Björk
Known for: Acting
Björk Guðmundsdóttir (born 21 November 1965) is an Icelandic singer, songwriter, composer, record producer and actress. Over her four-decade career, she has developed an eclectic musical style that draws on influences and genres including electronic, pop, jazz, experimental, trip hop, alternative, classical, and avant-garde music. Born and raised in Reykjavík, Björk began her music career at the age of 11 and gained international recognition as the lead singer of the alternative rock band the Sugarcubes. After the band's breakup in 1992, Björk embarked on a solo career, coming to prominence with albums such as Debut (1993), Post (1995), and Homogenic (1997), while collaborating with a range of artists and exploring a variety of multimedia projects. Her other albums include Vespertine (2001), Medúlla (2004), Volta (2007), Biophilia (2011), Vulnicura (2015), Utopia (2017) and Fossora (2022). Several of Björk's albums have reached the top 20 on the US Billboard 200 chart. As of 2015, she had sold between 20 and 40 million records worldwide. 31 of her singles have reached the top 40 on pop charts around the world, with 22 top-40 hits in the UK, including the top-10 singles "It's Oh So Quiet", "Army of Me", and "Hyperballad" and the top-20 singles "Play Dead", "Big Time Sensuality", and "Violently Happy". Her accolades and awards include the Order of the Falcon, five BRIT Awards, and 15 Grammy nominations. In 2015, Time named her one of the 100 most influential people in the world. Rolling Stone named her the 60th greatest singer and the 81st greatest songwriter. Björk starred in the 2000 Lars von Trier film Dancer in the Dark, for which she won the Best Actress Award at the 2000 Cannes Film Festival, and was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Original Song for "I've Seen It All". Biophilia was marketed as an interactive app album with its own education program. Björk has also been an advocate for environmental causes in Iceland. A retrospective exhibition dedicated to Björk was held at the New York Museum of Modern Art in 2015.
Filmography
Series
Saturday Night Live
Self - Musical Guest
1975
Series
The Colbert Report
Self - Musical Guest
2005
Series
Top of the Pops
Self - Host
1964
Series
Top of the Pops
Self
1964
Series
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
Self - Musical Guest
1993
Series
Click
Self
2000
Series
Space Ghost Coast to Coast
Self
1994
Series
The Oscars
Self
1953
Series
Friday Night with Jonathan Ross
Self - Guest
2001
Series
Friday Night with Jonathan Ross
Self - Musical Guest
2001
Series
MTV Unplugged
Self
1989
Series
Victoires de la musique
Self
1985
Series
The BRIT Awards
Self
1977
Series
Eurotrash
1993
Film
The Northman
Seeress
2022
Series
The Nineties
Self
2017
Series
The Frank Skinner Show
Self
1995
Series
TFI Friday
Self
1996
Film
Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen
(archive footage)
2012
Smash Hits Poll Winners Party
1988
Film
Dancer in the Dark
Selma Jezkova
2000
Film
Coachella
Self
2006
Film
Prêt-à-Porter
Model
1994
Film
Björk: Vespertine Live at the Royal Opera House
Self
2001
Film
The Sparks Brothers
Self (voice)
2021
Sternstunde Kunst
Self
1998
Film
Inside Björk
Self
2003
Film
I've Been Twelve Forever: The Work of Director Michel Gondry
Self
2004
Film
Broken Glass
Maria
1988
Film
Why Are We Creative?
Self
2018
Film
Heart of the Festival
Self (archive footage)
2002
Film
Björk: Cornucopia
Self
2025
Film
The Juniper Tree
Margit
1990
Film
Can Creativity Save the World?
Self
2024
Film
Arakimentari
Self
2004
Film
The Work of Director Spike Jonze
Self
2003
Film
Björk: Biophilia Live
Self
2014
Film
Von Trier's 100 Eyes
Self
2000
Film
Anna and the Moods
Anna (voice)
2007
Film
Björk: Volumen
Self
1998
Film
Free Tibet
Self
1998
Film
Björk: Greatest Hits - Volumen 1993-2003
Self
2002
Film
The Work of Director Michel Gondry
Self
2003
Film
The Sugarcubes: Live Zabor
Self
2006
Film
Athens 2004: Olympic Opening Ceremony (Games of the XXVIII Olympiad)
Self
2004
Film
The Hidden Treasures of Michel Ocelot
Self
2008
Film
La Machine Mode
Self
1994
Film
Drawing Restraint 9
Occidental Guest
2006
Film
Sleepless Nights Stories
Self
2011
Film
Björk: The Inner or Deep Part of an Animal or Plant Structure
Self
2004
Film
Fungi: The Web of Life
Narrator (voice)
2023
Film
Looking for a Thrill: An Anthology of Inspiration
Self
2005
Film
Matthew Barney: No Restraint
Self
2006
Film
YouTube Trilogy: 4 Songs, History, Asian Girls
Self (archive footage)
2011
Film
Björk: Minuscule
Self
2002
Film
Björk: Tibetan Freedom Concert
1996
My Favourite Attenborough Moment
Self
2006
Film
Björk's Greatest Hits: Volumes 1993-2003
self
2002
Film
Björk: Vessel 1994
Self
1994
Film
Björk: Live at Riverside Church
Self
2001
Film
Björk Orchestral II
Self
2021
Film
Out of Thin Air
Self (archive footage)
2017
Film
Sugar Cubes - The DVD
Self
2004
Film
Björk: Shepherd's Bush Empire 1997
Self
1997
Film
Screaming Masterpiece
Self
2005
Film
Bravo Profiles: Björk
Self
1997
Film
The Best of Me
Self
2025
Film
Björk Orkestral
2021
Film
Björk: MTV Unplugged & Live
Self - vocals
2002
Film
Björk - The Creative Universe of a Music Missionary
Self
2015
Film
When Björk Met Attenborough
Self
2013
Film
Náttúra Concert Featuring Björk and Sigur Rós
Self
2008
Film
Monk in Pieces
Self
2025
Film
Rock in Reykjavik
Self
1982
Film
The Work of Director Chris Cunningham
Self
2003
Film
Björk: Later with Jools Holland
Self
2003
Film
New Life
Singer (as Björk)
1983
Film
Björk: Later 1995-2011
Self
2012
Film
Björk Orchestral
Self
2021
Film
The Sugarcubes: Murder and Killing in Hell (Live at Manchester Academy)
Self
1992
Film
Björk: MTV Live 1998
Self
1998
Film
Björk: MTV Unplugged 1994
Self
1994
Film
Björk: Cambridge 1998
Self
1998
Film
Björk: No Place Like Home. Live at National Theatre of Reykjavík
Self
1999
Film
Björk: Voltaïc
Self
2009
Film
Björk: Vespertine Live at Orchard Hall
2001
Film
The Medúlla Videos
Self
2005
Film
Black Lake
2015
Film
Björk Orkestral IV
Self
2021
Film
Björk Orkestral III
Self
2021
Film
Björk: Volumen Plus
Self
2002
Film
808 State: Opti Buk
Self
2002
Film
Björk - Vulnicura Live
Self
2016