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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... See full bio »

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Filmography

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2011 Sucker Punch (writer: "ARMY OF ME" / performer: "ARMY OF ME")
 
2010 Boy Wonder (performer: "Human Behavior")
 
2010 Moomins and the Comet Chase ("The Comet Song")
 
2010 Formula 1: BBC Sport (TV series)
The Chinese Grand Prix (2010) (performer: "It's Oh So Quiet")
 
2009 FlashForward (TV series)
Black Swan (2009) (performer: "It's Oh So Quiet" - uncredited)
 
2008 Skins (TV series)
Chris (2008) (performer: "I see who you are" - uncredited)
 
1997-2007 Saturday Night Live (TV series)
Scarlett Johansson/Björk (2007) (performer: "Earth Intruders", "Wanderlust")
Brendan Fraser/Björk (1997) (performer: "Bachelorette")
 
2006 Torvill & Dean's Dancing on Ice (TV series)
Episode #1.2 (2006) (performer: "It's Oh So Quiet")
 
2006 Coachella (video documentary) (writer: "All Is Full of Love" / performer: "All Is Full of Love")
 
2005 The Work of Director Mark Romanek (video documentary) (writer: "Bedtime Story")
 
2005 Drawing Restraint 9 (writer: "Gratitude", "Pearl", "Ambergris March", "Bath", "Hunter Vessel", "Shimenawa", "Vessel Shimenawa", "Storm", "Cetacea", "Antarctic Return" / music: "Cetacea" / producer: "Gratitude", "Pearl", "Ambergris March", "Bath", "Hunter Vessel", "Shimenawa", "Vessel Shimenawa", "Storm", "Holographic Entrypoint", "Antarctic Return" / "Gratitude", "Pearl", "Ambergris March", "Bath", "Hunter Vessel", "Shimenawa", "Vessel Shimenawa", "Storm", "Cetacea")
 
2005 Screaming Masterpiece (documentary) (lyrics: "All is Full of Love", "Pluto" / performer: "All is Full of Love", "Oceania", "Pluto" / "Oceania", "Pluto")
 
2003 The Work of Director Michel Gondry (video documentary) (performer: "Joga")
 
2003 The Work of Director Chris Cunningham (video short) (performer: "All Is Full Of Love")
 
2003 The Work of Director Spike Jonze (video documentary short) (performer: "It's Oh So Quiet")
 
2001 Gilmore Girls (TV series)
The Bracebridge Dinner (2001) (performer: "Human Behaviour")
 
2001 The 73rd Annual Academy Awards (TV special) (writer: "I've Seen It All" / performer: "I've Seen It All")
 
2001 Die WIB-Schaukel (TV series documentary)
 
2000 Dancer in the Dark (writer: "OVERTURE", "CVALDA", "I'VE SEEN IT ALL", "SMITH & WESSON", "IN THE MUSICALS, PART 1", "IN THE MUSICALS, PART 2", "107 STEPS", "NEXT TO LAST SONG", "NEW WORLD OVERTURE" / performer: "CVALDA", "I'VE SEEN IT ALL", "SMITH & WESSON", "IN THE MUSICALS, PART 1", "IN THE MUSICALS, PART 2", "107 STEPS", "NEXT TO LAST SONG", "NEW WORLD OVERTURE" / producer: "OVERTURE", "CVALDA", "I'VE SEEN IT ALL", "SMITH & WESSON", "IN THE MUSICALS, PART 1", "IN THE MUSICALS, PART 2", "107 STEPS", "NEW WORLD OVERTURE" / arranger: "CVALDA", "I'VE SEEN IT ALL", "SMITH & WESSON", "IN THE MUSICALS, PART 1", "IN THE MUSICALS, PART 2", "107 STEPS", "NEW WORLD OVERTURE")
 
