Joan Elizabeth Osborne (born July 8, 1962) is an American singer-songwriter and interpreter of music, having recorded and performed in various popular American musical genres including pop, soul, R&B, blues and country. She is best known for her song "One of Us". She has toured with Motown sidemen the Funk Brothers and was featured in the documentary film about them, Standing in the Shadows of Motown.
Francis Gerald Osborne, Ruth Ann Osborne, One of Us, St. Teresa, Right Hand Man, Ossining, NY, United States, Florida, USA, Byron Bay NSW, Australia
Nominations
Grammy Award for Album of the Year, Grammy Award for Record of the Year, Grammy Award for Best Blues Album, Grammy Award for Best New Artist, Grammy Award for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance, Grammy Award for Best Female Rock Vocal Performance, MTV Europe Music Award for Best Female, Brit Award fo...
Movies
Sgt. Pepper Live, Bridge to Havana, Phil Lesh and Friends: Live at the Warfield, Ossining, NY, United States, Florida, USA, Byron Bay NSW, Australia
Star Sign
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Fact
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Daughter born mid December 2004
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A booklet included in the 'Relish' CD encouraged fans to donate to a variety of feminist groups she has been involved in, including Rock for Choice, an abortion rights group.
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Her two albums of original material are 'Relish' (1995) and 'Righteous Love' (2000).
Soundtrack
Title
Year
Status
Character
Nightcrawler
2014
performer: "ELIMINATE THE NIGHT" / writer: "ELIMINATE THE NIGHT"
The Cosmopolitans
2014
TV Movie performer: "What Becomes of the Brokenhearted"
The Good Wife
2012-2013
TV Series performer - 2 episodes
Home & Family
2013
TV Series performer - 1 episode
Last Ounce of Courage
2012
performer: "Angels We Have Heard On High"
Welcome To Dopeland
2011
performer: "Right Hand Man" / writer: "Right Hand Man"
Atop the Fourth Wall
2010
TV Series 1 episode
Wetlands Preserved: The Story of an Activist Nightclub
2008
Documentary performer: "The Night" / writer: "The Night"
The Ark of Madness
2007
TV Special performer: "One of Us"
100 Greatest Songs of the 90s
2007
TV Mini-Series documentary performer - 1 episode
Cold Case
2006
TV Series performer - 1 episode
Silver City
2004
performer: "Battle Hymn of the Republic" ca 1856, "America the Beautiful" 1882
I Love the '90s
2004
TV Series documentary performer - 1 episode
Raising Helen
2004
performer: "Stand Back"
Joan of Arcadia
2003
TV Series performer: "One of Us"
Standing in the Shadows of Motown
2002
Documentary performer: " Love Is Like a Heat Wave", "What Becomes of the Brokenhearted"
Vanilla Sky
2001
performer: "One of Us" 1995
One Night at McCool's
2001
performer: "Love is Alive" 1975
Hinter Gittern - Der Frauenknast
2000
TV Series performer - 1 episode
Where the Heart Is
2000
performer: "Rowdy Booty Time"
Steal This Movie
2000
performer: "My Back Pages" - as Joan Osbourne
The Other Sister
1999
performer: "At Last"
The '60s
1999
TV Movie performer: "Chimes of Freedom"
The Sopranos
TV Series performer - 1 episode, 1999 writer - 1 episode, 1999