Courtney Love filmography

Love attending an event in 2014.

Courtney Love is an American musician and actress who began her professional career in film in 1986 with a supporting role in Alex Cox's Sid and Nancy (1986); she had prior studied film with experimental director George Kuchar at the San Francisco Art Institute in 1984, and appeared in one of Kuchar's short films. After pursuing music and having a successful career as the frontwoman of alternative rock band Hole, Love also had intermittent roles in films, most notably receiving critical attention for her performance as Althea Flynt in Miloš Forman's 1996 biopic The People vs. Larry Flynt, which earned her a Golden Globe Nomination for Best Actress, as well as awards from the Boston, Chicago, New York, and Los Angeles film critics associations. Love later appeared among an ensemble cast in 200 Cigarettes (1998), as well as in a leading role in Man on the Moon (1999) alongside Jim Carrey, for which she received critical recognition.[1] She later appeared in several independent films and short subjects as well as the thriller Trapped (2002) alongside Charlize Theron and Kevin Bacon, and Julie Johnson (2001), for which she received an award for Best Actress at Los Angeles' gay and lesbian Outfest film festival.

In 2014, Love joined the cast of the FX series Sons of Anarchy for the show's seventh and final season in a recurring role; this marked Love's debut role in a television series.[2] Subsequent television work included appearances on the ABC-TV nighttime soap Revenge as well as the hit Lee Daniels drama Empire. In 2018, Love made a supporting appearance in director Justin Kelly's JT LeRoy.

Love has also appeared in a multitude of documentary films as both an interviewee as well as in archival and live footage, including the Sonic Youth documentary subject 1991: The Year Punk Broke (1992); Not Bad for a Girl (1995), which focused on women in alternative music; and Hit So Hard (2011), which documented the life of Love's bandmate, drummer Patty Schemel.

Films

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† Denotes films that have not yet been released
Year Title Role Director Notes Ref.
1984 Club Vatican Girl George Kuchar Short film [3]
1986 Sid and Nancy Gretchen Alex Cox [4]
1987 Straight to Hell Velma Alex Cox [4]
1988 Tapeheads Norman's Spanker Bill Fishman Uncredited [4]
1996 Basquiat Big Pink Julian Schnabel [4]
1996 Feeling Minnesota Rhonda Steven Baigelman [4]
1996 The People vs. Larry Flynt Althea Leasure Flynt Miloš Forman [4]
1999 200 Cigarettes Lucy Risa Bramon Garcia [4]
1999 Man on the Moon Lynne Margulies Miloš Forman [4]
2000 Beat Joan Vollmer Burroughs Gary Walkow [5]
2001 Julie Johnson Claire Bob Gosse [6]
2002 Trapped Cheryl Luis Mandoki [4]
2005 Trailer for a Remake of Gore Vidal's Caligula Caligula Francesco Vezzoli Short film [7]
2011 Courtney in Wonderland Herself Jason Bell Short film [8]
2015 Kansas City Choir Boy Athena Kevin Newbury Stage [9]
2017 Menendez: Blood Brothers Kitty Menendez
Television film [10]
2018 JT LeRoy Sasha Justin Kelly [11]
2021 The Long Home Pearl James Franco [12]
2024 Assassination † TBA David Mamet [13]

Television

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Year Series Role Notes Ref.
2003 The Osbournes Herself 1 episode [14]
2005 Comedy Central Roast of Pamela Anderson Herself [15]
2014 Sons of Anarchy Ms. Harrison Recurring role; 4 episodes [2]
2015 The Hopes Chase Hope Television short [16]
2015 Empire Elle Dallas Recurring role; 2 episodes [17]
2015 Revenge White Gold Guest star; 3 episodes [18]
2016 Anna Faris is Unqualified Herself Guest star [19]
2017 A Midsummer's Nightmare Titania Featured role; TV movie/backdoor pilot [20]
2018 RuPaul's Drag Race Herself (guest judge) 1 episode ("Tap That App") [21]
2021 Bruises of Roses Lead performer 1 episode [22]
2024 Courtney Love's Women Host BBC Series [23]

