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Lydia Lunch

Lydia Lunch

Acting

Born: June 2, 1959Rochester, New York, USA

Lydia Lunch is an American singer, poet, writer, actress and self-empowerment speaker, whose career was spawned by the New York no wave scene. Her work typically features provocative and confrontational noise music delivery, and has maintained an anti-commercial ethic, operating independently of major labels and distributors.

Known For
Filmography
My Lover The Killer

My Lover The Killer

2020
Spit and Ashes

Spit and Ashes

2019
Lydia Lunch: The War Is Never Over

Lydia Lunch: The War Is Never Over

Self

2019
L7: Pretend We're Dead

L7: Pretend We're Dead

Self

2017

The Circular Ruins

Night (voice)

2014

Kill Us All

2014

Wild Thing

Self

2012
Bye Bye Blondie

Bye Bye Blondie

La chanteuse

2012
The Hardcore Collection

The Hardcore Collection

(archive footage)

2012
Road Rant: A Week on the Road with Lydia Lunch

Road Rant: A Week on the Road with Lydia Lunch

Self

2012
Autoluminescent: Rowland S. Howard

Autoluminescent: Rowland S. Howard

Self

2011
Blank City

Blank City

Self

2011
Fake Orgasm

Fake Orgasm

2010

Flood Stains

Saltmaster

2010
Godkiller: Walk Among Us

Godkiller: Walk Among Us

Bub (voice)

2010
Mutantes: Punk Porn Feminism

Mutantes: Punk Porn Feminism

Self - Interviewee

2009

No Wave - Underground '80: Berlin - New York

Self

2009
NYC Foetus

NYC Foetus

Herself

2009
For the End of Time

For the End of Time

2009

Death of the Reel

Narrator

2008
Lydia Lunch: Video Hysterie: 1978 - 2006

Lydia Lunch: Video Hysterie: 1978 - 2006

Herself

2008
Llik Your Idols

Llik Your Idols

Herself

2007

Her Noise - The Making Of

2006

Kill Your Idols: More.

Herself

2006

American Fame Pt. 2: Forgetting Jonathan Brandis

Narrator

2005
The Heart Is Deceitful Above All Things

The Heart Is Deceitful Above All Things

Social Worker #2

2004
Kill Your Idols

Kill Your Idols

Self

2004

D.I.Y. or Die: How to Survive as an Independent Artist

Herself - Interviewee

2002

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

Self

2001
The Hardcore Collection

The Hardcore Collection

2000
Richard Kern - Portrait: Live From New York

Richard Kern - Portrait: Live From New York

1997
Lunch on Kern

Lunch on Kern

Herself

1997
Visiting Desire

Visiting Desire

Sitter

1996
Baby Trouble Hole

Baby Trouble Hole

Performer

1996

Lydia Lunch: Malicious Intent

1994
Die Haut - Sweat

Die Haut - Sweat

Self

1994

No Age New York

Herself

1993

Thanatopsis

Herself

1991
Kiss Napoleon Goodbye

Kiss Napoleon Goodbye

Hedda

1990
The Gun Is Loaded

The Gun Is Loaded

Herself

1989
Gang of Souls: A Generation of Beat Poets

Gang of Souls: A Generation of Beat Poets

Self

1989
Put More Blood Into the Music

Put More Blood Into the Music

Herself

1988
Mondo New York

Mondo New York

Prologue

1988
Penn & Teller's Invisible Thread

Penn & Teller's Invisible Thread

1987
Cruel Tricks for Dear Friends

Cruel Tricks for Dear Friends

Self

1987
Submit to Me Now

Submit to Me Now

1987
Fingered

Fingered

1986
Fingered

Fingered

1986
Barbecue Death Squad From Hell

Barbecue Death Squad From Hell

Herself

1986
Submit to Me

Submit to Me

1986

School of Shame

1984
The Right Side of My Brain

The Right Side of My Brain

Narrator

1984

Like Dawn to Dust

1983
The Wild World of Lydia Lunch

The Wild World of Lydia Lunch

Herself

1983
Vortex

Vortex

Angel Powers

1982
Dance of the Dead Children

Dance of the Dead Children

1982
The Agony Is The Ecstacy

The Agony Is The Ecstacy

1982
Subway Riders

Subway Riders

1981
Raw Nerves: A Lacanian Thriller

Raw Nerves: A Lacanian Thriller

1980
The Offenders

The Offenders

1980
Black Box

Black Box

Torturer

1979

No New York Festival - Berlin

Self

1979
Beauty Becomes the Beast

Beauty Becomes the Beast

1979

Alien Portrait

Self

1979
Rome '78

Rome '78

Empress

1978
Punking Out

Punking Out

Herself

1978
Guerillere Talks

Guerillere Talks

Herself

1978
She Had Her Gun All Ready

She Had Her Gun All Ready

1978