- Born
- Birth nameLaurence Wachowski
- Height5′ 10½″ (1.79 m)
- Lana Wachowski and her sister Lilly Wachowski, also known as the Wachowskis, are the duo behind such ground-breaking movies as The Matrix (1999) and Cloud Atlas (2012). Born to mother Lynne, a nurse, and father Ron, a businessman of Polish descent, Wachowski grew up in Chicago and formed a tight creative relationship with her sister Lilly. After the siblings dropped out of college, they started a construction business and wrote screenplays. Their 1995 script, Assassins (1995), was made into a movie, leading to a Warner Bros contract. After that time, the Wachowskis devoted themselves to their movie careers. In 2012, during interviews for Cloud Atlas and in her acceptance speech for the Human Rights Campaign's Visibility Award, Lana spoke about her experience of being a transgender woman, sacrificing her much cherished anonymity out of a sense of responsibility. Lana is known to be extremely well-read, loves comic books and exploring ideas of imaginary worlds, and was inspired by Stanley Kubrick's 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968) in creating Cloud Atlas.- IMDb mini biography by: LinaZ
- SpouseThea Bloom(October 30, 1993 - December 2002) (divorced)
- ChildrenNo Children
- ParentsLynne WachowskiRon Wachowski
- RelativesLilly Wachowski(Sibling)Julie Wachowski(Sibling)Laura Wachowski(Sibling)Laurence Luckinbill(Aunt or Uncle)
- Stunning fight scenes, usually involving martial arts
- Big-budget action sequences utilizing modern techniques of film making
- Hot pink dreadlocks.
- Often works with Bae Doona
- Had a reputation as a recluse and almost never gave interviews prior to 2012
- The Wachowskis included in their contracts for the Matrix sequels that they would not have to do press junkets or interviews of any kind and they would not have to be photographed for promotional purposes. They want the films to speak for themselves.
- She and her Lilly Wachowski were given the option of directing Batman Begins (2005) or doing sequels to The Matrix (1999). They ultimately decided to do the sequels.
- She and her sister have written a screenplay called "Carnivore." The script was one of the scripts on Empire magazine's "Twelve Greatest Unproduced Scripts in Hollywood" list. As of October 2003 it is still unproduced.
- Understood to have had gender confirmation surgery after Speed Racer (2008) in 2008. Her first public interview after revealing herself as Lana came at a press conference to discuss Cloud Atlas (2012), at which she fielded questions about her private life with resigned good humor. Her sister Lilly Wachowski, with whom she is very close, is fiercely protective of her and supportive of her struggle to live as her authentic gender. Lilly herself came out as transgender in 2016.
- She and her sister Lilly Wachowski ran a house-painting and construction business in Chicago before their writing career took off.
- I chose to change my exterior to bring it closer into alignment with my interior. My biggest fears were all about losing my family. Once they accepted me, everything else has been a piece of cake.
- For years, I couldn't even say the words transgendered or transsexual. When I began to admit it to myself, I knew I would eventually have to tell my parents and my brother and my sisters. This fact would inject such terror into me that I would not sleep for days.
- The Matrix Revolutions (2003) - $4,000,000 + gross points
- The Matrix Reloaded (2003) - $4,000,000 + gross points
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