Love, Courtney 1964–

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LOVE, Courtney 1964–

PERSONAL

Original name, Love Michelle Harrison (later changed to Courtney Michelle Harrison); born July 9, 1964, in San Francisco, CA; raised in Eugene, OR, and New Zealand; daughter of Hank Harrison (a publisher) and Linda Carroll (a therapist); stepdaughter of Frank Rodriguez (a teacher) and later David Manley; declared an emancipated minor, 1980; married James Moreland (a musician), 1989 (divorced, 1990); married Kurt Cobain (a singer and musician), February 24, 1992 (committed suicide, April 1994); children: (second marriage) Frances Bean Cobain. Education: Attended Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland. Religion: Tibetan Buddhist.

Addresses: Agent— Markham & Froggatt Ltd., 4 Windmill St., London W1T 2HZ, England; David Vigliano Agency, 584 Broadway, Suite 809, New York, NY 10012. Manager— Untitled Entertainment, 8436 West Third St., Suite 650, Los Angeles, CA 90048. Publicist— PMK/HBH 700 San Vincente Blvd., Suite G910, West Hollywood, CA 90069; PMK/HBH New York, 650 Fifth Ave., 33rd Floor, New York, NY 10019.

Career: Singer, songwriter, musician, actress, and producer. Cofounder of the band Sugar Baby Doll; founder and lead singer of the band Hole, 1989—2002; solo recording artist, 2002—; Epitome Productions, partner; previously singer with the bands Faith No More and Babes in Toyland; toured with Lollapalooza '95; appeared in print ads for Versace, 1998; appeared in television commercial for MTV's Celebrity Skin Contest, 1998; previously worked as a stripper.

Awards, Honors: Gold record; winner of the critics' poll, Village Voice, and best album of the year, Rolling Stone and Spin, 1995, all for Live Through This; Boston Society of Film Critics Award, Golden Satellite Award, and New York Film Critics Circle Award, all best supporting actress, 1996, Golden Globe Award nomination, best actress in a drama, MTV Movie Award nomination, best breakthrough performance, Golden Satellite Award, best performance by an actress in a supporting role in a motion picture—drama, Chicago Film Critics Association Award, most promising actress, 1997, all for The People vs. Larry Flynt; Grand Jury Award, outstanding actress in a feature film, L.A. Outfest, 2001, for Julie Johnson.

CREDITS

Film Appearances:

Gretchen, Sid and Nancy (also known as Sid and Nancy: Love Kills), Goldwyn, 1986.

Velma, Straight to Hell, Island, 1987.

Norman's spanker, Tapeheads, Avenue, 1988.

Herself, 1991: The Year Punk Broke (documentary), Tara Releasing, 1992.

Herself, No Alternative Girls (documentary), PolyGram Video, 1994.

Member of the rock band Hole, Not Bad for a Girl (documentary), Horizon Unlimited, 1995.

Big Pink, Basquiat (also known as Build a Fort, Set It on Fire), Miramax, 1996.

Rhonda the waitress, Feeling Minnesota, Fine Line, 1996.

Althea Leasure Flynt, The People vs. Larry Flynt (also known as Larry Flynt: The Naked Truth), Columbia, 1996.

(Uncredited) Herself, Off the Menu: The Last days of Chasen's (documentary), Northern Arts Entertainment, 1997.

Herself, Children of the Revolution, 1998.

Herself, Kurt and Courtney, Roxie Releasing, 1998.

Lucy, 200 Cigarettes, Paramount, 1999.

Lynn Margulies, Man on the Moon (also known as Der Mondmann), Universal, 1999.

Herself, Celebrities Caught on Camera: Volume 1, 1999.

Bounce: Behind the Velvet Rope (documentary), Artistic License, 2000.

Herself, Man on the Moon: Behind the Moonlight (documentary; also known as Spotlight on Location: Man on the Moon), Universal Studios Home Video, 2000.

Joan Vollmer, Beat, 2000.

Claire, Julie Johnson, Universal Focus, 2001.

Herself, Last Party 2000 (documentary; also known as The Party's Over), Film Movement, 2001.

Herself, Back to Hell (documentary), 2002.

Cheryl Hickey, Trapped (also known as 24 Student Angst), Sony Pictures Entertainment, 2002.

