Kathryn Dawn Lang OC AOE (born November 2, 1961), known by her stylized stage name k.d. lang, is a Canadian pop and country singer-songwriter and occasional actress. Lang has won Juno Awards and Grammy Awards for her musical performances. Hits include the songs "Constant Craving" and "Miss Chatelaine". A mezzo-soprano, lang has contributed songs to movie soundtracks and has collaborated with musicians such as Roy Orbison, Tony Bennett, Elton John, The Killers, Anne Murray, Ann Wilson, and Jane Siberry. She performed at the closing ceremony of the 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary, Alberta, and at the opening ceremony of the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, British Columbia, where she performed Leonard Cohen's "Hallelujah". Lang has also been active as an animal rights, gay rights, and Tibetan human rights activist. She is a tantric practitioner of the old school of Tibetan Buddhism. Description above from the Wikipedia article k.d. lang, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.  

KNOWN FOR

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1987
Saturday Night Live
1989
The Graham Norton Show
2011
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
2008
How I Met Your Mother
2013
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
2002
CBS News Sunday Morning
2023
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
2008
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
2004
The South Bank Show
1995
Later... with Jools Holland
1992
The Larry Sanders Show
1995

FILMOGRAPHY

All
Movies
TV
Acting
50
Sound
2
2023
k.d. lang: songs & silence
as Self
2023
CBS News Sunday Morning
as Self
2021
Anne Murray: Full Circle
as Self
2020
Jann
as Self
2018
Heritage Minutes: Jim Egan
as Narrator (voice)
2018
Tower of Song: A Memorial Tribute to Leonard Cohen
as Self - Performer
2018
k.d. lang - Ingénue Redux - Live From the Majestic Theatre
as Cantante
2017
Roy Orbison: Black and White Night 30
as Self
2016
Tony Bennett Celebrates 90
as Self
2014
Portlandia
as Peggy
2013
How I Met Your Mother
as k.d. lang
2011
Country at the BBC
as Self (archive footage)
2011
The Graham Norton Show
as Self
2009
k.d. lang - Live in London with the BBC Orchestra
as herself
2009
This Beat Goes On: Canadian Pop Music in the 1970s
as Self
2008
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
as Self
2008
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
2007
Anne Murray Friends and Legends
as Self
2007
Tony Bennett: Duets - The Making of an American Classic
as Self
2007
Parkinson
as Self - Guest / Performer
2006
Tony Bennett: An American Classic
as Self
2006
The Black Dahlia
as Lesbian Bar Singer (uncredited)
2004
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
as Self
2002
Tony Bennett - Wonderful World: Live In San Francisco
as Self
2002
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
as Self - Musical Guest
2001
K.D. Lang: Live By Request
as herself
2000
An All-Star Tribute to Joni Mitchell
as Self
2000
Dharma & Greg
as Self
2000
Parkinson
as Self
1999
Eye of the Beholder
as Hilary
1999
Roy Orbison: The Anthology
as Self (archive footage)
1997
Songs & Visions
as Self
1997
Ellen
as Janine
1997
The Last Don
as Dita Tommey
1995
The Larry Sanders Show
as k.d. lang
1995
The South Bank Show
1994
Tony Bennett: MTV Unplugged
as Self
1994
Teresa's Tattoo
as Michelle
1994
Truth or Dairy
as Self
1992
Later... with Jools Holland
1991
Salmonberries
as Kotzebue
1991
K.D. Lang: Harvest of Seven Years
1991
Stand On Your Man
as Self
1991
The Carol Burnett Show
as Self
1990
Red Hot + Blue: A Tribute to Cole Porter
as Self
1989
Saturday Night Live
as Self - Musical Guest
1988
Roy Orbison and Friends: A Black and White Night
as Self - Backing Vocals
1988
Pee-wee's Playhouse Christmas Special
as Self
1988
The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour
1987
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
as Self