Biography
Lydia Lunch is an American singer, poet, writer, actress and self-empowerment speaker, whose career was spawned by the New York no wave scene. Her work typically features provocative and confrontational noise music delivery, and has maintained an anti-commercial ethic, operating independently of major labels and distributors.
Movies & TV Shows
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The Heart Is Deceitful Above All Things (2004) — Social Worker #2
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Bye Bye Blondie (2012) — La chanteuse
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Godkiller: Walk Among Us (2010) — Bub (voice)
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Submit to Me (1986)
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Fingered (1986)
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The Right Side of My Brain (1984) — Narrator
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Submit to Me Now (1987)
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Blank City (2011) — Self
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Vortex (1982) — Angel Powers
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L7: Pretend We're Dead (2017) — Self
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Kill Your Idols (2004) — Self
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Autoluminescent: Rowland S. Howard (2011) — Self
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Mutantes: Punk Porn Feminism (2009) — Self - Interviewee
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Mondo New York (1988) — Prologue
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Cruel Tricks for Dear Friends (1987) — Self
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She Had Her Gun All Ready (1978)
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Rome '78 (1978) — Empress
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Guerillère Talks (1978) — Herself
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Black Box (1979) — Torturer
- D.I.Y. or Die: How to Survive as an Independent Artist (2002) — Herself - Interviewee
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Lydia Lunch: The War Is Never Over (2019) — Self
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Llik Your Idols (2007) — Herself
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Penn & Teller's Invisible Thread (1987)
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The Gun Is Loaded (1989) — Herself
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Subway Riders (1981)
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The Wild World of Lydia Lunch (1983) — Herself
- Kill Your Idols: More. (2006) — Self
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Beauty Becomes the Beast (1979)
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Visiting Desire (1996) — Sitter
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Put More Blood Into the Music (1988) — Herself
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70 Years of Youth Revolt (2020) — Self (archive footage)
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Kiss Napoleon Goodbye (1990) — Hedda
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The Hardcore Collection (2012) — (archive footage)
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Spit and Ashes (2019)
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Dance of the Dead Children (1982)
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The Offenders (1980)
- No Age New York (1993) — Herself
- American Fame Pt. 2: Forgetting Jonathan Brandis (2005) — Narrator
- Kiss My Grits: The Herstory of Women in Punk and Hard Rock (2001) — Self
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Fake Orgasm (2010)