Fiona Apple McAfee Maggart is an American singer-songwriter, pianist and record producer. Her debut album, Tidal, was released in 1996 and received a Grammy Award for Best Female Rock Vocal Performance for the single "Criminal". Subsequent albums include: When the Pawn..., E...
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Awards
MTV Video Music Award for Best New Artist, Grammy Award for Best Female Rock Vocal Performance, MTV Video Music Award for Best Cinematography, Criminal, Paper Bag, Shadowboxer
Nominations
Grammy Award for Best New Artist, Grammy Award for Best Alternative Music Album, Grammy Award for Best Pop Vocal Album, Grammy Award for Best Rock Song, MTV Video Music Award for Best Female Video, Grammy Award for Best Country Collaboration with Vocals, Criminal, Paper Bag, Shadowboxer
Movies
The Work of Director Mark Romanek, Largo
Star Sign
Virgo
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Trademark
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Husky sultry singing voice
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Deeply personal Lyrics
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Lavish Jazz influenced Musical productions
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Quote
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The worst pain in the world is shame. I spend a lot of time trying to not do anything bad to anyone, but you can't live your life and not hurt people.
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Because for whatever reason, even though I want to stay home all the time and be left alone, I want to tell the world who I am now.
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I don't have that spur on my ass that most people have, like, "Oh, god. I have to get something out or else my career will be over!" I don't really care if my career is over.
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I don't go on lunch dates with friends. I hear about people having dinner parties but I never do that. I'm not really human.
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When I was a kid--10, 11, 12, 13--the thing I wanted most in the world was a best friend. I wanted to be important to people; to have people that understood me. I wanted to just be close to somebody. And back then, a thought would go through my head almost constantly: "There's never gonna be a room someplace where there's a group of people sitting around, having fun, hanging out, where one of them goes, 'You know what would be great? We should call Fiona. Yeah, that would be good.' That'll never happen. There's nothing interesting about me." I just felt like I was a sad little boring thing.
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This world is bullshit, and you shouldn't model your life about what you think that you think we think is cool, and what we're wearing, and what we're saying and everything. Go with yourself.
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Fact
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Lives in Los Angeles.
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Suffers from Generalized Anxiety Disorder and has occasionally had panic attacks while performing.
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Is an intensely private person, doesn't often give interviews and generally avoids Hollywood events.
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Her third album 'Extraordinary Machine' will finally be released. The big day is October 4th!! [September 2005]
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Fiona Apple's 4th studio album "The Idler Wheel Is Wiser Than the Driver of the Screw and Whipping Cords Will Serve You More Than Ropes Will Ever Do" is leaked on the Internet, and released in May 2012 in the US. [May 2012]
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Her album "Extraordinary Machine" debuts at #7 on the U.S. charts, Fiona's highest debut. [October 2005]
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Third album 'Extraordinary Machine' is complete, but has been shelved by Sony indefinitely due to lack of marketability. [March 2004]
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Has struggled with anorexia and self-harm.
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Suffers from Depression, Bipolar Disorder and Obsessive Compulsive Disorder.
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She was sexually assaulted at the age of 12 on her way home from school.
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Revealed in a 2012 interview with Vulture.com that she was briefly married to a French photographer for "complicated reasons".
Fiona is in talks to record a song for another Tim Burton film titled "The Dark is Golden", the song will also feature Finnish singer-songwriter Ville Valo.
Her 3rd album, Extraordinary Machine, was completed in 2003 but Sony Music delayed the release and eventually decided not to ever release the album based on the projection that it would not sell. Fiona left Sony Music. Fiona's fans protested by mailing apples to Sony Music headquarters and finally the album was released in 2005.
Her song "Sleep to Dream" was recorded by Bettye LaVette on Lavette's 2005 CD, "I've Got My Own Hell to Raise" (Anti).
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Has a niece named Loren
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Her second album, titled "When The Pawn Hits The Conflicts He Thinks Like A King What He Knows Throws The Blows When He Goes To The Fight And He'll Win The Whole Thing 'Fore He Enters The Ring There's No Body To Batter When Your Mind Is Your Might So When You Go Solo, You Hold Your Own Hand And Remember That Depth Is The Greatest Of Heights And If You Know Where You Stand, Then You Know Where To Land And If You Fall It Won't Matter, Cuz You'll Know That You're Right", holds the record for the longest album title ever.
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Won a Grammy Award in 1998 for her song "Criminal"
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Her "fhw" tattoo stands for "Fiona has wings," a personal trademark which refers to a childhood daydream where she rises above her schoolmates who then exclaim, "Fiona has wings!"
performer: "So Sleepy The Bells", "Dull Tool" / writer: "So Sleepy The Bells", "Dull Tool" - as Fiona Apple Maggart
Bridesmaids
2011/I
performer: "Paper Bag" / writer: "Paper Bag" - as Fiona Apple Maggart
House M.D.
2010
TV Series performer - 1 episode
True Blood
TV Series performer - 1 episode, 2008 writer - 1 episode, 2008
Cold Case
2008
TV Series performer - 1 episode
School for Scoundrels
2006
performer: "Sleep to Dream" / writer: "Sleep to Dream"
Fiona Apple: Extraordinary Machine
2005
Video documentary short writer: "Not About Love" video, "Extraordinary Machine" Live at Club Largo, "Paper Bag" Live at Club Largo, "Fast as You Can" Live at Club Largo, "Parting Gift" Live at The Jazz Bakery
The Work of Director Mark Romanek
2005
Video documentary performer: "Criminal" / writer: "Criminal"
Joan of Arcadia
2004
TV Series performer - 2 episodes
Fiona Apple: Paper Bag
2000
Video short performer: "Paper Bag" / writer: "Paper Bag"
Daria
TV Series performer - 3 episodes, 1997 - 2000 writer - 1 episode, 2000
Saturday Night Live
1996-2000
TV Series performer - 2 episodes
Fiona Apple: Limp
2000
Video short performer: "Limp" / writer: "Limp"
Fiona Apple: Fast as You Can
1999
Video short performer: "Fast As You Can" / writer: "Fast As You Can"
Undressed
TV Series performer - 1 episode, 1999 writer - 1 episode, 1999
Pleasantville
1998
performer: "Across the Universe"
Fiona Apple: Across the Universe
1998
Video short performer: "Across the Universe"
Actress
Title
Year
Status
Character
H-Man
2014
TV Series short
Biofrau
The Scarecrow
2013
Short
Singer (voice, uncredited)
Fiona Apple: Hot Knife
2013
Video short
Fiona Apple
Fiona Apple: Paper Bag
2000
Video short
Fiona Apple
Fiona Apple: Limp
2000
Video short
Fiona Apple
Fiona Apple: Fast as You Can
1999
Video short
Fiona Apple
Fiona Apple: Across the Universe
1998
Video short
Fiona Apple
Writer
Title
Year
Status
Character
Fiona Apple: Hot Knife
2013
Video short
Fiona Apple: Paper Bag
2000
Video short
Fiona Apple: Limp
2000
Video short
Fiona Apple: Fast as You Can
1999
Video short
Art Department
Title
Year
Status
Character
Magnolia
1999
artwork: Claudia
Music Department
Title
Year
Status
Character
Magnolia
1999
composer: additional music
Producer
Title
Year
Status
Character
Fiona Apple: Extraordinary Machine
2005
Video documentary short producer - video "Not About Love"
$10 Million
