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Aimee Mann
Richmond, Virginia, USA
Aimee Elizabeth Mann (born September 8, 1960) is an American singer-songwriter. She is noted for her sardonic and literate lyrics about dark subjects, often describing underdog ch…
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Aimee Elizabeth Mann (born September 8, 1960) is an American singer-songwriter. She is noted for her sardonic and literate lyrics about dark subjects, often describing underdog characters. Mann was born in Richmond, Virginia, and studied at Berklee College of Music in Boston, Massachusetts. In the 1980s, after playing with the Young Snakes and Ministry, she co-founded the new wave band 'Til Tuesday and wrote their top-ten single "Voices Carry" (1985). 'Til Tuesday released three albums and disbanded in 1990 when Mann left to pursue a solo career. Mann's first two solo albums, Whatever (1993) and I'm with Stupid (1995), earned positive reviews but low sales. She achieved wider recognition for her soundtrack for the Paul Thomas Anderson film Magnolia (1999). The song "Save Me" was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Original Song, but unfairly lost to Phil Collins for his mediocre Tarzan song. Mann won the Grammy Award for Best Female Pop Vocal. Following conflict with her record company, Geffen, Mann released her third album, Bachelor No. 2, on her own label, SuperEgo Records, in 2000. It achieved acclaim and strong sales, establishing Mann as a career artist who could work outside the major label system. In 2014, Mann released an album with Ted Leo as the Both. Mann also paints and makes comics, and has appeared in films and television series including The Big Lebowski, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Steven Universe, The West Wing and Portlandia. Her awards include the Grammy Award for Best Folk Album for Mental Illness (2017). She was named one of the greatest living songwriters by NPR and Paste.
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2026
O Horizon
Movie Aimee Mann (The Caretaker)
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2025
Everybody Wants to Be Gen X
Movie Self
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2025
It's Never Over, Jeff Buckley
Movie Self
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2022
Women Who Rock
TV show Self
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2021
Varietopia with Paul F. Tompkins
TV show
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2020
The Line
Movie Music
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2020
I'll Be Gone in the Dark
TV show Theme Song Performance
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2019
Steven Universe: The Movie
Movie Opal (voice)
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2018
Summer Camp Island
TV show Siren (voice)
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2018
Little Big Awesome
TV show The Moon
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2018
Corporate
TV show Peg
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2016
Soundbreaking
TV show Self
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2016
American Crime Story
TV show Singer
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2014
Off Camera with Sam Jones
TV show Self
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2013
Steven Universe
TV show Opal (voice)
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2013
Pleased to Meet Me
Movie Laura
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2011
Hamburg Journal
TV show self
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2011
Portlandia
TV show Herself
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2010
Conan
TV show Self
- 2010
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2009
Live from the Artists Den
TV show Self
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2008
The Seventh Python
Movie Self
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2008
Largo
Movie Self
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2007
Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job!
TV show Singer (voice)
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2005
Squidbillies
TV show Theme Song Performance
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2004
Aimee Mann: Live at St. Ann's Warehouse
Movie Self
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2003
One Tree Hill
TV show Theme Song Performance
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2002
Enough
Movie Theme Song Performance
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1999
Magnolia
Movie Hot Date Infomercial (uncredited)
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1999
The West Wing
TV show Aimee Mann
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1998
The Big Lebowski
Movie Nihilist Woman
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1997
Buffy the Vampire Slayer
TV show Singer
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1995
The Music Biz
TV show Self
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1993
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
TV show Self - Musical Guest
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1992
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
TV show
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1988
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
TV show Self
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1984
MTV Video Music Awards
TV show Self
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1975
Saturday Night Live
TV show Self - Cameo (uncredited)
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1953
The Oscars
TV show Self
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The George Lucas Talk Show: Live
TV show Self
