page_title: Finneas O'Connell
section_title: Early life
hierarchical_section_title: Finneas O'Connell / Early life
caption_attribution_description: Billie Eilish performing live at The Hi Hat in Highland Park, Los Angeles, California, on Thursday, August 10, 2017.
context_page_description: Finneas Baird O'Connell, known mononymously as Finneas, is an American singer, songwriter, record producer, and actor. He has written and produced music for various artists including his younger sister, Billie Eilish. He won five Grammy Awards, including Album of the Year, Producer of the Year, Non-Classical and the Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical for his work on Eilish's debut album When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go?.
  Finneas has released several singles as a solo artist, and his debut EP, Blood Harmony, was released on October 4, 2019. The EP includes "Let's Fall in Love for the Night"; it is Finneas' most successful song to date, peaking at number 17 on the US Billboard Alternative Songs chart. As an actor, Finneas starred in the 2013 independent film Life Inside Out. He is also known for his role as Alistair in the Fox musical comedy-drama series Glee.
context_section_description: Finneas was born in Los Angeles to actress and screenwriter Maggie Baird and actor Patrick O'Connell, both of whom are also musicians. Finneas is of Irish and Scottish descent. In 2010, at age 12, he took a songwriting class with his mother, and began writing and producing songs, purchasing Logic Pro.
caption: Finneas (right) performing with his sister Billie Eilish in 2017
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