Björk
Acting • Born 1965-11-21
Biography
Björk Guðmundsdóttir (born 21 November 1965) is an Icelandic singer, songwriter, composer, record producer and actress. Over her four-decade career, she has developed an eclectic musical style that draws on influences and genres including electronic, pop, jazz, experimental, trip hop, alternative, classical, and avant-garde music. Born and raised in Reykjavík, Björk began her music career at the age of 11 and gained international recognition as the lead singer of the alternative rock band the Sugarcubes. After the band's breakup in 1992, Björk embarked on a solo career, coming to prominence with albums such as Debut (1993), Post (1995), and Homogenic (1997), while collaborating with a range of artists and exploring a variety of multimedia projects. Her other albums include Vespertine (2001), Medúlla (2004), Volta (2007), Biophilia (2011), Vulnicura (2015), Utopia (2017) and Fossora (2022). Several of Björk's albums have reached the top 20 on the US Billboard 200 chart. As of 2015, she had sold between 20 and 40 million records worldwide. 31 of her singles have reached the top 40 on pop charts around the world, with 22 top-40 hits in the UK, including the top-10 singles "It's Oh So Quiet", "Army of Me", and "Hyperballad" and the top-20 singles "Play Dead", "Big Time Sensuality", and "Violently Happy". Her accolades and awards include the Order of the Falcon, five BRIT Awards, and 15 Grammy nominations. In 2015, Time named her one of the 100 most influential people in the world. Rolling Stone named her the 60th greatest singer and the 81st greatest songwriter. Björk starred in the 2000 Lars von Trier film Dancer in the Dark, for which she won the Best Actress Award at the 2000 Cannes Film Festival, and was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Original Song for "I've Seen It All". Biophilia was marketed as an interactive app album with its own education program. Björk has also been an advocate for environmental causes in Iceland. A retrospective exhibition dedicated to Björk was held at the New York Museum of Modern Art in 2015.
Filmography
92 credits
Dancer in the Dark
Movie • 2000
Selma Jezkova
Björk Orchestral
Movie • 2021
Self
Björk: Volumen
Movie • 1998
Self
Björk Orchestral II
Movie • 2021
Self
Björk Orkestral III
Movie • 2021
Self
Björk Orkestral IV
Movie • 2021
Self
Drawing Restraint 9
Movie • 2006
Occidental Guest
I've Been Twelve Forever
Movie • 2004
Self
The Juniper Tree
Movie • 1990
Margit
Matthew Barney: No Restraint
Movie • 2006
Self
Björk: Cambridge 1998
Movie • 1998
Self
Fungi: The Web of Life
Movie • 2023
Narrator (voice)
Björk: Vespertine Live at the Royal Opera House
Movie • 2001
Self
Von Trier's 100 Eyes
Movie • 2000
Self
808 State: Opti Buk
Movie • 2002
Self
The Sugarcubes: Murder and Killing in Hell (Live at Manchester Academy)
Movie • 1992
Self
Björk: Volumen Plus
Movie • 2002
Self
Arakimentari
Movie • 2004
Self
Björk: Voltaïc
Movie • 2009
Self
Náttúra Concert Featuring Björk and Sigur Rós
Movie • 2008
Self
Björk: The Inner or Deep Part of an Animal or Plant Structure
Movie • 2004
Self
Björk: MTV Unplugged & Live
Movie • 2002
Self - vocals
Anna and the Moods
Movie • 2007
Anna (voice)
Björk: Live at Riverside Church
Movie • 2001
Self
YouTube Trilogy: 4 Songs, History, Asian Girls
Movie • 2011
Self (archive footage)
Björk: Biophilia Live
Movie • 2014
Self
Screaming Masterpiece
Movie • 2005
Self
Björk: Cornucopia
Movie • 2025
Self
When Björk Met Attenborough
Movie • 2013
Self
The Work of Director Spike Jonze
Movie • 2003
Self
The Work of Director Chris Cunningham
Movie • 2003
Self
Sleepless Nights Stories
Movie • 2011
Self
Björk: Shepherd's Bush Empire 1997
Movie • 1997
Self
The Medúlla Videos
Movie • 2005
Self
Inside Björk
Movie • 2003
Self
Bravo Profiles: Björk
Movie • 1997
Self
Rock in Reykjavik
Movie • 1982
Self
The Best of Me
Movie • 2025
Self
Björk: Minuscule
Movie • 2002
Self
Björk: Vessel 1994
Movie • 1994
Self
Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen
Movie • 2012
(archive footage)
Björk: Greatest Hits - Volumen 1993-2003
Movie • 2002
Self
Broken Glass
Movie • 1988
Maria
Björk - Vulnicura Live
Movie • 2016
Self
Björk: Later with Jools Holland
Movie • 2003
Self
Out of Thin Air
Movie • 2017
Self (archive footage)
Sugar Cubes - The DVD
Movie • 2004
Self
Björk: No Place Like Home. Live at National Theatre of Reykjavík
Movie • 1999
Self
The Work of Director Michel Gondry
Movie • 2003
Self
Looking for a Thrill: An Anthology of Inspiration
Movie • 2005
Self
The Hidden Treasures of Michel Ocelot
Movie • 2008
Self
The Sugarcubes: Live Zabor
Movie • 2006
Self
The Northman
Movie • 2022
Seeress
Björk: MTV Unplugged 1994
Movie • 1994
Self
Björk: MTV Live 1998
Movie • 1998
Self
The Sparks Brothers
Movie • 2021
Self (voice)
Björk - The Creative Universe of a Music Missionary
Movie • 2015
Self
Athens 2004: Olympic Opening Ceremony (Games of the XXVIII Olympiad)
Movie • 2004
Self
Björk Orkestral
Movie • 2021
Coachella
Movie • 2006
Self
Prêt-à-Porter
Movie • 1994
Model
Free Tibet
Movie • 1998
Self
Monk in Pieces
Movie • 2025
Self
Björk: Later 1995-2011
Movie • 2012
Self
Björk: Vespertine Live at Orchard Hall
Movie • 2001
Why Are We Creative?
Movie • 2018
Self
La Machine Mode
Movie • 1994
Self
Can Creativity Save the World?
Movie • 2024
Self
Black Lake
Movie • 2015
Björk: Tibetan Freedom Concert
Movie • 1996
My Favourite Attenborough Moment
Movie • 2006
Self
Björk's Greatest Hits: Volumes 1993-2003
Movie • 2002
self
Heart of the Festival
Movie • 2002
Self (archive footage)
All is Full of Love
Movie • 1999
New Life
Movie • 1983
Singer (as Björk)
Friday Night with Jonathan Ross
TV • 2001
Self - Guest
TFI Friday
TV • 1996
Self
The Colbert Report
TV • 2005
Self - Musical Guest
MTV Unplugged
TV • 1989
Self
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
TV • 1993
Self - Musical Guest
The Frank Skinner Show
TV • 1995
Self
The Oscars
TV • 1953
Self
Saturday Night Live
TV • 1975
Self - Musical Guest
Victoires de la musique
TV • 1985
Self
The Nineties
TV • 2017
Self
Space Ghost Coast to Coast
TV • 1994
Self
Friday Night with Jonathan Ross
TV • 2001
Self - Musical Guest
Click
TV • 2000
Self
Top of the Pops
TV • 1964
Self - Host
Top of the Pops
TV • 1964
Self
Smash Hits Poll Winners Party
TV • 1988
The BRIT Awards
TV • 1977
Self