", "Virtual Vortex", "Hush Sweet Lover", "Overture", "Cowgirl Pride", "Curious Soul Astray", "Ride of Bonanza Jellybean", "Or Was I", "Myth", "Don't Be a Lemming Polka")
 1993 Coneheads (performer: "No More Tears (Enough Is Enough)")
 1992 The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (TV Series) (performer - 1 episode)
- Episode dated 22 May 1992 (1992) ... (performer: "Crying" (1961) - uncredited)
 1991 Salmonberries (lyrics: "Barefoot") / (performer: "Barefoot")
 1991 Bis ans Ende der Welt (performer: "Calling All Angels")
 1990 Man Descending (Short) (performer: "Busy Being Blue")
 1990 Red Hot and Blue (TV Movie) (performer: "So In Love")
 1990 The Hot Spot (performer: "WALL FLOWER WALTZ", "ANGEL WITH A LARIAT") / (writer: "WALL FLOWER WALTZ", "ANGEL WITH A LARIAT")
 1990 Dick Tracy (performer: "Ridin' The Rails")
 1990 Getting Married in Buffalo Jump (TV Movie) (performer: "Once Again Around the Dance Floor", "Lock, Stock and Teardrops", "Rose Garden")
 1989 Saturday Night Live (TV Series) (performer - 1 episode)
- John Goodman/k.d. lang (1989) ... (performer: "Pullin' Back The Reins", "Johnny Get Angry" - uncredited)
 1989 In Country (performer: "(Waltz Me) Once Again Around the Dance Floor")
 1989/I Shag (performer: "Seven Lonely Days", "Our Day Will Come")
 1989 The Fly II (performer: "LOCK, STOCK AND TEARDROPS" - as k. d. lang)
 1988 Christmas at Pee Wee's Playhouse (TV Movie) (performer: "Jingle Bell Rock")
 1987 Hiding Out (performer: "Crying")
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Personal Details

Other Works:

Co-produced The Murmurs album "Pristine Smut" See more »

Publicity Listings:

5 Interviews | 5 Articles | 4 Pictorials | 4 Magazine Cover Photos | See more »

Alternate Names:

K.D. Lang | kd lang

Height:

5' 9" (1.75 m)
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Did You Know?

Personal Quote:

One of the reasons I wouldn't sleep with a man is because I wouldn't feel equal, both in that I feel more spiritually advanced than men, and because society places men over women. How do you feel equal when you're with a man? See more »

Trivia:

Family heritage is reportedly Dutch, English, Icelandic, Irish, Scottish, German Jewish, and there is also a rumor in the family claiming Cree background. Her surname, Lang, is of German derivation, and means long or tall. See more »

Trademark:

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Nickname:

The Alberta Rose

Star Sign:

Scorpio
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