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Alanis Morissette
June 1, 1974
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Artistfacts:
| She portrayed God in the 1999 movie Dogma. |
| She sang The Osmond Brothers' "One Bad Apple" on Star Search, a US TV show that tried to discover new talent. She lost to Chad the Singing Cowboy. (thanks, Brad Wind - Miami, FL) |
| Alanis is from Ottawa, Canada. She moved to Los Angeles in 1994 to work with Glen Ballard, who helped her write and produce Jagged Little Pill. |
| Alanis was an actress as a child. She was on the Nickelodeon show You Can't Do That On Television at age 10, and appeared in a movie a year later with Matt LeBlanc as her boyfriend. In 1992, she moved to LA to appear in the TV sitcom Just One Of The Girls. (thanks, Brad Wind - Miami, FL) |
| She started as a dance singer when she was 11. Her first 2 albums contained pop songs that were very popular in Canada. |
| She opened for Vanilla Ice on his 1990 tour. |
| Her 1999 tour was sponsored by MP3.com. She received a lot of stock in the deal, which was worth many millions of dollars before the Internet bubble burst a year later. She did sell $1.5 million worth of the stock before it collapsed. |
| She was a teen star in Canada equivalent to Debbie Gibson or Tiffany in the US. She won a Juno award (Canadian Grammy) for Most Promising Female Vocalist in 1992. |
| She did not have a US record deal when she recorded Jagged Little Pill. She did not look for a label until until she was done with it because she didn't want the record company messing with it. |
| She signed to Madonna's vanity record label Maverick Records after performing an acoustic audition for their executives. |
| She is the first Canadian female to have a #1 album in the US (Jagged Little Pill). |
| When she was a teenager in Canada, she did catalog modeling. |
| She used to date Dave Coulier, who was on the TV show Full House. They met at a hockey game in 1992. |
| Alanis was named for her father. Her parents were looking for an original girl's name that was a derivative of his name, Alan. (thanks, Paul - Detroit, MI) |
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Comments:
| Rumour has it that she used to drive around with her own music blaring on the stereo. - K, Toronto, Canada |
| Hey Bren,If Yiu Go To The Slime Society Site,They'll Have AN Episode A Week,But So Far,I Haven't Seen Anything With Alanis. - Billy, Otway, OH |
| Her fiancee, <b>Ryan Reynolds</b>, not only stars in <i>Van Wilder</i> as the titular role, but also <i>Blade Trinity</i> with Wesley Snipes, <i>Waiting...</i> with Justin Long (of <i>Jeepers Creepers</i>) and the 2005 remake of <i>the Amityville Horror</i> opposite Melissa George (from TV's <i>Alias</i>).<br><br>
Most recently (as of December 2005), he's the star of <i>Just Friends</i>, also featuring Amy Smart (<i>Road Trip</i>), Anna Faris (<i>Scary Movie</i>, <i>the Hot Chick</i>), Chris Klein (<i>Election</i>, <i>American Pie</i>) and Christopher Marquette (<i>Freddy Vs. Jason</i>, <i>the Girl Next Door</i>). A real ensemble cast. - A.J., Chicago, IL |
| Alanis re-released Jagged Little Pill as an accoustic album in early 2005. It was only available at Starbuck's locations for the first 6 weeks of the release. It angered many fans who felt Alanis was selling out. Alanis claims that Starbucks was just the right place to have the cd be available. - Sarah-Jane, Halifax, Canada |
| I am so excited that I found out about the show "You Can't do that on television" I have been going crazy trying to remember the name of that show. My boyfriend reminded me that Alanis was on it...so I looked here! Anyone have any ideas on how I can get my hands on old show recordings of the show??? let me know. Thanks--Bren - Bren, seattle , WA |
| The best album by AM Period. Whenever you as a listener can feel the artists emotion come through lyrically and musically, that is the complete accomplishment. Well done Alanis Morrisette.(maybe should have stuck with Glen Ballard.) - Don, Pittsburgh, PA |
| She's engaged to Ryan Reynolds [Van Wilder] - jessa, Brampton, ON, Canada |
| I can see why. It is a great album - Becca, Belleville, IL |
| Jagged Little Pill was the top-selling album of the 1990s. - Matthew, New York, NY |
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