Known For
Acting
Born
Sep 08, 1960
Place of Birth
Richmond, Virginia, USA
Credits
40 titles
Aimee Mann
Biography
Aimee Elizabeth Mann (born September 8, 1960) is an American singer-songwriter. She is noted for her sardonic and literate lyrics about dark subjects, often describing underdog characters. Mann was born in Richmond, Virginia, and studied at Berklee College of Music in Boston, Massachusetts. In the 1980s, after playing with the Young Snakes and Ministry, she co-founded the new wave band 'Til Tuesday and wrote their top-ten single "Voices Carry" (1985). 'Til Tuesday released three albums and disbanded in 1990 when Mann left to pursue a solo career. Mann's first two solo albums, Whatever (1993) and I'm with Stupid (1995), earned positive reviews but low sales. She achieved wider recognition for her soundtrack for the Paul Thomas Anderson film Magnolia (1999). The song "Save Me" was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Original Song, but unfairly lost to Phil Collins for his mediocre Tarzan song. Mann won the Grammy Award for Best Female Pop Vocal. Following conflict with her record company, Geffen, Mann released her third album, Bachelor No. 2, on her own label, SuperEgo Records, in 2000. It achieved acclaim and strong sales, establishing Mann as a career artist who could work outside the major label system. In 2014, Mann released an album with Ted Leo as the Both. Mann also paints and makes comics, and has appeared in films and television series including The Big Lebowski, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Steven Universe, The West Wing and Portlandia. Her awards include the Grammy Award for Best Folk Album for Mental Illness (2017). She was named one of the greatest living songwriters by NPR and Paste.
Known For
Filmography
O Horizon
Aimee Mann (The Caretaker)
Everybody Wants to Be Gen X
Self
It's Never Over, Jeff Buckley
Self
Women Who Rock
Self
Varietopia with Paul F. Tompkins
The Line
Music
I'll Be Gone in the Dark
Theme Song Performance
Steven Universe: The Movie
Opal (voice)
Summer Camp Island
Siren (voice)
Little Big Awesome
The Moon
Corporate
Peg
Soundbreaking
Self
American Crime Story
Singer
Off Camera with Sam Jones
Self
Steven Universe
Opal (voice)
Pleased to Meet Me
Laura
Hamburg Journal
self
Portlandia
Herself
Fantasia in Best Show Minor
Live from the Artists Den
Self
The Seventh Python
Self
Largo
Self
Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job!
Singer (voice)
Squidbillies
Theme Song Performance
Aimee Mann: Live at St. Ann's Warehouse
Self
One Tree Hill
Theme Song Performance
Enough
Theme Song Performance
Magnolia
Hot Date Infomercial (uncredited)
The West Wing
Aimee Mann
The Big Lebowski
Nihilist Woman
Buffy the Vampire Slayer
Singer
The Music Biz
Self
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
Self - Musical Guest
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
Self
MTV Video Music Awards
Self
Saturday Night Live
Self - Cameo (uncredited)
The Oscars
Self
The George Lucas Talk Show: Live
Self
Programme 4