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Björk
Actor, Composer, Writer, Director, Additional CreditsBorn November 21, 1965 (60 years)
Björk Guðmundsdóttir (born 21 November 1965) is an Icelandic singer, songwriter, composer, record producer and actress. Over her four-decade career, she has developed an eclectic musical style that draws on influences and genres including electronic, pop, jazz, experimental, trip hop, alternative, classical, and avant-garde music.
Born and raised in Reykjavík, Björk began her music career at the age of 11 and gained international recognition as the lead singer of the alternative rock band the Sugarcubes. After the band's breakup in 1992, Björk embarked on a solo career, coming to prominence with albums such as Debut (1993), Post (1995), and Homogenic (1997), while collaborating with a range of artists and exploring a variety of multimedia projects. Her other albums include Vespertine (2001), Medúlla (2004), Volta (2007), Biophilia (2011), Vulnicura (2015), Utopia (2017) and Fossora (2022).
Several of Björk's albums have reached the top 20 on the US Billboard 200 chart. As of 2015, she had sold between 20 and 40 million records worldwide. 31 of her singles have reached the top 40 on pop charts around the world, with 22 top-40 hits in the UK, including the top-10 singles "It's Oh So Quiet", "Army of Me", and "Hyperballad" and the top-20 singles "Play Dead", "Big Time Sensuality", and "Violently Happy". Her accolades and awards include the Order of the Falcon, five BRIT Awards, and 15 Grammy nominations. In 2015, Time named her one of the 100 most influential people in the world. Rolling Stone named her the 60th greatest singer and the 81st greatest songwriter.
Björk starred in the 2000 Lars von Trier film Dancer in the Dark, for which she won the Best Actress Award at the 2000 Cannes Film Festival, and was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Original Song for "I've Seen It All". Biophilia was marketed as an interactive app album with its own education program. Björk has also been an advocate for environmental causes in Iceland. A retrospective exhibition dedicated to Björk was held at the New York Museum of Modern Art in 2015.
Born and raised in Reykjavík, Björk began her music career at the age of 11 and gained international recognition as the lead singer of the alternative rock band the Sugarcubes. After the band's breakup in 1992, Björk embarked on a solo career, coming to prominence with albums such as Debut (1993), Post (1995), and Homogenic (1997), while collaborating with a range of artists and exploring a variety of multimedia projects. Her other albums include Vespertine (2001), Medúlla (2004), Volta (2007), Biophilia (2011), Vulnicura (2015), Utopia (2017) and Fossora (2022).
Several of Björk's albums have reached the top 20 on the US Billboard 200 chart. As of 2015, she had sold between 20 and 40 million records worldwide. 31 of her singles have reached the top 40 on pop charts around the world, with 22 top-40 hits in the UK, including the top-10 singles "It's Oh So Quiet", "Army of Me", and "Hyperballad" and the top-20 singles "Play Dead", "Big Time Sensuality", and "Violently Happy". Her accolades and awards include the Order of the Falcon, five BRIT Awards, and 15 Grammy nominations. In 2015, Time named her one of the 100 most influential people in the world. Rolling Stone named her the 60th greatest singer and the 81st greatest songwriter.
Björk starred in the 2000 Lars von Trier film Dancer in the Dark, for which she won the Best Actress Award at the 2000 Cannes Film Festival, and was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Original Song for "I've Seen It All". Biophilia was marketed as an interactive app album with its own education program. Björk has also been an advocate for environmental causes in Iceland. A retrospective exhibition dedicated to Björk was held at the New York Museum of Modern Art in 2015.
Björk Filmography
| 2023 | Fungi: The Web of Life · as Narrator (voice) |
| 2022 | The Northman · as Seeress |
| 2012 | Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen · as (archive Footage) |
| 2008 | Day Shift (TV Series) · as Sérstakur Gestur |
| 2006 | Anna and the Moods · as Anna (voice) |
| 2005 | Drawing Restraint 9 · as Occidental Guest |
| 2000 | Dancer in the Dark · as Selma Jezkova |
| 1999 | 100 Greatest Women of Rock & Roll · as Cast |
| 1994 | Ready to Wear · as Model |
| 1990 | The Juniper Tree · as Margit |
| 1988 | Broken Glass · as Maria |
| 2025 | L'odyssée musicale de Kate Bush · as Self |
| 2025 | Monk in Pieces · as Self |
| 2025 | Cornucopia · as Self |
| 2023 | Michel Gondry: Do it Yourself! · as Self - Singer |
| 2023 | Can Creativity Save the World? · as Self |
| 2022 | |
| 2021 | Why Are We (Not) Creative? · as Self |
| 2021 | The Sparks Brothers · as Self (voice) |
| 2021 | |
| 2021 | MTV 90s - Top 50 Biggest Voices of the 90s! · as Björk |
| 2021 | MTV 90s - Top 50 90s Boys Vs Girls! · as Björk |
| 2020 | Beastie Boys Story · as Self |
| 2020 | Coachella: 20 Years in the Desert · as Self |
| 2018 | |
| 2018 | |
| 2017 | George Michael: Freedom · as Self |
| 2017 | Out of Thin Air · as Self (archive Footage) |