Documentaries

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Year Documentary features Role Notes Ref.
1993 1991: The Year Punk Broke Herself [24]
1995 Not Bad for a Girl [25]
1997 Off the Menu: The Last Days of Chasen's [26]
1998 Kurt & Courtney [27]
1999 Clara Bow: Discovering the "It" Girl Voice-over narrator [28]
2000 Bounce: Behind the Velvet Rope [29]
2001 Eminem: Behind the Mask [30]
2001 Last Party 2000 [31]
2003 Mayor of the Sunset Strip [32]
2006 The Return of Courtney Love Produced for Channel 4 [33]
2011 Hit So Hard [34]
2011 Bob and the Monster [35]
2012 Sunset Strip [36]
2015 Montage of Heck [37]

Music videos

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Year Songs Artist(s) Notes
1988 "I Wanna Be Sedated" Ramones Uncredited
1992 "Garbadge Man" Hole
1993 "Beautiful Son" Unreleased
1994 "Miss World"
"Doll Parts"
1995 "Violet"
"Softer, Softest" MTV Unplugged performance
1996 "Gold Dust Woman" Recorded for The Crow: City of Angels soundtrack
1998 "Celebrity Skin"
"Malibu"
1999 "Awful" Live footage
2000 "Be a Man" Released for Any Given Sunday soundtrack
2004 "Mono" Courtney Love
2011 "Samantha" Hole
2014 "Rat a Tat" Fall Out Boy
"You Know My Name" Courtney Love
2018 "Tattooed in Reverse" Marilyn Manson

