Who’s Karen O: Karen O is something special from nature. She actually is a beautiful woman and a singing skill. As a singer, she actually is known to be the business lead singer of Yeah Yeah Yeahs. Early Lifestyle (Childhood): She has different origin as her dad can be Polish and her mom can be South Korea. She was created on 22nd of November 1978 in South Korea. Interesting Information: Her net worthy of is approximated to be all around us $8,000,000. She actually is five foot and six in . in her height. By 2014, the group provides released four studio albums: 2003’s “Fever to Tell”, 2006’s “Present Your Bones”, 2009’s “It’s Blitz! Personal Lifestyle: She’s been wedded to Barnaby Clay since December 2011. Karen O Net Worthy of: Karen O can be an American musician who includes a net worthy of of $8 million dollars. Achievement: This year 2010, she was awarded with BMI Film & Television Awards. But before she got wedded, she also had intimate affairs with Spike Jonze and Liars. She rejected an offer to seem nude on the web pages of “Playboy”. She was raised in NJ after an early on childhood in South Korea and studied at Oberlin University and later NY University’s Tisch College of the Arts. Karen O provides been area of the Yeah Yeah Yeahs because the group’s development in 2000 in NEW YORK. She is the mom of a boy.”, and 2013’s “Mosquito”. All the group’s albums aside from “Mosquito” have already been nominated for Greatest Substitute Music Album at the Grammy Awards. Her vocals show up on many soundtracks, including those for “Home of Wax”, “Jackass 2”, and “THE LADY With the Dragon Tattoo”. She contributed to musical works such as for example David Lynch, the Swans, and Santigold. In 2008, Karen O used a second gig with Native Korean Rock and the Fishnets. In 2004 and 2005, she was called Sex Goddess by “Spin Magazine”, and in 2006, “Blender” dubbed her among the latest ladies in rock. As the band’s business lead, Karen O is becoming well-known for her quirky feeling of design. Born in Busan, South Korea, as Karen Lee Orzolek, Karen O may be the business lead singer of the band the Yeah Yeah Yeahs. Her initial solo album, “Crush Tracks”, arrives out in late 2014. Karen O provides been wedded to Barnaby Clay since 2011.
Known for movies
Her (2013) as Soundtrack
Where the Wild Things Are (2009) as Composer
Spy (2015) as Soundtrack
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2011) as Soundtrack
Quick Facts
Full Name
Karen O
Net Worth
$8 Million
Date Of Birth
November 22, 1978
Height
1.68 m, 1.68 m
Profession
Singer, Singer
Education
Tisch School of the Arts, Oberlin College, New York University, The Moon Song, Rapt, Day Go By, Tisch School of the Arts, New York University, Oberlin College
NME Award for Hottest Woman, NME Award for Hottest Woman
Music Groups
Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Native Korean Rock, The Moon Song, Rapt, Day Go By, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Native Korean Rock
Nominations
Academy Award for Best Original Song, Golden Globe Award for Best Original Score, Grammy Award for Best Song Written for Visual Media, Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Song, Satellite Award for Best Original Score, NME Award for Best Dressed, Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Score, The Moon Song, Rapt, Day Go By, Academy Award for Best Original Song, Golden Globe Award for Best Original Score, Grammy Award for Best Song Written for Visual Media, Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Song, Satellite Award for Best Original Score, NME Award for Best Dressed, Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Score
Movies
Yeah Yeah Yeahs: Tell Me What Rockers to Swallow, Kill Your Idols, Where the Wild Things Are, Kill Your Idols, Yeah Yeah Yeahs: Tell Me What Rockers to Swallow
Interesting Facts
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Fact
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Gave birth to her 1st child at age 36, a son in September 2015. Child's father is her husband, Barnaby Clay.
2
Lives in Silver Lake, Los Angeles, California. [2004]
I plead total ignorance to Led Zeppelin. I am totally in the dark about them.
2
I was a complete outsider in high school.
3
I was just totally taken by Michael Jackson when I was a little kid, like everyone else.
4
I'm not a 21-year-old angsty self-destructive rapscallion anymore.
5
I'm not a quitter. I believe in following things through.
