K.D. Lang

Biography

Kathryn Dawn Lang OC AOE (born November 2, 1961), known by her stylized stage name k.d. lang, is a Canadian pop and country singer-songwriter and occasional actress. Lang has won Juno Awards and Grammy Awards for her musical performances. Hits include the songs "Constant Craving" and "Miss Chatelaine". A mezzo-soprano, lang has contributed songs to movie soundtracks and has collaborated with musicians such as Roy Orbison, Tony Bennett, Elton John, The Killers, Anne Murray, Ann Wilson, and Jane Siberry. She performed at the closing ceremony of the 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary, Alberta, and at the opening ceremony of the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, British Columbia, where she performed Leonard Cohen's "Hallelujah". Lang has also been active as an animal rights, gay rights, and Tibetan human rights activist. She is a tantric practitioner of the old school of Tibetan Buddhism. Description above from the Wikipedia article k.d. lang, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.  

Known For

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

1962•TV Series•

7.5

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

1962•TV Series•

7.5

The Graham Norton Show

2007•TV Series•

7.2

Saturday Night Live

1975•TV Series•

6.9

How I Met Your Mother

2005•TV Series•

8.1

LIVE with Kelly and Mark

1988•TV Series•

5.6

Late Night with Conan O'Brien

1993•TV Series•

7.3

The Ellen DeGeneres Show

2003•TV Series•

5.6

Filmography