Courtney Love(I)
- Actress
- Composer
- Producer
The daughter of Grateful Dead
devotee and first manager Hank Harrison
and psychotherapist Linda Caroll, Courtney Love was born Courtney
Michelle Harrison in San Francisco, California in 1964. Love spent her
early years living in hippie communes in Oregon and at schools in
Europe and New Zealand, under the care of her mother and other family
members.
By age 16, Love became legally emancipated and traveled throughout
Europe, living off of a small trust fund left behind by her
grandmother. Love eventually returned to Portland, Oregon, still
pursuing music, and then moved around to various locations in the
United States before making her break into the industry.
As a musician, she played in early incarnations of Babes In Toyland and
Faith No More, as well as acting in bit
parts for some Alex Cox films. In 1989,
she started her own band, Hole, and in 1992 married
Nirvana singer
Kurt Cobain, giving birth to their daughter,
Frances Bean Cobain, that same year.
After Cobain's suicide in 1994, and the release of Hole's second album
"Live Through This", Love continued to thrill her fans and enrage her
detractors with her on- and off-stage antics.
By 1998, Hole had released their third studio album, "Celebrity Skin",
and Love had attracted cinematic notoriety for her performance in
The People vs. Larry Flynt (1996),
which not only garnered her a Golden Globe nomination, but recognition
as a serious performer.
Early into the millennium, Hole broke up, and Love took some supporting
roles in films such as Trapped (2002),
but her rocky past and propensity toward drug addiction eventually
caught up with her, sending her through a whirlwind of numerous health
and legal issues.
After unsuccessful stints in and out of drug rehabilitation centers,
Love was ordered by the L.A. county court to three months in lock down
rehab, which came to an end in 2006. Love soon after released a
scrapbook-like diary recounting her life, titled "Dirty Blonde: The
Diaries of Courtney Love", and continued writing music, testifying her
sobriety to the press and public.
In 2009, after losing custody of daughter
Frances Bean Cobain for unrelated
reasons, Love re-formed Hole with an entirely new lineup, and soon
after released the band's first album in ten years, titled "Nobody's
Daughter".
devotee and first manager Hank Harrison
and psychotherapist Linda Caroll, Courtney Love was born Courtney
Michelle Harrison in San Francisco, California in 1964. Love spent her
early years living in hippie communes in Oregon and at schools in
Europe and New Zealand, under the care of her mother and other family
members.
By age 16, Love became legally emancipated and traveled throughout
Europe, living off of a small trust fund left behind by her
grandmother. Love eventually returned to Portland, Oregon, still
pursuing music, and then moved around to various locations in the
United States before making her break into the industry.
As a musician, she played in early incarnations of Babes In Toyland and
Faith No More, as well as acting in bit
parts for some Alex Cox films. In 1989,
she started her own band, Hole, and in 1992 married
Nirvana singer
Kurt Cobain, giving birth to their daughter,
Frances Bean Cobain, that same year.
After Cobain's suicide in 1994, and the release of Hole's second album
"Live Through This", Love continued to thrill her fans and enrage her
detractors with her on- and off-stage antics.
By 1998, Hole had released their third studio album, "Celebrity Skin",
and Love had attracted cinematic notoriety for her performance in
The People vs. Larry Flynt (1996),
which not only garnered her a Golden Globe nomination, but recognition
as a serious performer.
Early into the millennium, Hole broke up, and Love took some supporting
roles in films such as Trapped (2002),
but her rocky past and propensity toward drug addiction eventually
caught up with her, sending her through a whirlwind of numerous health
and legal issues.
After unsuccessful stints in and out of drug rehabilitation centers,
Love was ordered by the L.A. county court to three months in lock down
rehab, which came to an end in 2006. Love soon after released a
scrapbook-like diary recounting her life, titled "Dirty Blonde: The
Diaries of Courtney Love", and continued writing music, testifying her
sobriety to the press and public.
In 2009, after losing custody of daughter
Frances Bean Cobain for unrelated
reasons, Love re-formed Hole with an entirely new lineup, and soon
after released the band's first album in ten years, titled "Nobody's
Daughter".