2000 CKY2K (video documentary) (performer: "Hyper Ballad")
 
1999 Madonna: The Video Collection 93:99 (video) (writer: "Bedtime Story")
 
1999 Stigmata (writer: "All Is Full of Love" / performer: "All Is Full of Love")
 
1999/I Black and White (writer: "Volochi Papers" / performer: "Volochi Papers")
 
1999 Being John Malkovich (writer: "Amphibian" / performer: "Amphibian" / producer: "Amphibian")
 
1999 The Mod Squad (writer: "Alarm Call" / performer: "Alarm Call")
 
1998 Free Tibet (documentary) (performer: "Hyper-ballad", "Army of Me" / "Hyper-ballad", "Army of Me")
 
1998 The X Files (writer: "Hunter" / performer: "Hunter")
 
1998 Those Who Love Me Can Take the Train (performer: "All Is Full of Love")
 
1997 She's So Lovely (performer: "It's Oh So Quiet"1948)
 
1997 Underwater Iceland (documentary) (performer: "Visur Vatnsend-rosu")
 
1996 Anton (writer: "Nu flyver Anton" / performer: "Nu flyver Anton")
 
1996 Brit Awards 1996 (TV special) (performer: "It's Oh So Quiet")
 
1993-1995 Beavis and Butt-Head (TV series)
Steamroller (1995) (performer: "Army of Me")
Dream On (1995) (performer: "Big Time Sensuality")
Closing Time (1993) (performer: "Human Behavior")
 
1995 Butterfly Kiss (music: "There's More To Life Than This" / performer: "There's More To Life Than This")
 
1995 Tank Girl (writer: "Army of Me", "Big Time Sensuality" / performer: "Army of Me", "Big Time Sensuality")
 
1994 Prêt-à-Porter (performer: "Ruby Baby")
 
1994 Leon: The Professional (writer: "Venus As A Boy" / performer: "Venus As A Boy")
 
1994 The Brit Awards 1994 (TV movie) ("I Can't Get No Satisfaction")
 
1993 The Young Americans ("PLAY DEAD")
 
Show ShowComposer (16 titles)
2004 Með mann á bakinu (short)
 
2002 Björk: Live at Cambridge (video)
 
2002 Björk at the Royal Opera House (TV movie)
 
2001 Pagan Poetry (video short)
 
2001 Björk: Hidden Place (video short)
 
2000 Dancer in the Dark (music composed by)
 
1999 Björk: Volumen (video)
 
1999 La Luna (short)
 
1999 Sin título 4 (short)
 
1997 Peace at Last (short)
 
1996 Anton
 
1990 SSL-25 (short) (as Björk Guðmundsdóttir)
 
1989 Flugþrá (TV short)
 
Show ShowActress (7 titles)
2008 Dagvaktin (TV series)
Sérstakur gestur
Episode #1.4 (2008) … Sérstakur gestur (as Björk Guðmundsdóttir)
 
2007 Anna and the Moods (short)
Anna (voice)
 
2005 Drawing Restraint 9
Occidental Guest
 
1998 Fuji Rock Festival '98 (TV movie)
 
1994 Prêt-à-Porter
Model (uncredited)
 
1990 The Juniper Tree
Margit (as Björk Guðmundsdóttir)
 
Show ShowMusic Department (5 titles)
2005 Drawing Restraint 9 (music programmer)
 
2001 Space Ghost Coast to Coast (TV series) (music - 1 episode)
Yorke and Björk in: Knifin' Around (2001) (music - as Gudmundsottir)
 
2000 Dancer in the Dark (music arranger: choral, music producer, musician: celesta, vocal editor)
 
1995 Brit Awards 1995 (TV special) (composer: song "Bedtime Story")
 
1992 Remote Control (composer: song "Takk" - as Björk Guðmundsdóttir)
 
Show ShowDirector (1 title)
2009 Bjork's Voltaic: Live in Paris (creative director)
 
Show ShowSelf (67 titles)
2011 Sleepless Nights Stories
Herself (as Björk Guðmundsdóttir)
 