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Rathe, Adam (November 11, 2013). "Courtney Love in 'Man on the Moon'". Backstage.com. Standing Ovation. Retrieved December 20, 2013.
  2. ^ a b Johns, Nikara (July 8, 2014). "Courtney Love Joins 'Sons of Anarchy' for Final Season". Variety. Archived from the original on October 10, 2016. Retrieved July 9, 2014.
  3. ^ Krahn, Angelina (April 8, 2010). "Corruption of the damned: A conversation with George Kuchar". A.V. Club. Archived from the original on November 5, 2013. Retrieved October 31, 2013. Courtney Love and Devendra Banhart appeared in Kuchar's class pictures before they were famous.
  4. ^ a b c d e f g h i Mitchell & Reid-Walsh 2007, p. 409.
  5. ^ Hemmer 2006, p. 35.
  6. ^ Kowalski, Eileen (July 23, 2001). "Outfest fetes 'G-d,' 'L.I.E.'". Variety. Archived from the original on February 2, 2016. Retrieved January 22, 2016.
  7. ^ Yablonsky, Linda (February 26, 2006). "'Caligula' Gives a Toga Party (but No One's Really Invited)". The New York Times. Retrieved April 2, 2018.
  8. ^ Bell, Jason; Goñi, Ramón (October 5, 2011). "VANITY FAIR - Courtney in Wonderland". Retrieved April 2, 2018 – via Vimeo.
  9. ^ Isherwood, Charles (January 11, 2015). "A Bruising Love Throbs Anew". NY Times.
  10. ^ Wagmeister, Elizabeth (February 1, 2017). "Lifetime Orders Menendez Brothers TV Movie Starring Courtney Love". Variety. Retrieved February 1, 2017.
  11. ^ D'Nuka, Amanda (August 1, 2017). "Kelvin Harrison Jr., Courtney Love & James Jagger Board 'JT' Biopic". Deadline. Retrieved October 4, 2017.
  12. ^ Maas, Jennifer (May 4, 2015). "Casting Net: Courtney Love, Timothy Hutton, Giancarlo Esposito join James Franco's The Long Home". Entertainment Weekly. Archived from the original on June 14, 2018. Retrieved April 2, 2018.
  13. ^ Ravindran, Manori (May 15, 2023). "Viggo Mortensen, Shia LaBeouf, Courtney Love Board David Mamet's JFK Thriller 'Assassination'". Variety. Retrieved May 19, 2023.
  14. ^ Chung, Jen (August 11, 2003). "Courtney Love Trainwrecks it on The Osbournes". Gothamist. Archived from the original on March 24, 2018. Retrieved April 2, 2018.
  15. ^ Sanneh, Kelefa (March 20, 2004). "ROCK REVIEW; Love Lives Through This, Rasping 'Take Care of Me'". The New York Times. Archived from the original on February 10, 2017.
  16. ^ Goldstein, Ian (March 4, 2015). "Derrick Beckles and the Art of Weirdness". Vulture. Archived from the original on February 13, 2020.
  17. ^ O'Connell, Michael (October 23, 2014). "Courtney Love Joins Fox's 'Empire'". The Hollywood Reporter. Archived from the original on February 1, 2017. Retrieved October 31, 2014.
  18. ^ Bricker, Tierney (March 11, 2015). "Courtney Love's TV Takeover Continues on Revenge and You Won't Believe Who She's Playing". E!. Retrieved January 21, 2016.
  19. ^ "Courtney Love". August 23, 2016. Retrieved December 4, 2022.
  20. ^ Petski, Denise (November 3, 2016). "'A Midsummer's Nightmare': Courtney Love Cast in Lifetime's Shakespearean Pilot". Deadline. Retrieved November 4, 2016.
  21. ^ Daw, Stephen (April 2, 2018). "First Look: See Courtney Love Sashay Her Way to the Judges Panel on 'RuPaul's Drag Race'". Billboard. Retrieved April 2, 2018.
  22. ^ "Courtney Love Has a New Video Series Covering Her Favorite Songs". Vogue. June 2, 2021. Retrieved November 16, 2022.
  23. ^ "BBC Radio 6 Music and BBC Sounds announce Courtney Love's Women". www.bbc.co.uk. Retrieved October 17, 2024.
  24. ^ Hyden, Steve (September 14, 2011). "1991: The Year that Punk Broke". The A.V. Club. Archived from the original on April 3, 2018. Retrieved April 2, 2018.
  25. ^ Apramian, Lisa Rose (dir.) (1995). Not Bad for a Girl. Quantum Productions.
  26. ^ "Off the Menu: The Last Days of Chasen's Cast". TV Guide. Retrieved April 2, 2018.
  27. ^ Kaufman, Gil (February 27, 1998). "Director Misfires with 'Kurt and Courtney' Documentary". MTV. Archived from the original on April 3, 2018. Retrieved April 2, 2018.
  28. ^ Fries, Lisa (June 14, 1999). "Clara Bow: Discovering the It Girl". Variety. Retrieved April 2, 2018.
  29. ^ Cantor, Steve (dir.) (2000). Bounce: Behind the Velvet Rope. Stick Figure Productions.
  30. ^ Emina, Peter (dir.) (2001). Eminem: Behind the Mask. Chrome Dreams Media.
  31. ^ "Love Joins the 'Last Party'". NME. August 31, 2000. Retrieved April 2, 2018.
  32. ^ Ebert, Roger (April 23, 2004). "Mayor of the Sunset Strip". Chicago Sun-Times. Retrieved April 2, 2018.
  33. ^ Love, Courtney (September 26, 2006). The Return of Courtney Love (Documentary). Los Angeles: Channel 4.
  34. ^ Patterson, John (November 9, 2012). "Patty Schemel's story is depressingly familiar. So what? It's a great tale". The Guardian. Retrieved April 2, 2018.
  35. ^ DeFore, John (March 15, 2011). "Bob and the Monster: Film Review". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved April 2, 2018.
  36. ^ "'Sunset Strip' Slash, Johnny Depp star in new rock doc". Rolling Stone. May 13, 2011. Archived from the original on April 3, 2018. Retrieved April 2, 2018.
  37. ^ Saul, Heather (April 17, 2015). "Cobain: Montage of Heck: Courtney Love says Kurt Cobain documentary brought her and daughter Frances Bean Cobain closer". The Independent. Retrieved April 2, 2018.

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