Herself, The Mayor of Sunset Strip (documentary), First Look Pictures Releasing, 2003.

Lady Macbeth, Miss June, 2004.

Film Work:

(With Kyle C. Kyle) Producer, Not Bad for a Girl (documentary), Horizon Unlimited, 1995.

Executive music coordinator, Tank Girl, United Artists, 1995.

Vocalist/music player, The Crow: City of Angels (also known as The Crow II), 1996.

Television Appearances; Specials:

24 Hours in Rock and Roll, syndicated, 1994.

Barbara Walters Presents "The 10 Most Fascinating People of 1995," ABC, 1995.

Presenter, The 69th Annual Academy Awards, ABC, 1997.

Herself, The 1997 VH1 Fashion Awards, 1997.

Hollywood Glamour Girls, E! Entertainment Television, 1998.

Where It's At: The Rolling Stone State of the Union, ABC, 1998.

(With Hole) The MTV Video Music Awards, 1998.

Narrator, Clara Bow: Discovering the It Girl (documentary), TCM, 1999.

The 1999 MTV Movie Awards, MTV, 1999.

The 5th Annual Blockbuster Entertainment Awards, Fox, 1999.

Presenter, The 57th Annual Golden Globe Awards, NBC, 2000.

Presenter, The VH1/Vogue Fashion Awards, VH1, 2001.

Herself, Crossover (documentary), Independent Film Channel, 2001.

Conversations from the Edge with Carrie Fisher, Oxygen, 2002.

Presenter, The 2003 MTV Video Music Awards, MTV, 2003.

Television Appearances; Episodic:

(Uncredited) Punk rock girl in club, Quincy, M. E., 1983.

(With Hole) Saturday Night Live, NBC, 1994, 1999.

MTV Unplugged, MTV, 1995.

The Howard Stern Show, E! Entertainment Television, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004.

Herself, "R.E.M.," Behind the Music, 1998.

Herself, Rage, 1999.

Late Show with David Letterman, CBS, 1999, 2004.

Herself, The Howard Stern Radio Show, syndicated, 2000.

Herself, "A Little Ditty about Jack and Brieann," The Osbournes, MTV, 2003.

Herself, "Courtney Love," E! True Hollywood Story, E! Entertainment Television, 2003.

Guest, One Air with Ryan Seacrest, 2004.

Herself, The Late Show With David Letterman, CBS, 2004.

The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, NBC, 2004.

Herself, The View, ABC, 2004.

Also appeared as voice of Euippe, Disney's Hercules (animated).

RECORDINGS

Albums; with Hole:

Pretty on the Inside, Caroline, 1991.

Live Through This, David Geffen Company, 1994.

MTV Unplugged, 1995.

Celebrity Skin, David Geffen Company, 1997.

Solo Albums:

America's Sweetheart, Virgin, 2004.

EPs; with Hole:

Rat Bastard, Sympathy for the Record Industry, 1990.

Retard Girl, Sympathy for the Record Industry/City Slang, 1990.

Dicknail, Sub Pop, 1991.

Teenage Whore, City Slang, 1991.

Beautiful Son, City Slang, 1993.

Gutless, 1993.

Ask for It, Caroline, 1995.

Softer, Softest, Geffen Australia, 1996.

Singles; with Hole:

"Dicknail," Revolution Come and Gone, Sub Pop, 1992.

"Teenage Whore," S.F.W. (film soundtrack), A&M, 1994.

"Beautiful Son," City Slang, 1993, Independent Top 20, Vol. 17, Independent 20, 1993, and DGC Rarities, Vol. I, DGC, 1994.

"Over the Edge," Slanged, City Slang, 1992 also appears on Eight Songs for Greg Sage and the Wipers, Tim/Kerr, 1993, and Fourteen Songs for Greg Sage and the Wipers, Tim/Kerr, 1993.

"Plump," Swag, Geffen Records/DGC, 1994.

"Rock Star (Alternate version)," Jabberjaw No. 5: Good to the Last Drop and Jabberjaw No. 2, Mammoth, 1994.

"Credit in the Straight World (Live)," The Incredible Son of Swag, David Geffen Company, 1995.

"Drown Soda," Tank Girl Soundtrack, Elektra, 1995.

"Gold Dust Woman," The Crow: City of Angels Soundtrack, Hollywood Records, 1996.