| 2017 | The Nineties (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2014 | Bjork: Biophilia Live · as Self |
| 2014 | The South Bank Show Originals (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2013 | When Björk Met Attenborough · as Self |
| 2011 | Sleepless Nights Stories · as Self |
| 2011 | YouTube Trilogy: 4 Songs, History, Asian Girls · as Self (archive Footage) |
| 2009 | Bjork's Voltaic: Live in Paris · as Self |
| 2009 | Michel Gondry 2: More Videos (Before and After DVD 1) · as Self (segment: Declare Independence) |
| 2006 | Matthew Barney: No Restraint · as Self |
| 2006 | Coachella · as Self |
| 2006 | Glastonbury · as Self |
| 2005 | The Colbert Report (TV Series) · as Self - Musical Guest |
| 2005 | The Work of Director Stéphane Sednaoui · as Self (segments "possibly Maybe" And "big Time Sensuality") |
| 2005 | Live 8 · as Self - Tokyo |
| 2005 | Screaming Masterpiece · as Self |
| 2004 | I've Been Twelve Forever · as Self |
| 2004 | |
| 2004 | |
| 2004 | 101 Biggest Celebrity Oops · as Self - #53: Red Carpet Disasters: Swan Dress |
| 2004 | Arakimentari · as Self |
| 2004 | Olympic Games Athens 2004 · as Self |
| 2003 | The Work of Director Michel Gondry · as Self |
| 2003 | The Work of Director Chris Cunningham · as Self |
| 2003 | The Work of Director Spike Jonze · as Self |
| 2003 | Inside Björk · as Self |
| 2002 | Björk: Greatest Hits - Volumen 1993-2003 · as Self |
| 2002 | Björk: Live at Cambridge · as Self |
| 2002 | Björk at the Royal Opera House · as Self |
| 2001 | Friday Night with Jonathan Ross (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 2001 | En aparté (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2001 | The 73rd Annual Academy Awards · as Self - Nominee & Performer |
| 2001 | Bodilfesten 2001 · as Self - Winner |
| 2000 | Von Trier's 100 Eyes · as Self |
| 2000 | 2000 MTV Video Music Awards · as Self |
| 2000 | Click (2000) (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1999 | Björk: Volumen · as Self |
| 1998 | Free Tibet · as Self |
| 1998 | Björk: MTV Live 1998 · as Self |
| 1997 | MTV Europe Music Awards 1997 · as Self - Performer |
| 1997 | 1997 MTV Video Music Awards · as Self |
| 1997 | Reverb (TV Series) · as Self - Performer |
| 1997 | Tracks (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1996 | 1996 MTV Video Music Awards · as Self |
| 1996 | TFI Friday (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1995 | Harald Schmidt Show (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1995 | Children in Need Special · as Self |
| 1995 | The Frank Skinner Show (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1994 | Björk: MTV Unplugged 1994 · as Self |
| 1994 | 1994 MTV Video Music Awards · as Self |
| 1993 | Space Ghost Coast to Coast (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1993 | Eurotrash (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1993 | Late Night with Conan O'Brien (TV Series) · as Self - Musical Guest |
| 1993 | Taratata 100% Live (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1992 | Late Show with David Letterman (TV Series) · as Self - Musical Guest |
| 1992 | Later... with Jools Holland (TV Series) · as Self - Musical Guest |
| 1992 | The Big Breakfast (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1992 | The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (TV Series) · as Self - Musical Guest |
| 1991 | Charlie Rose (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 1990 | The Word (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1989 | MTV Unplugged (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1989 | Clive Anderson Talks Back (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1987 | NPA (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1986 | 120 Minutes (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1985 | Les Victoires de la Musique (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1983 | New Life · as Self |
| 1982 | Rock in Reykjavik · as Self |
| 1978 | The South Bank Show (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1975 | Saturday Night Live (TV Series) · as Self - Musical Guest |
| 1974 | Rockpalast (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1964 | Top of the Pops (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1953 | The Academy Awards (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2014 | Bjork: Biophilia Live · as Composer |
| 2013 | When Björk Met Attenborough · as Composer |
| 2005 | Drawing Restraint 9 · as Original Music Composer |
| 2002 | Björk: Live at Cambridge · as Composer |
| 2000 | Von Trier's 100 Eyes · as Composer |
| 2000 | Dancer in the Dark · as Music Producer |
| 1999 | Björk: Volumen · as Composer |
| 1999 | La Luna · as Composer |
| 1993 | The Young Americans · as Composer |
| 1989 | MTV Unplugged (TV Series) · as Composer |
| 1978 | The South Bank Show (TV Series) · as Composer |
| 2025 |
| 2025 | Cornucopia · as Musician |
| 2025 | Cornucopia · as Visual Effects Director |
| 2024 | The Day Iceland Stood Still · as Songs |
| 2010 | Moomins and the Comet Chase · as Songs |
| 2009 | Bjork's Voltaic: Live in Paris · as Songs |
| 2002 | Björk at the Royal Opera House · as Songs |
| 1996 | Anton · as Songs |