Annie Lennox
Biography
Annie Lennox, born in Aberdeen, is a Scottish singer-songwriter who first drew notice in the late 1970s with the new wave group the Tourists. She then formed Eurythmics with Dave Stewart and became known as the duo's alto lead singer, scoring 1980s hits including Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This) and Here Comes the Rain Again. Her solo debut, Diva, arrived in 1992 and produced Why and Walking on Broken Glass; Medusa followed in 1995. She has won eight Brit Awards, four Grammys and an Academy Award for Best Original Song for Into the West from The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King. She also received a Billboard Century Award in 2002. Her screen credits include a cameo in Edward II (1991), the Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert (1992), and the 2022 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony.
71years old
Turns 72 on December 25in 74 days
- Born Aberdeen
- Star sign: CapricornThe sign runs December 22 to January 19
Movie Career
- Films
- 5
- Career span
- 37 years1985 to 2022
Every film, newest first
- 20222022 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction CeremonyIMDb rating 7.2
- 2002Party at the Palace: The Queen's Concerts, Buckingham PalaceIMDb rating 7.7
- 1992The Freddie Mercury Tribute ConcertIMDb rating 8.7
- 1991Edward IIIMDb rating 6.7
- 1985RevolutionIMDb rating 5.3
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A first
In 2015, the British Academy of Songwriters, Composers and Authors named Lennox a fellow at the Ivor Novello Awards. She was the first woman to be given that honor.
Early training
Lennox began a three-year Music Performance degree at the Royal Academy of Music in London in 1971, studying flute, piano and harpsichord, but left before finishing the course.
First role
In 1976, Lennox played flute with a band named Dragon's Playground, and she left before the group appeared on ITV's talent show New Faces.
Behind the award
Lennox co-wrote "Into the West" for The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King with screenwriter Fran Walsh and composer Howard Shore, and it won the Academy Award for Best Song in 2004.
A first
Lennox's 2019 EP Lepidoptera, four extemporised piano songs, was her first independently distributed record and accompanied her art installation "Now I Let You Go..." at MASS moca.
Annie Lennox movies on Netflix
Worked with
Annie Lennox shares two films with Brian May, and one with each of the others. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.
Films together
Brian May's page
Roger Taylor's page
Donald Sutherland's page
Al Pacino's page
Tilda Swinton's page
Elizabeth Taylor's page
Hugh HudsonDirector, 1 film, 1985
All films by Hugh Hudson
All films by Derek Jarman
David MalletDirector, 1 film, 1992
All films by David Mallet
Awards
Seven awards and honors from 1993 to 2022, two of them major.
| Year | Award | Film | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| Academy Awards | |||
| 2004 | Best Original Song | Into the West | Won |
| Golden Globes | |||
| 2004 | Best Original Song | Into the West | Won |
| Other honors | |||
| 2022 | Honorary Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh | Honorary | |
| 2012 | Honorary doctorate | Honorary | |
| 2011 | Officer of the Order of the British Empire | Won | |
| 1993 | Echo Pop Award for the Best International Rock/Pop Female Artist | Won | |
| Livingstone Medal | Won | ||
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