Karen Lee Orzolek Bio/Wiki, Net Worth, Married 2018
Karen Lee Orzolek (born November 22, 1978), better known by her stage name Karen O, is a South Korean-born American singer and musician. She is the lead vocalist for American rock band Yeah Yeah Yeahs.
Tisch School of the Arts, Oberlin College, New York University, The Moon Song, Rapt, Day Go By, Tisch School of the Arts, New York University, Oberlin College
Spouse
Barnaby Clay, Barnaby Clay
Awards
NME Award for Hottest Woman, NME Award for Hottest Woman
Music Groups
Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Native Korean Rock, The Moon Song, Rapt, Day Go By, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Native Korean Rock
Nominations
Academy Award for Best Original Song, Golden Globe Award for Best Original Score, Grammy Award for Best Song Written for Visual Media, Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Song, Satellite Award for Best Original Score, NME Award for Best Dressed, Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Score, The Moon ...
Movies
Yeah Yeah Yeahs: Tell Me What Rockers to Swallow, Kill Your Idols, Where the Wild Things Are, Kill Your Idols, Yeah Yeah Yeahs: Tell Me What Rockers to Swallow
Star Sign
Sagittarius
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Quote
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I plead total ignorance to Led Zeppelin. I am totally in the dark about them.
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I was a complete outsider in high school.
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I was just totally taken by Michael Jackson when I was a little kid, like everyone else.
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I'm not a 21-year-old angsty self-destructive rapscallion anymore.
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I'm not a quitter. I believe in following things through.
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My onstage persona really is a persona, you know, and really the moment I step onstage, it kind of kicks into gear.
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Sophomore records are historically really difficult.
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You have to open up on stage.
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I feel like every five to seven years I really need to put myself in this position of discomfort and exploration, just to survive. Otherwise I feel like I'm falling asleep, like I'll go crazy if I don't do it.
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I feel like there's a hunger in the culture now for the live experience maybe as a counterpoint to the more sort of synthetic lives that we've been living.
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Well, Freddie Mercury is a really huge rock star in my head. I've always thought he was just so tough and such an amazing entertainer, really a contradiction in many ways as well. So he was incredible.
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Working pretty much nonstop as an artist, the hardest thing is to know what to do with yourself when you have some time off. You struggle with yourself to take a vacation.
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Yeah, I can't separate the art from the music and the music from the art. I think that stems from going to school for film first, and kind of stumbling onto music as my career.
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I'm in the camp that needs to discover and take risks, sometimes it's with the promise of something special and new, sometimes it's to stay awake, either way it's much more stressful with all the uncertainty but worth the pain in the end.
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Bands that I've loved over the years are the ones that have a certain myth around them.
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Being on the road with rock, it's pretty much 90 percent guys.
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For me, California is all about rest, relaxation, space.
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I love bass, I really do. Bass is ace!
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Fact
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Gave birth to her 1st child at age 36, a son in September 2015. Child's father is her husband, Barnaby Clay.
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Lives in Silver Lake, Los Angeles, California. [2004]
writer: "Heads Will Roll A-Trak remix" - as Karen Orzolek
My Daughter the Teenage Nudist
2012
TV Special documentary performer: "Rumpus" - uncredited
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
2011
"Immigrant Song"
Glee
2011
TV Series writer - 1 episode
Jackass 3D
2010
Documentary performer: "If You're Gonna Be Dumb, You Gotta Be Tough"
Kaboom
2010
writer: "Soft Shock" - as Karen Orzolek
Where the Wild Things Are
2009
performer: "Rumpus Reprise" - as Karen O / performer: "Worried Shoes", "Animal", "Rumpus", "Hideaway", "Building All Is Love", "On The Shore", "Heads Up", "All Is Love" / producer: "Worried Shoes", "Animal", "Rumpus", "Rumpus Reprise", "Hideaway", "Building All Is Love", "On The Shore", "Heads Up", "All Is Love" / writer: "Animal", "Rumpus", "Rumpus Reprise", "Hideaway", "Building All Is Love", "On The Shore", "Heads Up", "All Is Love"
Reading and Leeds Festival
2009
TV Series writer - 1 episode
Tell Them Anything You Want: A Portrait of Maurice Sendak
2009
TV Short documentary performer: "Hideaway - Reprise", "Suicidal Worried Shoes", "Worried Shoes Instrumental" / writer: "Discovery Demo", "Hideaway - Reprise"
Echelon Conspiracy
2009
writer: "Phenomena"
The Ruins
2008
writer: "Phenomena"
August
2008
writer: "Rich"
Jackass Number Two
2006
Documentary "Backass" / performer: "Backass" - as Karen O
Driver: Parallel Lines
2006
Video Game performer: "Sealings" / writer: "Sealings"
House of Wax
2005
writer: "Cut Me Up"
Actress
Title
Year
Status
Character
The Music of David Lynch Benefit Concert
2015
TV Movie
Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job!
2009
TV Series
Singer
Composer
Title
Year
Status
Character
All Is Love
2013
Short
Where the Wild Things Are
2009
Music Department
Title
Year
Status
Character
The 86th Annual Academy Awards
2014
TV Special songs featuring
Where the Wild Things Are
2009
music producer: Karen O's score
Thanks
Title
Year
Status
Character
Tell Them Anything You Want: A Portrait of Maurice Sendak
2009
TV Short documentary thanks
Self
Title
Year
Status
Character
The Mind of a Chef
2016
TV Series documentary
Herself
Lagniappe
2016
Short
Herself
Offal
2016
Short
Herself
The 2015 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony
2015
TV Movie
Herself (as Karen Lee Orzolek)
The 86th Annual Academy Awards
2014
TV Special
Herself - Performer: The Moon Song / Nominated: Best Original Song
Late Show with David Letterman
2013
TV Series
Herself
Music
2010
Documentary
Herself
Yeah Yeah Yeahs: Live from London
2010
Herself
Shockwaves NME Awards 2010
2010
TV Special
Herself - Winner, Hottest Woman Award
Reading and Leeds Festival
2009
TV Series
Herself
Saturday Night Live
2009
TV Series
Herself - Musical Guest
Kill Your Idols: More.
2006
Video documentary
Herself
Silenci?
2006
TV Series
Herself
Tell Me What Rockers to Swallow
2004
Video
Herself
Kill Your Idols
2004
Documentary
Herself
Later... With Jools Holland
2003
TV Series
Herself
Archive Footage
Title
Year
Status
Character
U2: Window in the Skies
2007
Video short
Herself
Won Awards
Year
Award
Ceremony
Nomination
Movie
2015
CCOP
Críticos de Cinema Online Portugueses Awards
Best Original Song (Melhor Canção Original)
Her (2013)
2010
BMI Film Music Award
BMI Film & TV Awards
Film Music
Where the Wild Things Are (2009)
Nominated Awards
Year
Award
Ceremony
Nomination
Movie
2015
Grammy
Grammy Awards
Best Song Written for Visual Media
Her (2013)
2014
Oscar
Academy Awards, USA
Best Achievement in Music Written for Motion Pictures, Original Song