Bonnie Raitt
Acting • Born 1949-11-08
Biography
Bonnie Lynn Raitt (born 8 November 1949) is an American blues singer-songwriter, musician, and activist. During the 1970s, Raitt released a series of roots-influenced albums that incorporated elements of blues, rock, folk and country. In 1989, after several years of critical acclaim but little commercial success, she had a major hit with the album Nick of Time. The following two albums, Luck of the Draw (1991) and Longing in Their Hearts (1994), were also multimillion sellers, generating several hit singles, including "Something to Talk About", "Love Sneakin' Up on You", and the ballad "I Can't Make You Love Me" (with Bruce Hornsby on piano). Raitt has received 10 Grammy Awards. She is listed as number 50 in Rolling Stone's list of the "100 Greatest Singers of All Time" and number 89 on the magazine's list of the "100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time".
Filmography
90 credits
Motown 40: The Music is Forever
Movie • 1998
Self
Saint Misbehavin': The Wavy Gravy Movie
Movie • 2010
Self
The 25th Anniversary Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Concerts
Movie • 2009
Self
Heartbreakers at the BBC
Movie • 2023
Self (archive footage)
Can't Buy Me Lunch: Another Look at The Rutles
Movie • 2003
Self - Interviewee
Playback Social Entrepreneurs: Climate Change, COVID, and Commerce
Movie
Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
Movie • 1978
Our Guests at Heartland
Urban Cowboy
Movie • 1980
Herself
Roy Orbison and Friends: A Black and White Night
Movie • 1988
Self - Backing Vocals
Led Zeppelin Played Here
Movie • 2014
Self (archive footage)
Mark Knopfler: Live at Madison Square Garden 2019
Movie • 2019
guitars, vocals
A Tribute to Stevie Ray Vaughan
Movie • 1996
Self
Aretha Franklin: Duets
Movie • 1993
Self
John Lee Hooker: Come and See About Me
Movie • 2004
Self
John Lee Hooker - That's My Story
Movie • 2001
B.B. King: The Life of Riley
Movie • 2012
Self
Troubadours
Movie • 2011
Self
Genius. A Night for Ray Charles
Movie • 2004
Self
No Nukes
Movie • 1980
Self
The 9 Lives of Barbara Dane
Movie • 2023
Herself
Road to Austin
Movie • 2016
Anne Murray: Full Circle
Movie • 2021
Self
Bonnie Raitt and Friends - Live at Decades Rock Live!
Movie • 2005
Muddy Waters: Can't Be Satisfied
Movie • 2003
Self
Lightning in a Bottle
Movie • 2004
Self
A MusiCares Person of the Year Tribute Honoring James Taylor
Movie • 2006
Self
Trudell
Movie • 2005
Self - Musician, Activist
Les Paul - Live in New York
Movie • 2010
Self
Mavis!
Movie • 2015
Self
Sidemen: Long Road To Glory
Movie • 2016
Who Bombed Judi Bari?
Movie • 2012
Self (archive footage)
Lilith Fair: Building a Mystery
Movie • 2025
Self
The Arlo Guthrie Show
Movie • 1987
Self
Shake 'Em On Down
Movie • 2016
Herself
Bonnie Raitt: Road Tested
Movie • 1996
Self
The Country Bears
Movie • 2002
Self
ReMastered: Devil at the Crossroads
Movie • 2019
Self
John Lee Hooker: The Boogie Man
Movie • 2019
Self
John Lee Hooker and Friends 1984-1992
Movie • 1992
Linda Ronstadt: The Sound of My Voice
Movie • 2019
Self
The Midnight Special Legendary Performances 1977
Movie • 1977
Self
The Soul of a Man
Movie • 2003
Self
The Midnight Special Legendary Performances: More 1977
Movie • 2007
Austin City Limits Celebrates 40 Years
Movie • 2014
Self - Performer
Before the Music Dies
Movie • 2006
Self - Musician
Picture Show: A Tribute Celebrating John Prine
Movie • 2020
Self
Willie Nelson: The Big Six-O
Movie • 1993
Self
Curves Contours & Body Horns
Movie • 1993
Self
Chuck Leavell: The Tree Man
Movie • 2020
Self
The New Orleans Concert: The Music of America's Soul
Movie • 2006
Self
Eric Clapton's Crossroads Guitar Festival 2019
Movie • 2020
Self
This Ain't No Mouse Music!
Movie • 2014
Self
The Changer: A Record of the Times
Movie • 1991
Self
Fanny: The Right to Rock
Movie • 2021
Self
Make It Funky!
Movie • 2005
Self
Feast Your Ears: The Story of WHFS 102.3 FM
Movie • 2023
Performer
Women in Rock
Movie • 1986
Self
Last Party 2000
Movie • 2001
Self
SNL50: The Homecoming Concert
Movie • 2025
Self
Del Shannon: The Runaway
Movie
Bonnie Raitt Has Something To Talk About
Movie • 1995
Self
Bonnie Raitt Live at Montreax
Movie • 1977
Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame: In Concert 2014-2017
Movie • 2018
Self
You Got Gold: A Celebration of John Prine
Movie • 2025
Self
Roy Orbison: Black and White Night 30
Movie • 2017
Self
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
TV • 2003
Self
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
TV • 1992
Austin City Limits
TV • 1975
Self
The Colbert Report
TV • 2005
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
TV • 1993
Self - Musical Guest
Fridays
TV • 1980
Self - Musical Guest
The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien
TV • 2009
Self
Saturday Night Live
TV • 1975
Self - Musical Guest
The Blues
TV • 2003
Self
Behind the Music
TV • 1997
Self
Greatest Hits
TV • 2016
Self
Frasier
TV • 1993
Denise (voice)
The Old Grey Whistle Test
TV • 1971
self
The Kelly Clarkson Show
TV • 2019
Self
Ellen
TV • 1994
Bonnie Raitt
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
TV • 2015
Self - Musical Guest
Shelley Duvall's Bedtime Stories
TV • 1992
Narrator (voice)
CMT Crossroads
TV • 2002
Self
Geld oder Liebe
TV • 1989
Self
Laurel Canyon
TV • 2020
Self
CBS News Sunday Morning
TV • 1979
Self
The Mike Douglas Show
TV • 1961
Self
The Grammys
TV • 1959
Self
The Kennedy Center Honors
TV • 1978
Self - Honoree
Monochrome: Black, White & Blue
TV • 2017
Self