Courtney Love filmography
Courtney Love is an American musician and actress who began her professional career in film in 1986 with a supporting role in Alex Cox's Sid and Nancy (1986); she had prior studied film with experimental director George Kuchar at the San Francisco Art Institute in 1984, and appeared in one of Kuchar's short films. After pursuing music and having a successful career as the frontwoman of alternative rock band Hole, Love also had intermittent roles in films, most notably receiving critical attention for her performance as Althea Flynt in Miloš Forman's 1996 biopic The People vs. Larry Flynt, which earned her a Golden Globe Nomination for Best Actress, as well as awards from the Boston, Chicago, New York, and Los Angeles film critics associations. Love later appeared among an ensemble cast in 200 Cigarettes (1998), as well as in a leading role in Man on the Moon (1999) alongside Jim Carrey, for which she received critical recognition.[1] She later appeared in several independent films and short subjects as well as the thriller Trapped (2002) alongside Charlize Theron and Kevin Bacon, and Julie Johnson (2001), for which she received an award for Best Actress at Los Angeles' gay and lesbian Outfest film festival.
Love has also appeared in a multitude of documentary films as both an interviewee as well as in archival and live footage, including the Sonic Youth documentary subject 1991: The Year Punk Broke (1992); Not Bad for a Girl (1995), which focused on women in alternative music; and Hit So Hard (2011), which documented the life of Love's bandmate, drummer Patty Schemel.
In July 2014, it was confirmed that Love would be joining the cast of the FX series Sons of Anarchy for the show's seventh and final season in a recurring role; this mark's Love's debut role in a television series.[2] Subsequent television work included appearances on the ABC-TV nighttime soap Revenge as well as the hit Lee Daniels drama Empire.
Love's acting renaissance is set to continue in 2017, with a role in James Franco's feature film The Long Home. Additionally, she continues her work in television with a part in the forthcoming Shakespeare anthology series A Midsummer's Nightmare.
Films
Television
| Television | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Series | Roles | Notes | |
| 2005 | Comedy Central Roast of Pamela Anderson | Herself | ||
| 2014 | Sons of Anarchy | Ms. Harrison | Recurring role; 4 episodes[2] | |
| 2015 | Empire | Elle Dallas | Recurring role; 2 episodes | |
| Revenge | White Gold | Guest star; 3 episodes | ||
| 2017 | A Midsummer's Nightmare | TBA | Featured role [4] | |
Documentary subjects
| Year | Documentary Features | Roles | Directors | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1993 | 1991: The Year Punk Broke | Herself | David Markey | |
| 1995 | Not Bad for a Girl | Lisa Rose Apramian | ||
| 1997 | Off the Menu: The Last Days of Chasen's | Shari Springer Berman, Robert Pulcini | ||
| 1998 | Kurt & Courtney | Nick Broomfield | ||
| 1999 | Clara Bow: Discovering the "It" Girl | Hugh Munro Neely | Voice-over narration | |
| 2000 | Bounce: Behind the Velvet Rope | Steven Cantor | ||
| 2001 | Eminem: Behind the Mask | Peter Emina | ||
| Last Party 2000 | Rebecca Chaiklin, Donovan Leitch | |||
| 2003 | Mayor of the Sunset Strip | George Hickenlooper | ||
| 2003 | The Osbournes | CB Harding | ||
| 2006 | The Return of Courtney Love | Will Yapp | ||
| 2011 | Hit So Hard | P. David Ebersole | ||
| 2012 | Sunset Strip | Hans Fjellestad | ||
| 2013 | Bob and the Monster | Keirda Bahruth | ||
| 2015 | Montage of Heck | Brett Morgen | ||
Music videos
| Year | Songs | Artists | Directors | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1988 | "I Wanna Be Sedated" | Ramones | Bill Fishman | Uncredited[5] |
| 1992 | "Garbadge Man" | Hole | unknown | |
| 1993 | "Beautiful Son" | unknown | Unreleased | |
| 1994 | "Miss World" | Sophie Muller | ||
| "Doll Parts" | Samuel Bayer | |||
| 1995 | "Violet" | Mark Seliger, Fred Woodward | ||
| "Softer, Softest" | Milton Lage | MTV Unplugged | ||
| 1996 | "Gold Dust Woman" | Matt Mahurin | Recorded for The Crow: City of Angels soundtrack | |
| 1998 | "Celebrity Skin" | Nancy Bardawil | ||
| "Malibu" | Paul Hunter | |||
| 1999 | "Awful" | Jeff Richter | Live footage | |
| 2000 | "Be a Man" | Joseph Kahn and Joe Rey | Released on Any Given Sunday soundtrack | |
| 2004 | "Mono" | Courtney Love | Chris Milk | |
| 2011 | "Samantha" | Hole | Alphan Eseli | |
| 2014 | "Rat a Tat" | Fall Out Boy | ||
| "You Know My Name" | Courtney Love | Maximilla Lukacs |
References
- ↑ Adam Rathe (2013-11-18). "Courtney Love in 'Man on the Moon'". Backstage.com. Standing Ovation. Retrieved 2013-12-20.
- 1 2 Johns, Nikara (2014-07-08). "Courtney Love Joins 'Sons of Anarchy' for Final Season". Variety. Archived from the original on 2016-10-10. Retrieved 2014-07-09.
- ↑ All box office gross numbers adapted from entries at Box Office Mojo.
- ↑ Petski, Denise (2016-11-03). "'A Midsummer's Nightmare': Courtney Love Cast in Lifetime's Shakespearean Pilot". Deadline. Retrieved 2016-11-04.
- ↑ Mitchell, Claudia; Jacqueline Reid-Walsh (2007-12-30). Girl Culture [Two Volumes]: An Encyclopedia. Greenwood Publishing Group. pp. 409–. ISBN 978-0-313-08444-7.