Courtney Love

**Courtney Michelle Love** (born **Courtney Michelle Harrison** on July 9, 1964) is an American rock musician and actress. She is best known as lead singer for the now-defunct alternative rock band Hole and as the widow of Nirvana frontman Kurt Cobain, with whom she had a daughter named Frances Bean Cobain. _Rolling Stone_ has called Love "the most controversial woman in the history of rock". In the 90s there was a twee band who were called, 'Courtney Love', named after her.

## Career

In 1981 Love started Sugar Babydoll. In 1982 she went to a Faith No More concert. She convinced the members to let her join as a singer. She was kicked out of the band because they wanted "male energy". In 1984 she started Pagan Babies.

### Hole

In 1989 Love began Hole. In 1990 Hole's first single "Retard Girl" was released. The band released its first album _Pretty on the Inside_ in 1991. On April 12, 1994 Hole's second album _Live Through This_ was released, four days after Love's husband Kurt Cobain was found dead in their home. The album got very good reviews. On September 8, 1998 _Celebrity Skin_ was released.

On February 10, 2004 Love released _America's Sweetheart_. Hole's last album _Nobody's Daughter_ was released on April 27, 2010.

In 2006 she published a memoir, _Dirty Blonde: The Diaries of Courtney Love_.

Love sung on "Rat a Tat" on Fall Out Boy's fifth album _Save Rock and Roll_, released April 12 2013. She also wrote the song.

Love said that her next album would be released for Christmas 2013 along with _Courtney Love: My Story_, a book about her life so far.

In 2014 Love released her first single in ten years, "Know My Name".

## Personal life

Love is a feminist. She is open about having had cosmetic surgery.

Love was married to Kurt Cobain from 1992 until his death in 1994. They have one daughter born in 1992.

### Hole discography

- _Pretty on the Inside_ (1991)
- _Live Through This_ (1994)
- _Celebrity Skin_ (1998)
- _Nobody's Daughter_ (2010)

### Solo discography

- _America's Sweetheart_ (2004)

## Filmography

- _Sid and Nancy_ <small>(1986)</small>
- _Straight to Hell_ <small>(1987)</small>
- _Tapeheads_ <small>(1988)</small>
- _1991: The Year Punk Broke_ <small>(1992/Documentary)</small>
- _Tank Girl_ <small>(1995/Executive Music Producer)</small>
- _Basquiat_ <small>(1996)</small>
- _Feeling Minnesota_ <small>(1996)</small>
- _The People vs. Larry Flynt_ <small>(1996)</small>
- _Not Bad for a Girl_ <small>(1995/Documentary/Co-Producer)</small>
- _Off the Menu: The Last Days of Chasen's_ <small>(1997/Documentary)</small>
- _Kurt & Courtney_ <small>(1998/Documentary)</small>
- _Clara Bow: Discovering the It Girl_ <small>(1999/Documentary/Narrator)</small>
- _200 Cigarettes_ <small>(1999)</small>
- _Man on the Moon_ <small>(1999)</small>
- _Beat_ <small>(2000)</small>
- _Bounce: Behind the Velvet Rope_ <small>(2000/Documentary)</small>
- _Julie Johnson_ <small>(2001)</small>
- _Last Party 2000_ <small>(2001/Documentary)</small>
- _Trapped_ <small>(2002)</small>
- _Mayor of the Sunset Strip_ <small>(2003/Documentary)</small>
- _(This Is Known As) The Blues Scale_ <small>(2004/Documentary)</small>
- _Comedy Central Roast of Pamela Anderson_
- _Trailer for a Remake of Gore Vidal's Caligula_ <small>(2005/Short Film)</small>
- _The Return of Courtney Love _(2006/documentary)
- _Straight to Hell Returns_ (2010)
- _Hit So Hard _(2011)
- _Courtney In Wonderland_ (2011)
- _Sunset Strip_ (2012)
- _Bob and the Monster_ (2013)

## Awards

|align=center|Year|Award|Category|Film||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|rowspan="2"|1996|New York Film Critics Circle Awards|Best Supporting Actress|rowspan="4"|_The People vs. Larry Flynt_|
|Boston Society of Film Critics Awards|Best Supporting Actress|||||
|rowspan="2"|1997|Golden Satellite Awards|Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture|||
|Chicago Film Critics Association Awards|Most Promising Actress|||||
|2001|L.A. Outfest: Grand Jury Award|Outstanding Actress in a Feature Film|_Julie Johnson_|||

## Other websites

- Official Courtney Love site 
- Official Courtney Love MySpace
- Courtney Love Interview  (2006) on her book _Dirty Blonde_ by AOL Books
- Court TV Coverage

## Infobox (musical artist)

- **name**: Courtney Love
- **background**: solo_singer
- **image**: Courtney Love 1995 by Andrzej Liguz.jpg
- **caption**: Love in July 1995
- **birth name**: **Courtney Michelle Harrison**
- **alias**: Courtney Michelle Love,
 Courtney Michelle Cobain,
 Courtney Love Cobain,
Love Michelle Harrison,
 Courtney Michelle Menely,
 Coco Rodriguez
- **birth place**: San Francisco, California, United States, U.S.
- **occupation**: Singer, musician, songwriter, actress
- **instrument**: Singer, Vocals, guitar
- **genre**: Alternative rock, grunge
- **label**: Sympathy for the Record Industry
Caroline Records, Caroline
DGC Records, DGC / Geffen Records, Geffen
Universal Music
Virgin Records, Virgin
Custard Records
- **associated acts**: Hole (band), Hole
Babes in Toyland (band), Babes in Toyland
Faith No More
- **url**: [http://www.courtneylove.com/ CourtneyLove.com]