Acting · Rochester, New York, USA · Born June 2, 1959
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.
TV70 Years of Youth Revolt
2020
as Self (archive footage)
MovieMy Lover The Killer
2020
MovieSpit and Ashes
2019
MovieLydia Lunch: The War Is Never Over
2019
as Self
MovieL7: Pretend We're Dead
2017
as Self
TVThe Ripple Effect
2016
as Self
The Circular Ruins
2014
as Night (voice)
Kill Us All
2014
Wild Thing
2012
as Self
MovieBye Bye Blondie
2012
as La chanteuse
MovieThe Hardcore Collection
2012
as (archive footage)
MovieRoad Rant: A Week on the Road with Lydia Lunch
2012
as Self
MovieAutoluminescent: Rowland S. Howard
2011
as Self
MovieBlank City
2011
as Self
MovieFake Orgasm
2010
Flood Stains
2010
as Saltmaster
MovieGodkiller: Walk Among Us
2010
as Bub (voice)
MovieMutantes: Punk Porn Feminism
2009
as Self - Interviewee
No Wave - Underground '80: Berlin - New York
2009
as Self
MovieNYC Foetus
2009
as Herself
MovieFor the End of Time
2009
Death of the Reel
2008
as Narrator
MovieLydia Lunch: Video Hysterie: 1978 - 2006
2008
as Herself
MovieLlik Your Idols
2007
as Herself
Her Noise - The Making Of
2006
Kill Your Idols: More.
2006
as Self
American Fame Pt. 2: Forgetting Jonathan Brandis
2005
as Narrator
MovieThe Heart Is Deceitful Above All Things
2004
as Social Worker #2
MovieKill Your Idols
2004
as Self
D.I.Y. or Die: How to Survive as an Independent Artist
2002
as Herself - Interviewee
Kiss My Grits: The Herstory of Women in Punk and Hard Rock
2001
as Self
MovieThe Hardcore Collection
2000
MovieLunch on Kern
1997
as Herself
MovieRichard Kern - Portrait: Live From New York
1997
MovieVisiting Desire
1996
as Sitter
MovieBaby Trouble Hole
1996
as Performer
Lydia Lunch: Malicious Intent
1994
MovieDie Haut - Sweat
1994
as Self
No Age New York
1993
as Herself
Thanatopsis
1991
as Herself
MovieKiss Napoleon Goodbye
1990
as Hedda
MovieThe Gun Is Loaded
1989
as Herself
MovieGang of Souls: A Generation of Beat Poets
1989
as Self
MoviePut More Blood Into the Music
1988
as Herself
MovieMondo New York
1988
as Prologue
MoviePenn & Teller's Invisible Thread
1987
MovieSubmit to Me Now
1987
MovieCruel Tricks for Dear Friends
1987
as Self
MovieFingered
1986
MovieBarbecue Death Squad From Hell
1986
as Herself
MovieSubmit to Me
1986
School of Shame
1984
MovieThe Right Side of My Brain
1984
as Narrator
MovieThe Wild World of Lydia Lunch
1983
as Herself
Like Dawn to Dust
1983
MovieVortex
1982
as Angel Powers
MovieDance of the Dead Children
1982
MovieThe Agony Is The Ecstacy
1982
MovieSubway Riders
1981
MovieRaw Nerves: A Lacanian Thriller
1980
MovieThe Offenders
1980
MovieBlack Box
1979
as Torturer
No New York Festival - Berlin
1979
as Self
MovieBeauty Becomes the Beast
1979
Alien Portrait
1979
as Self
MovieRome '78
1978
as Empress
MoviePunking Out
1978
as Herself
MovieShe Had Her Gun All Ready
1978
MovieGuerillère Talks
1978
as Herself
Love Diptych
