Cast & creator
K.D. Lang
Best known for The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson, Saturday Night Live, The Graham Norton Show
Kathryn Dawn Lang OC AOE (born November 2, 1961), known by her stylized stage name k.d. lang, is a Canadian pop and country singer-songwriter and occasional actress. Lang has won Juno Awards and Grammy Awards for her musical performances. Hits include the songs "Constant Craving" and "Miss Chatelaine". A mezzo-soprano, lang has contributed songs to movie soundtracks and has collaborated with musicians such as Roy Orbison, Tony Bennett, Elton John, The Killers, Anne Murray, Ann Wilson, and Jane Siberry. She performed at the closing ceremony of the 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary, Alberta, and at the opening ceremony of the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, British Columbia, where she performed Leonard Cohen's "Hallelujah". Lang has also been active as an animal rights, gay rights, and Tibetan human rights activist. She is a tantric practitioner of the old school of Tibetan Buddhism. Description above from the Wikipedia article k.d. lang, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Also known as: Kathryn Dawn Lang
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film credits
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1962–2023 · acting roles
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Across film & television
Filmography (52)
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The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Self
1962
Saturday Night Live
Self - Musical Guest
1975
The Graham Norton Show
Self
2007
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
Self
1988
How I Met Your Mother
k.d. lang
2005
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
Self - Musical Guest
1993
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
1992
CBS News Sunday Morning
Self
1979
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
Self
2003
The South Bank Show
1978
Later... with Jools Holland
1992
The Larry Sanders Show
k.d. lang
1992
Ellen
Janine
1994
Parkinson
Self
1998
Portlandia
Peggy
2011
Dharma & Greg
Self
1997
Parkinson
Self - Guest / Performer
2004
Tomorrow Never Dies
Songs
1997
The Black Dahlia
Lesbian Bar Singer (uncredited)
2006
The Last Don
Dita Tommey
1997
Jann
Self
2019The Carol Burnett Show
Self
1991The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour
1988
Eye of the Beholder
Hilary
1999
Even Cowgirls Get the Blues
Original Music Composer
1994
Roy Orbison and Friends: A Black and White Night
Self - Backing Vocals
1988
Tony Bennett: An American Classic
Self
2006
Pee-wee's Playhouse Christmas Special
Self
1988
Teresa's Tattoo
Michelle
1994
Songs & Visions
Self
1997
Tony Bennett: Duets - The Making of an American Classic
Self
2007
Roy Orbison: Black and White Night 30
Self
2017
Country at the BBC
Self (archive footage)
2011
Tony Bennett Celebrates 90
Self
2016
Tower of Song: A Memorial Tribute to Leonard Cohen
Self - Performer
2018
Red Hot + Blue: A Tribute to Cole Porter
Self
1990
Heritage Minutes: Jim Egan
Narrator (voice)
2018
Tony Bennett: MTV Unplugged
Self
1994
This Beat Goes On: Canadian Pop Music in the 1970s
Self
2009
An All-Star Tribute to Joni Mitchell
Self
2000
Tony Bennett - Wonderful World: Live In San Francisco
Self
2002
Roy Orbison: The Anthology
Self (archive footage)
1999
Anne Murray: Full Circle
Self
2021
k.d. lang - Ingénue Redux - Live From the Majestic Theatre
Cantante
2018
Truth or Dairy
Self
1994
Salmonberries
Kotzebue
1991Anne Murray Friends and Legends
Self
2007
k.d. lang: songs & silence
Self
2023Stand On Your Man
Self
1991
k.d. lang - Live in London with the BBC Orchestra
herself
2009
K.D. Lang: Live By Request
herself
2001