Laura Phillips Anderson is an American avant-garde artist, composer, musician and film director whose work spans performance art, pop music, and multimedia projects.

KNOWN FOR

Saturday Night Live
1986
The South Bank Show
1982
Later... with Jools Holland
1995
Space Ghost Coast to Coast
1996
Classic Albums
2012
Okay
1982
The Rugrats Movie
1998
Something Wild
1986
Alive from Off Center
1987
Bei Bio
1984
Plymptoons: The Complete Early Works of Bill Plympton
1989
Heart of a Dog
2015

FILMOGRAPHY

All
Movies
TV
Acting
57
Directing
15
Writing
6
Producing
3
Camera
1
Sound
16
Art
2
Visual Effects
2
2026
Nova '78
as Self (archive footage)
2025
Thank You Very Much
as Self
2025
Free for All: The Public Library
as Self
2025
Why I Love The Stars
as Self
2025
Laurie Anderson Saint Joan of Arc Basilica, Paris
2024
Eno
as Self
2023
Garland Jeffreys: The King of in Between
as Self
2023
Buke & Gase
as Self
2021
Sisters with Transistors
as Narrator (voice)
2020
The Business of Thought: A Recorded History of Artists Space
as Self
2020
Symphony Of The Invisible
as Self (voice)
2019
Museum Town
as Self
2018
Feminists: What Were They Thinking?
as Self
2018
Call Us Ishmael
as Herself
2017
Julian Schnabel: A Private Portrait
as Self
2016
Yoko Ono Lennon's Courage Awards 2016: Laurie Anderson, Mohammad el Gharani, Eileen Boxer, RoseLee Goldberg, LoftOpera
2015
Heart of a Dog
as Narrator
2015
Track Stories
as Self
2012
BAM150
as Self
2012
Classic Albums: Peter Gabriel - So
as Self
2012
Classic Albums
as Self
2011
Brainwave
as Self
2010
William S. Burroughs: A Man Within
as Self
2010
Homeland: The Story of the Lark
2010
Music
as Self
2008
A Not So Silent Night
as Self
2007
Why Birds Sing
as Herself
2006
Andy Warhol: A Documentary Film
as Narrator
2005
John Peel's Record Box
as Self
2002
McLuhan's Wake
as Narrator
2002
The Making and Meaning of 'We Are Family'
as Self
1998
The Rugrats Movie
as Newborn Baby (singing voice)
1996
Space Ghost Coast to Coast
1995
Later... with Jools Holland
1993
The Sensual Nature of Sound: 4 Composers Laurie Anderson, Tania Leon, Meredith Monk, Pauline Oliveros
as Herself
1991
Sphinxes Without Secrets
1991
Laurie Anderson: The Collected Videos
as The Clones
1991
The Human Face
as Presenter
1990
One World, One Voice
as Self
1990
John Cage: I Have Nothing to Say and I Am Saying It
as Self
1989
Heavy Petting
as Self
1989
Talk Normal
as Herself
1987
Alive from Off Center
as Host
1986
The Kitchen Presents: Two Moon July
1986
Home of the Brave: A Film by Laurie Anderson
as Self - Keyboards, Vocals / Fenway Bergamot / The Voice of Reason
1986
What You Mean We?
as Herself
1986
Saturday Night Live
as Self - Musical Guest
1986
Alive from Off Center
as Laurie Anderson & Clones
1985
All Star Video
as Self (archive footage)
1985
Alive from Off Center
1984
Good Morning, Mr. Orwell
as Self
1984
Bei Bio
as Self
1983
Closed Circuit
as Sängerin
1982
Okay
as Self
1982
The South Bank Show
1981
14 Americans: Directions of the 1970s
as Herself
1977
Songs for Lines/Songs for Waves