2009 Voltaic: Volta and Medúla Live in Reykjavík (video short)
Herself
 
2009 Michel Gondry 2: More Videos (Before and After DVD 1) (video)
Herself - (segment "Declare Independence")
 
1994-2007 The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (TV series)
Herself / Musical Guest
Episode dated 24 September 2007 (2007) … Herself
Episode dated 19 October 2001 (2001) … Herself
Episode dated 2 November 1995 (1995) … Musical Guest
Episode dated 15 April 1994 (1994) … Herself
 
2007 Miradas 2 (TV series documentary)
Herself
Episode dated 13 July 2007 (2007) … Herself
 
1993-2007 Later with Jools Holland (TV series)
Herself / Herself (also Interview)
Episode #29.6 (2007) … Herself
75th Edition (1998) … Herself (also Interview)
Episode #10.5 (1997) … Herself
Episode #5.6 (1995) … Herself
Episode #2.8 (1993) … Herself
 
1997-2007 Saturday Night Live (TV series)
Herself - Musical Guest
Scarlett Johansson/Björk (2007) … Herself - Musical Guest
Brendan Fraser/Björk (1997) … Herself - Musical Guest
 
2006 Invasion of the Ideas (TV documentary)
Herself
 
2006 Matthew Barney: No Restraint (documentary)
Herself
 
2006 Glastonbury (documentary)
Herself
 
2006 Coachella (video documentary)
Herself
 
2005 The Medúlla Videos (video short)
Herself
 
2005 The Work of Director Stéphane Sednaoui (video documentary)
Herself (segments "Possibly Maybe" and "Big Time Sensuality")
 
2005 Live 8 (TV special documentary)
Herself - Tokio
 
2005 T4 (TV series)
Herself
Episode dated 20 March 2005 (2005) … Herself
 
2005 Looking for a Thrill: An Anthology of Inspiration (video documentary)
Herself
 
2005 Screaming Masterpiece (documentary)
Herself (as Björk Guðmundsdóttir)
 
2004 Olympic Games Athens 2004 (video documentary)
Herself
 
2004 En aparté (TV series documentary)
Herself
Episode dated 23 October 2004 (2004) … Herself
 
2004 Late Show with David Letterman (TV series)
Herself - Co-Host
Episode dated 21 October 2004 (2004) … Herself - Co-Host
 
2004 I've Been Twelve Forever (video documentary)
Herself
 
2001-2004 Friday Night with Jonathan Ross (TV series)
Herself / Herself - Performer
Episode #7.6 (2004) … Herself - Performer
Episode #1.3 (2001) … Herself
 
2004 Athens 2004: Games of the XXVIII Olympiad (TV mini-series)
Herself
 
2004 Arakimentari (documentary)
Interviewee
 
2004 Bjork: Inner or Deep Part of an Animal or Plant Structure (video documentary)
Herself
 
2003 The Work of Director Michel Gondry (video documentary)
Herself (numerous segments)
 
2003 The Work of Director Chris Cunningham (video short)
Herself (segments "All is Full of Love" and "Making All is Full of Love")
 
2003 The Work of Director Spike Jonze (video documentary short)
Herself (segment "It's Oh So Quiet")
 
2003 Fuji Rock Festival '03 (TV movie)
Herself
 
2002 Björk: Volumen Plus (video short)
Herself
 
2002 Björk: Live at Cambridge (video)
Herself (singer)
 
2002 Björk at the Royal Opera House (TV movie)
Herself
 
2002 Top of the Pops (TV series)
Herself
Episode dated 22 March 2002 (2002) … Herself
 
2002 Die Harald Schmidt Show (TV series)
Herself
Episode dated 6 March 2002 (2002) … Herself
 
2001 Pagan Poetry (video short)
Herself
 
2001 Charlie Rose (TV series)
Herself
Episode dated 5 September 2001 (2001) … Herself
 
2001 Space Ghost Coast to Coast (TV series)
Herself
Yorke and Björk in: Knifin' Around (2001) … Herself (as Björk Gudmundsottir)
 
