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Björk

Born · November 21, 1965 (59 years old)

Known For: Acting

Place of Birth: Reykjavík, Iceland

Bio

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.

Known for

The Northman

The Northman

Dancer in the Dark

Dancer in the Dark

Saturday Night Live

Saturday Night Live

The Colbert Report

The Colbert Report

Monk in Pieces

Self

2025

Björk: Cornucopia

Self

2025

The Best of Me

Self

2025

Can Creativity Save the World?

Self

2024

Fungi: The Web of Life

Narrator (voice)

2023

The Northman

Seeress

2022

Björk Orkestral IV

Self

2021

Björk Orkestral

2021

Björk Orkestral III

Self

2021

Björk Orchestral II

Self

2021

Björk Orchestral

Self

2021

The Sparks Brothers

Self (voice)

2021

Why Are We Creative?

Self

2018

The Nineties

Self · (1 episode)

2017

Out of Thin Air

Self (archive footage)

2017

Björk - Vulnicura Live

Self

2016

Angel: Documentary

Self

2015

Björk - The Creative Universe of a Music Missionary

Self

2015

Björk: Biophilia Live

Self

2014

When Björk Met Attenborough

Self

2013

Björk: Later 1995-2011

Self

2012

Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen

(archive footage)

2012

Sleepless Nights Stories

Self

2011

YouTube Trilogy: 4 Songs, History, Asian Girls

Self (archive footage)

2011

Björk: Voltaïc

Self

2009

Náttúra Concert Featuring Björk and Sigur Rós

Self

2008

The Hidden Treasures of Michel Ocelot

Self

2008

Anna and the Moods

Anna (voice)

2007

Matthew Barney: No Restraint

Self

2006

Coachella

Self

2006

Drawing Restraint 9

Occidental Guest

2006

The Sugarcubes: Live Zabor

Self

2006

The Colbert Report

Self - Musical Guest · (1 episode)

2005

Screaming Masterpiece

Self

2005

Looking for a Thrill: An Anthology of Inspiration

Self

2005

The Medúlla Videos

Self

2005

I've Been Twelve Forever

Self

2004

Björk: The Inner or Deep Part of an Animal or Plant Structure

Self

2004

Athens 2004: Olympic Opening Ceremony (Games of the XXVIII Olympiad)

Self

2004

Oceania

2004

Arakimentari

Self

2004

Sugar Cubes - The DVD

Self

2004

The Work of Director Michel Gondry

Self

2003

The Work of Director Chris Cunningham

Self

2003

The Work of Director Spike Jonze

Self

2003

Inside Björk

Self

2003

Björk: Later with Jools Holland

Self

2003

Unravel

2003

Björk: Volumen Plus

Self

2002

Björk: Greatest Hits - Volumen 1993-2003

Self

2002

Björk: Minuscule

Self

2002

Björk: MTV Unplugged & Live

Self - vocals

2002

808 State: Opti Buk

Self

2002

Björk: Vespertine Live at the Royal Opera House

Self

2001

Björk: Vespertine Live at Orchard Hall

2001

Friday Night with Jonathan Ross

Self - Guest · (1 episode)

2001

Friday Night with Jonathan Ross

Self - Musical Guest · (1 episode)

2001

Björk: Live at Riverside Church

Self

2001

Von Trier's 100 Eyes

Self

2000

Dancer in the Dark

Selma Jezkova

2000

Click

Self · (1 episode)

2000

All Is Full of Love

1999

Björk: No Place Like Home. Live at National Theatre of Reykjavík

Self

1999

Björk: Cambridge 1998

Self

1998

Björk: Volumen

Self

1998

Free Tibet

Self

1998

Björk: MTV Live 1998

Self

1998

Bravo Profiles: Björk

Self

1997

Björk: Shepherd's Bush Empire 1997

Self

1997

TFI Friday

Self · (1 episode)

1996

I Miss You

Herself

1996

The Frank Skinner Show

Self · (1 episode)

1995

Prêt-à-Porter

Model

1994

Björk: MTV Unplugged 1994

Self

1994

Björk: Vessel 1994

Self

1994

Space Ghost Coast to Coast

Self · (1 episode)

1994

La Machine Mode

Herself

1994

Late Night with Conan O'Brien

Self - Musical Guest · (1 episode)

1993

The Sugarcubes: Murder and Killing in Hell (Live at Manchester Academy)

Self

1992

The Juniper Tree

Margit

1990

MTV Unplugged

Self · (1 episode)

1989

Broken Glass

Maria

1988

Victoires de la musique

Self · (1 episode)

1985

Rock in Reykjavik

Self

1982

Saturday Night Live

Self - Musical Guest · (2 episodes)

1975

Top of the Pops

Self - Host · (1 episode)

1964

The Oscars

Self · (1 episode)

1953