Lydia Lunch is an American singer, poet, writer, actress and self-empowerment speaker, whose career was spawned by the New York no wave scene. Her work typically features provocative and confrontational noise music delivery, and has maintained an anti-commercial ethic, operating independently of major labels and distributors.

KNOWN FOR

70 Years of Youth Revolt
2020
The Heart Is Deceitful Above All Things
2004
The Offenders
1980
Penn & Teller's Invisible Thread
1987
Mutantes: Punk Porn Feminism
2009
Subway Riders
1981
Fake Orgasm
2010
Autoluminescent: Rowland S. Howard
2011
Gang of Souls: A Generation of Beat Poets
1989
Bye Bye Blondie
2012
Black Box
1979
Kiss My Grits: The Herstory of Women in Punk and Hard Rock
2001

FILMOGRAPHY

All
Movies
TV
Acting
69
Directing
1
Writing
9
Producing
1
Camera
1
Sound
14
2020
My Lover The Killer
2020
70 Years of Youth Revolt
as Self (archive footage)
2019
Spit and Ashes
2019
Lydia Lunch: The War Is Never Over
as Self
2017
L7: Pretend We're Dead
as Self
2016
The Ripple Effect
as Self
2014
Kill Us All
2014
The Circular Ruins
as Night (voice)
2012
The Hardcore Collection
as (archive footage)
2012
Wild Thing
as Self
2012
Bye Bye Blondie
as La chanteuse
2012
Road Rant: A Week on the Road with Lydia Lunch
as Self
2011
Autoluminescent: Rowland S. Howard
as Self
2011
Blank City
as Self
2010
Fake Orgasm
2010
Godkiller: Walk Among Us
as Bub (voice)
2010
Flood Stains
as Saltmaster
2009
Mutantes: Punk Porn Feminism
as Self - Interviewee
2009
No Wave - Underground '80: Berlin - New York
as Self
2009
NYC Foetus
as Herself
2009
For the End of Time
2008
Lydia Lunch: Video Hysterie: 1978 - 2006
as Herself
2008
Death of the Reel
as Narrator
2007
Llik Your Idols
as Herself
2006
Kill Your Idols: More.
as Self
2006
Her Noise - The Making Of
2005
American Fame Pt. 2: Forgetting Jonathan Brandis
as Narrator
2004
Kill Your Idols
as Self
2004
The Heart Is Deceitful Above All Things
as Social Worker #2
2002
D.I.Y. or Die: How to Survive as an Independent Artist
as Herself - Interviewee
2001
Kiss My Grits: The Herstory of Women in Punk and Hard Rock
as Self
2000
The Hardcore Collection
1997
Richard Kern - Portrait: Live From New York
1996
Visiting Desire
as Sitter
1996
Baby Trouble Hole
as Performer
1994
Lydia Lunch: Malicious Intent
1994
Die Haut - Sweat
as Self
1993
No Age New York
as Herself
1991
Thanatopsis
as Herself
1990
Kiss Napoleon Goodbye
as Hedda
1989
The Gun Is Loaded
as Herself
1989
Gang of Souls: A Generation of Beat Poets
as Self
1988
Mondo New York
as Prologue
1988
Put More Blood Into the Music
as Herself
1987
Submit to Me Now
1987
Penn & Teller's Invisible Thread
1987
Cruel Tricks for Dear Friends
as Self
1986
Fingered
1986
Barbecue Death Squad From Hell
as Herself
1985
Submit to Me
1984
The Right Side of My Brain
as Narrator
1984
School of Shame
1983
The Wild World of Lydia Lunch
as Herself
1983
Like Dawn to Dust
1982
Vortex
as Angel Powers
1982
Dance of the Dead Children
1982
The Agony Is The Ecstacy
1981
Subway Riders
1980
Raw Nerves: A Lacanian Thriller
1980
The Offenders
as Lydia
1979
Beauty Becomes the Beast
1979
Black Box
as Torturer
1979
No New York Festival - Berlin
as Self
1979
Alien Portrait
as Self
1978
She Had Her Gun All Ready
1978
Rome '78
as Empress
1978
Guerillère Talks
as Herself
1978
Punking Out
as Self
Love Diptych