2001 Björk: Hidden Place (video short)
Herself
 
2001 The 73rd Annual Academy Awards (TV special)
Herself - Performer & Nominee: Best Original Song
 
2001 Bodilfesten 2001 (TV special documentary)
Herself - Winner (Best Actress)
 
2000 Von Trier's 100 Eyes (documentary)
Herself
 
2000 The Frank Skinner Show (TV series)
Herself
Episode #4.1 (2000) … Herself
 
2000 MTV Video Music Awards 2000 (TV special)
Herself
 
2000 Choreography: Creating Vincent Paterson's Dance Sequences (video documentary short)
Herself (uncredited)
 
1999 Björk: Volumen (video)
Herself
 
1998 Free Tibet (documentary)
Herself
 
1994-1998 Nulle part ailleurs (TV series)
Herself
Björk (1998) … Herself
Nulle part ailleurs live (1994) … Herself
 
1998 Brit Awards 1998 (TV special)
Herself
 
1998 Clive Anderson All Talk (TV series)
Herself
Episode #3.12 (1998) … Herself
 
1997 MTV Europe Music Awards 1997 (TV special)
Herself - Performer
 
1997 MTV Video Music Awards 1997 (TV special)
Herself
 
1996 Taratata (TV series documentary)
Herself
Diane Tell (1996) … Herself
 
1996 Brit Awards 1996 (TV special)
Herself - Winner 'Best International Female' prerecorded
 
1995 MTV's Most Wanted (TV series documentary)
Herself
Episode dated 15 December 1995 (1995) … Herself
 
1995 Clive Anderson Talks Back (TV series)
Herself
Episode #10.10 (1995) … Herself
 
1995 MTV Europe Music Awards 1995 (TV special)
Herself - Presenter
 
1995 Zona franca (TV series)
Herself
Episode dated 27 October 1995 (1995) … Herself
 
1995 Bjørk - et portræt (TV documentary)
Herself
 
1995 Brit Awards 1995 (TV special)
Herself
 
1994 MTV Europe Music Awards 1994 (TV special)
Herself - Performer
 
1994 The Brit Awards 1994 (TV movie)
Herself - Winner: Best International Newcomer and Best International Female
 
1993 Late Night with Conan O'Brien (TV series)
Herself - Musical Guest
Episode dated 10 November 1993 (1993) … Herself - Musical Guest
 
1989 Unplugged (TV series documentary)
Herself
Björk … Herself
 
1983 New Life
Herself (uncredited)
 
1982 Rock in Reykjavik (documentary)
 
Show ShowArchive Footage (10 titles)
2004-2007 Silenci? (TV series)
 
2007 Loops! (TV series)
 
2005 Favouritism (TV series)
 
2005 Cinema mil (TV series)
 
2005 Miradas 2 (TV series documentary)
 
2004 101 Biggest Celebrity Oops (TV special documentary)
Herself - #53: Red Carpet Disasters: Swan Dress
 
2002 Jim, la nuit (TV movie)
Herself
 
2001 Premios Amigo 2001 (TV movie)
Herself
 
1997 Behind the Music (TV series documentary)
 

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Personal Details

Other Works:

Member of the band The Sugarcubes. See more »

Publicity Listings:

5 Interviews  | 20 Articles  | 13 Magazine Cover Photos  | See more »

Official Sites:

Björk Community | Björk's WebSense | See more »

Alternate Names:

Björk Gudmundsottir | Gudmundsottir | Björk Guthmundsdóttir | Björk Guðmundsdóttir

Height:

5' 4" (1.63 m)
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Did You Know?

Personal Quote:

Being a musician is very easy. My house is full of musical instruments. There's a lot of music, always. But... I don't really go to premieres and hang out with Puff Daddy. (2007) See more »

Trivia:

Some of her favorite movies include Tampopo, An Angel at My Table, Sweetie, and The Tin Drum. See more »

Trademark:

Her hair See more »

Star Sign:

Scorpio