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Kim Gordon
Kim Gordon

Kim Gordon

Acting•Born April 28, 1953 (age 73)•Rochester, New York, USA

Biography

Kim Althea Gordon (born April 28, 1953) is an American musician, vocalist, artist, record producer, video director and actress. She is lead singer, bass and guitarist in the alternative rock band Sonic Youth, and in Free Kitten with Julia Cafritz (of Pussy Galore). Gordon has collaborated with a number of musicians, including Ikue Mori, DJ Olive, William Winant, Lydia Lunch, Courtney Love, Alan Licht and Chris Corsano. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.

Known For

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
5.8

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

TV Series2014
Late Show with David Letterman
6.4

Late Show with David Letterman

TV Series1993
Saturday Night Live
6.9

Saturday Night Live

TV Series1975
Gilmore Girls
7.9

Gilmore Girls

TV Series2000
Gossip Girl
8.1

Gossip Girl

TV Series2007
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
5.3

Jimmy Kimmel Live!

TV Series2003
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
5.4

The Tonight Show with Jay Leno

TV Series1992
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
7.3

Late Night with Conan O'Brien

TV Series1993

Filmography

2026
Marc by Sofia
Movie
2026
The Best Summer

as Self

Movie
2025
The Chronology of Water

as Photographer

Movie
2025
Sonic Youth: Live in 1991
Movie
2025
Pavements

as Self (uncredited)

Movie
2025
Everybody's Live with John Mulaney

as Self - Musical Guest

TV
2025
Bad Painter

as Interviewer

Movie
2025
FireAid Benefit Concert

as Self

Movie
2024
Born Innocent: The Redd Kross Story
Movie
2023
12341 Branford St. Sun Valley

as Self

Movie
2022
Picture Window

as Kim Gordon

Movie
2022
Women Who Rock

as Self

TV
2021
Freakscene: The Story of Dinosaur Jr.

as herself

Movie
2020
Los Angeles June 6

as Self

Movie
2019
Sonic Youth: NYC and Beyond
Movie
2019
SY NYC 12/12/01: The Demonlover Sessions

as Self

Movie
2019
Sonic Youth: Daydream Nation
Movie
2018
Don't Worry, He Won't Get Far on Foot

as Corky

Movie
2017
Queercore: How to Punk a Revolution

as Self

Movie
2016
Party Legends
TV
2016
Ed Ruscha: Buildings and Words

as Self

Movie
2015
Girls in Bands at the BBC

as Self (archive footage)

Movie
2015
The Nightmare

as Teacher

Movie
2014
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

as Self - Musical Guest

TV
2013
The Punk Singer

as Self

Movie
2013
Une Danse Des Bouffons

as Maria Martins

Movie
2013
I'm Now: The Story of Mudhoney
Movie
2012
A Proposal for A Dance

as Self

Movie
2012
The Hardcore Collection

as (archive footage)

Movie
2011
Sonic Youth: Live at SWU Festival 2011
Movie
2011
Sonic Youth: Maquinaria Festival
Movie
2011
Portlandia

as Kim Gordon

TV
2010
Sonic Youth & The Black Keys: Live at Austin City Limits 2011
Movie
2010
Rappin' With The Rickster

as Self

Movie
2009
From the Basement

as Self - Sonic Youth

Movie
2009
From The Basement

as Self - Sonic Youth

Movie
2009
Late Night with Jimmy Fallon

as Self - Musical Guest

TV
2008
New York Rock at the BBC

as Self - Sonic Youth

Movie
2007
365 Day Project

as Self

Movie
2007
Welcome to My Castle!

as Self

Movie
2007
I'm Not There

as Carla Hendricks

Movie
2007
Gossip Girl

as Kim Gordon

TV
2007
Boarding Gate

as Kay

Movie
2007
Dinosaur Jr: Live in the Middle East

as Herself

Movie
2006
Her Noise - The Making Of
Movie
2006
Cut Shorts
Movie
2006
Noise

as Self

Movie
2005
Sonic Youth: Live at Eurockéennes
Movie
2005
Last Days

as Record Executive

Movie
2004
(This Is Known as) The Blues Scale

as Self

Movie
2004
Sonic Youth: Corporate Ghost
Movie
2003
Sonic Youth: Live at Soundstage

as Performer

Movie
2003
Sonic Youth: Koncertas Stan Brakhage Prisiminimui (April 12, 2003)
Movie
2003
Jimmy Kimmel Live!

as Self - Musical Guest

TV
2001
Kiss My Grits: The Herstory of Women in Punk and Hard Rock

as Self

Movie
2000
Sonic Youth: Live in São Paulo 2000
Movie
2000
Gilmore Girls

as Cool Mom Troubadour

TV
2000
Silver Rockets Kool Things - 20 Years of Sonic Youth

as Self

Movie
1998
Free Tibet

as Self - Sonic Youth

Movie
1998
Sonic Youth: Festival Internacional de Benicàssim
Movie
1996
Sonic Youth: Rocknacht - Live In Dusseldorf 1996
Movie
1996
Tibetan Freedom Concert

as Self

Movie
1995
The State's 43rd Annual All-Star Halloween Special

as Self

Movie
1995
Sonic Youth: Screaming Fields of Sonic Love
Movie
1995
Sonic Youth: Blood on the Beach

as Self

Movie
1995
X-Girl

as interviewer

Movie
1994
Nirvana: Live! Tonight! Sold Out!!

as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Movie
1994
Freaks, Nerds & Weirdos

as Self

Movie
1994
No Alternative Girls

as Herself

Movie
1993
Late Night with Conan O'Brien

as Self - Musical Guest

TV
1993
Late Show with David Letterman

as Self - Musical Guest

TV
1993
Changing Fashions
Movie
1993
Sonic Youth: Live at Campo Pequeno Lisboa
Movie
1993
Grunge Pedal
Movie
1992
1991: The Year Punk Broke

as Self

Movie
1992
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno

as Self - Musical Guest

TV
1991
Skeeno H.C. Rules
Movie
1991
Goo

as Self

Movie
1991
Notebook
Movie
1989
Weatherman '69

as Bernadine Dohrn

Movie
1988
Sonic Youth: 930 Club
Movie
1988
Put More Blood Into the Music

as Herself

Movie
1988
Lou Believers

as Herself

Movie
1986
Sonic Youth: Mississippi Nights, St. Louis
Movie
1986
Sublapse Video Mag 1
Movie
1986
Submit to Me
Movie
1985
Sonic Youth: Gila Monster Jamboree
Movie
1975
Saturday Night Live

as Self - Cameo (uncredited)

TV
1959
The Grammys

as Self

TV
—
Sonic Youth - Gila Monster Jamboree - January 5, 1985
Movie
—
Sonic Youth: Tibetan Freedom Concert 1996
Movie
—
Sonic Youth Full Set From The Basement

as Self

Movie
—
Avec Kim
Movie

Personal Info

DepartmentActing
BirthdayApril 28, 1953
Place of BirthRochester, New York, USA
Popularity0.8