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
The Heart Is Deceitful Above All Things
(2004)
Social Worker #2
Full Filmography
Acting
Rome '78
(1978)
She Had Her Gun All Ready
(1978)
Guerillere Talks
(1978)
Herself
Punking Out
(1978)
Herself
Black Box
(1979)
Alien Portrait
(1979)
Self
No New York Festival - Berlin
(1979)
Self
Beauty Becomes the Beast
(1979)
Raw Nerves: A Lacanian Thriller
(1980)
The Offenders
(1980)
Subway Riders
(1981)
Vortex
(1982)
Angel Powers
DANCE OF THE DEAD CHILDREN
(1982)
The Wild World of Lydia Lunch
(1983)
Herself
Like Dawn to Dust
(1983)
The Right Side of My Brain
(1984)
School of Shame
(1984)
Submit to Me
(1985)
Barbecue Death Squad From Hell
(1986)
Herself
Fingered
(1986)
Death Valley '69
(1986)
Penn & Teller's Invisible Thread
(1987)
Submit to Me Now
(1987)
Cruel Tricks for Dear Friends
(1987)
Self
Mondo New York
(1988)
Prologue
Put More Blood Into the Music
(1988)
Herself
The Gun Is Loaded
(1989)
Herself
Gang of Souls: A Generation of Beat Poets
(1989)
Herself
Kiss Napoleon Goodbye
(1990)
Hedda
Thanatopsis
(1991)
Herself
No Age New York
(1993)
Herself
Lydia Lunch: Malicious Intent
(1994)
Die Haut - Sweat
(1994)
Visiting Desire
(1996)
Sitter
Baby Trouble Hole
(1996)
Performer
Richard Kern - Portrait: Live From New York
(1997)
Lunch on Kern
(1997)
Herself
Kiss My Grits: The Herstory of Women in Punk and Hard Rock
(2001)
Self
D.I.Y. or Die: How to Survive as an Independent Artist
(2002)
Herself - Interviewee
The Heart Is Deceitful Above All Things
(2004)
Social Worker #2
Kill Your Idols
(2004)
Herself
American Fame Pt. 2: Forgetting Jonathan Brandis
(2005)
Narrator
Her Noise - The Making Of
(2006)
Kill Your Idols: More.
(2006)
Herself
Llik Your Idols
(2007)
Herself
Death of the Reel
(2008)
Narrator
Lydia Lunch: Video Hysterie: 1978 - 2006
(2008)
Herself
For the End of Time
(2009)
NYC Foetus
(2009)
Herself
Mutantes
(2009)
Self - Interviewee
No Wave - Underground '80: Berlin - New York
(2009)
Self
Flood Stains
(2010)
Saltmaster
Godkiller: Walk Among Us
(2010)
Bub (voice)
Fake Orgasm
(2010)
Blank City
(2011)
Self
Autoluminescent: Rowland S. Howard
(2011)
Self
Bye Bye Blondie
(2012)
La chanteuse
Wild Thing
(2012)
Self
The Hardcore Collection
(2012)
The Circular Ruins
(2014)
Night (voice)
Kill Us All
(2014)
L7: Pretend We're Dead
(2017)
Self
Lydia Lunch: The War Is Never Over
(2019)
Self
Spit and Ashes
(2019)
My Lover The Killer
(2020)
Sound
Vortex
(1982)
Music
Goodbye 42nd Street
(1983)
Music
The Right Side of My Brain
(1984)
Music
Fingered
(1986)
Music
Us
(2003)
Music
Post-Apocalyptic Cowgirls
(2008)
Music
Lydia Lunch: Video Hysterie: 1978 - 2006
(2008)
Music
Unfaithful
(2009)
Music
Flood Stains
(2010)
Music
The Return of Post Apocalyptic Cowgirls
(2010)
Music
Kill Us All
(2014)
Music
Disturbtion
(2015)
Music
My Lover The Killer
(2020)
Music
Writing
The Right Side of My Brain
(1984)
Writer
Fingered
(1986)
Writer
The Gun Is Loaded
(1989)
Writer
Kiss Napoleon Goodbye
(1990)
Writer
Thanatopsis
(1991)
Writer
Lydia Lunch: Malicious Intent
(1994)
Writer
Flood Stains
(2010)
Screenplay
Kill Us All
(2014)
Writer
Production