6
My onstage persona really is a persona, you know, and really the moment I step onstage, it kind of kicks into gear.
7
Sophomore records are historically really difficult.
8
You have to open up on stage.
9
I feel like every five to seven years I really need to put myself in this position of discomfort and exploration, just to survive. Otherwise I feel like I'm falling asleep, like I'll go crazy if I don't do it.
10
I feel like there's a hunger in the culture now for the live experience maybe as a counterpoint to the more sort of synthetic lives that we've been living.
11
Well, Freddie Mercury is a really huge rock star in my head. I've always thought he was just so tough and such an amazing entertainer, really a contradiction in many ways as well. So he was incredible.
12
Working pretty much nonstop as an artist, the hardest thing is to know what to do with yourself when you have some time off. You struggle with yourself to take a vacation.
13
Yeah, I can't separate the art from the music and the music from the art. I think that stems from going to school for film first, and kind of stumbling onto music as my career.
14
I'm in the camp that needs to discover and take risks, sometimes it's with the promise of something special and new, sometimes it's to stay awake, either way it's much more stressful with all the uncertainty but worth the pain in the end.
15
Bands that I've loved over the years are the ones that have a certain myth around them.
16
Being on the road with rock, it's pretty much 90 percent guys.
17
For me, California is all about rest, relaxation, space.
writer: "Heads Will Roll A-Trak remix" - as Karen Orzolek
My Daughter the Teenage Nudist
2012
TV Special documentary performer: "Rumpus" - uncredited
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
2011
"Immigrant Song"
Glee
2011
TV Series writer - 1 episode
Jackass 3D
2010
Documentary performer: "If You're Gonna Be Dumb, You Gotta Be Tough"
Kaboom
2010
writer: "Soft Shock" - as Karen Orzolek
Where the Wild Things Are
2009
performer: "Rumpus Reprise" - as Karen O / performer: "Worried Shoes", "Animal", "Rumpus", "Hideaway", "Building All Is Love", "On The Shore", "Heads Up", "All Is Love" / producer: "Worried Shoes", "Animal", "Rumpus", "Rumpus Reprise", "Hideaway", "Building All Is Love", "On The Shore", "Heads Up", "All Is Love" / writer: "Animal", "Rumpus", "Rumpus Reprise", "Hideaway", "Building All Is Love", "On The Shore", "Heads Up", "All Is Love"
Reading and Leeds Festival
2009
TV Series writer - 1 episode
Tell Them Anything You Want: A Portrait of Maurice Sendak
2009
TV Short documentary performer: "Hideaway - Reprise", "Suicidal Worried Shoes", "Worried Shoes Instrumental" / writer: "Discovery Demo", "Hideaway - Reprise"
Echelon Conspiracy
2009
writer: "Phenomena"
The Ruins
2008
writer: "Phenomena"
August
2008
writer: "Rich"
Jackass Number Two
2006
Documentary "Backass" / performer: "Backass" - as Karen O
Driver: Parallel Lines
2006
Video Game performer: "Sealings" / writer: "Sealings"
House of Wax
2005
writer: "Cut Me Up"
Actress
Title
Year
Status
Character
The Music of David Lynch Benefit Concert
2015
TV Movie
Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job!
2009
TV Series
Singer
Composer
Title
Year
Status
Character
All Is Love
2013
Short
Where the Wild Things Are
2009
Music Department
Title
Year
Status
Character
The 86th Annual Academy Awards
2014
TV Special songs featuring
Where the Wild Things Are
2009
music producer: Karen O's score
Thanks
Title
Year
Status
Character
Tell Them Anything You Want: A Portrait of Maurice Sendak
2009
TV Short documentary thanks
Self
Title
Year
Status
Character
The Mind of a Chef
2016
TV Series documentary
Herself
Lagniappe
2016
Short
Herself
Offal
2016
Short
Herself
The 2015 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony
2015
TV Movie
Herself (as Karen Lee Orzolek)
The 86th Annual Academy Awards
2014
TV Special
Herself - Performer: The Moon Song / Nominated: Best Original Song
$8 Million
