Acting · Reykjavík, Iceland · Born November 21, 1965
Björk Guðmundsdóttir (born 21 November 1965) is an Icelandic singer, songwriter, composer, record producer and actress. Over her four-decade career, she has developed an eclectic musical style that draws on influences and genres including electronic, pop, jazz, experimental, trip hop, alternative, classical, and avant-garde music. Born and raised in Reykjavík, Björk began her music career at the age of 11 and gained international recognition as the lead singer of the alternative rock band the Sugarcubes. After the band's breakup in 1992, Björk embarked on a solo career, coming to prominence with albums such as Debut (1993), Post (1995), and Homogenic (1997), while collaborating with a range of artists and exploring a variety of multimedia projects. Her other albums include Vespertine (2001), Medúlla (2004), Volta (2007), Biophilia (2011), Vulnicura (2015), Utopia (2017) and Fossora (2022). Several of Björk's albums have reached the top 20 on the US Billboard 200 chart. As of 2015, she had sold between 20 and 40 million records worldwide. 31 of her singles have reached the top 40 on pop charts around the world, with 22 top-40 hits in the UK, including the top-10 singles "It's Oh So Quiet", "Army of Me", and "Hyperballad" and the top-20 singles "Play Dead", "Big Time Sensuality", and "Violently Happy". Her accolades and awards include the Order of the Falcon, five BRIT Awards, and 15 Grammy nominations. In 2015, Time named her one of the 100 most influential people in the world. Rolling Stone named her the 60th greatest singer and the 81st greatest songwriter. Björk starred in the 2000 Lars von Trier film Dancer in the Dark, for which she won the Best Actress Award at the 2000 Cannes Film Festival, and was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Original Song for "I've Seen It All". Biophilia was marketed as an interactive app album with its own education program. Björk has also been an advocate for environmental causes in Iceland. A retrospective exhibition dedicated to Björk was held at the New York Museum of Modern Art in 2015.
MovieMonk in Pieces
2025
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MovieBjörk: Cornucopia
2025
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MovieThe Best of Me
2025
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MovieCan Creativity Save the World?
2024
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MovieFungi: The Web of Life
2023
as Narrator (voice)
MovieThe Northman
2022
as Seeress
MovieBjörk Orkestral IV
2021
as Self
MovieBjörk Orkestral
2021
MovieBjörk Orkestral III
2021
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MovieBjörk Orchestral II
2021
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MovieBjörk Orchestral
2021
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MovieThe Sparks Brothers
2021
as Self (voice)
MovieWhy Are We Creative?
2018
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TVThe Nineties
2017
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MovieOut of Thin Air
2017
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MovieBjörk - Vulnicura Live
2016
as Self
MovieBlack Lake
2015
MovieBjörk - The Creative Universe of a Music Missionary
2015
as Self
MovieBjörk: Biophilia Live
2014
as Self
MovieWhen Björk Met Attenborough
2013
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MovieBjörk: Later 1995-2011
2012
as Self
MovieFinal Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen
2012
as (archive footage)
MovieSleepless Nights Stories
2011
as Self
MovieYouTube Trilogy: 4 Songs, History, Asian Girls
2011
as Self (archive footage)
MovieBjörk: Voltaïc
2009
as Self
MovieNáttúra Concert Featuring Björk and Sigur Rós
2008
as Self
MovieThe Hidden Treasures of Michel Ocelot
2008
as Self
MovieAnna and the Moods
2007
as Anna (voice)
MovieMatthew Barney: No Restraint
2006
as Self
MovieCoachella
2006
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My Favourite Attenborough Moment
2006
as Self
MovieDrawing Restraint 9
2006
as Occidental Guest
MovieThe Sugarcubes: Live Zabor
2006
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TVThe Colbert Report
2005
as Self - Musical Guest
MovieScreaming Masterpiece
2005
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MovieLooking for a Thrill: An Anthology of Inspiration
2005
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MovieThe Medúlla Videos
2005
as Self
MovieI've Been Twelve Forever: The Work of Director Michel Gondry
2004
as Self
MovieBjörk: The Inner or Deep Part of an Animal or Plant Structure
2004
as Self
MovieAthens 2004: Olympic Opening Ceremony (Games of the XXVIII Olympiad)
2004
as Self
MovieArakimentari
2004
as Self
MovieSugar Cubes - The DVD
2004
as Self
MovieThe Work of Director Michel Gondry
2003
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MovieThe Work of Director Chris Cunningham
2003
as Self
MovieThe Work of Director Spike Jonze
2003
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MovieInside Björk
2003
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MovieBjörk: Later with Jools Holland
2003
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MovieBjörk: Volumen Plus
2002
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MovieBjörk: Greatest Hits - Volumen 1993-2003
2002
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MovieBjörk: Minuscule
2002
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MovieBjörk's Greatest Hits: Volumes 1993-2003
2002
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MovieHeart of the Festival
2002
as Self (archive footage)
MovieBjörk: MTV Unplugged & Live
2002
as Self - vocals
Movie808 State: Opti Buk
2002
as Self
MovieBjörk: Vespertine Live at the Royal Opera House
2001
as Self
MovieBjörk: Vespertine Live at Orchard Hall
2001
TVFriday Night with Jonathan Ross
2001
as Self - Guest
MovieBjörk: Live at Riverside Church
2001
as Self
MovieVon Trier's 100 Eyes
2000
as Self
MovieDancer in the Dark
2000
as Selma Jezkova
TVClick
2000
as Self
MovieBjörk: No Place Like Home. Live at National Theatre of Reykjavík
1999
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MovieBjörk: Cambridge 1998
1998
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MovieBjörk: Volumen
1998
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Sternstunde Kunst
1998
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MovieFree Tibet
1998
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MovieBjörk: MTV Live 1998
1998
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MovieBravo Profiles: Björk
1997
as Self
MovieBjörk: Shepherd's Bush Empire 1997
1997
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MovieBjörk: Tibetan Freedom Concert
1996
TVTFI Friday
1996
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TVThe Frank Skinner Show
1995
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MoviePrêt-à-Porter
1994
as Model
MovieBjörk: MTV Unplugged 1994
1994
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MovieBjörk: Vessel 1994
1994
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TVSpace Ghost Coast to Coast
1994
as Self
MovieLa Machine Mode
1994
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TVEurotrash
1993
TVLate Night with Conan O'Brien
1993
as Self - Musical Guest
MovieThe Sugarcubes: Murder and Killing in Hell (Live at Manchester Academy)
1992
as Self
TVThe Word
1990
MovieThe Juniper Tree
1990
as Margit
TVMTV Unplugged
1989
as Self
MovieBroken Glass
1988
as Maria
Smash Hits Poll Winners Party
1988
as Self
TVVictoires de la musique
1985
as Self
MovieNew Life
1983
as Singer (as Björk)
MovieRock in Reykjavik
1982
as Self
TVThe BRIT Awards
1977
as Self
TVSaturday Night Live
1975
as Self - Musical Guest
TVTop of the Pops
1964
as Self - Host
TVThe Oscars
1953
as Self
MovieHADES
as Elowen
