Michelle Jacquet DeSevren Branch Net Worth
Michelle Jacquet DeSevren Branch Net Worth is
$200,000
Michelle Jacquet DeSevren Branch Bio/Wiki, Net Worth, Married 2018
Michelle Jacquet DeSevren Branch (born July 2, 1983) is an American singer-songwriter and guitarist. During the early 2000s, she released two top-selling albums, The Spirit Room and Hotel Paper. She won a Grammy with Santana for "The Game of Love".In 2005, she formed the country music duo The Wreckers with friend and fellow musician Jessica Harp, and produced the Grammy-nominated single "Leave the Pieces". The Wreckers disbanded in 2007 to pursue their respective solo careers. Full Name | Michelle Branch |
Net Worth | $15 million |
Date Of Birth | July 2, 1983 |
Place Of Birth | Phoenix, Arizona, USA |
Height | 5' 5" (1.65 m) |
Profession | Soundtrack, Actress, Music Department |
Education | Sedona Red Rock High School, Northern Arizona University, Everywhere, Goodbye To You, Are You Happy Now? |
Nationality | American |
Spouse | Teddy Landau |
Children | Owen Isabelle Landau |
Parents | Peggy Branch, David Branch, Everywhere, Goodbye To You, Are You Happy Now? |
Siblings | Nicole Branch |
Awards | Grammy Award for Best Pop Collaboration with Vocals, MTV Video Music Award for Viewer's Choice, Everywhere, Goodbye To You, Are You Happy Now? |
Music Groups | The Wreckers |
Nominations | Grammy Award for Best New Artist, MTV Video Music Award for Best Female Video, Grammy Award for Best Female Rock Vocal Performance, MTV Video Music Award for Best Pop Video, Everywhere, Goodbye To You, Are You Happy Now? |
Movies | The Hot Chick, Santana: Live by Request |
TV Shows | Total Access 24/7 |
Star Sign | Cancer |
# | Trademark |
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1 | Sometimes wears a bandana around her forehead |
2 | Always throws her guitar pick(s) out to the audience at the end of every concert she performs. |
3 | Taylor 614ce guitars and Gibson Hummingbird guitar |
4 | Likes to perform barefoot |
# | Quote |
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1 | I have a pirate fetish - I just always thought eye patches were sexy. If you want to get my attention, wear a pirate outfit. |
2 | When I'm having a bad day, I pick up my guitar. Music is my release. |
3 | I secretly want to replace Meg White (of The White Stripes). I want to be a chick drummer! |
4 | "We got married on May 23 on top of a remote island off Mexico. I arrived by speedboat in a Morgane LeFay gown I bought for $300. We were there for about a week after - like a honeymoon!" - On her nuptuals to 40 year old boyfriend/bassist Teddy Landau. |
5 | Music has always been in me. When I sing, I have a sense of peace, I feel like my brain turns off, and I become the core person of who I am - the essence of me. I feel connected to whatever is out there. It's almost like I leave my body and get to watch. |
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1 | (February 9, 2015) Filed for divorce from her husband of 10 years Teddy Landau following a 5-month-long separation. |
2 | Gave birth to her 1st child at age 22, a daughter named Owen Isabelle Landau on August 3, 2005 in Los Angeles, weighing in at 7 pounds 12 ounces. Endured 19 hours of labor. Had to go into emergency C-Section because her daughter's heart rate was slowing down. She and her daughter had to spend an extra five days in the hospital to treat a case of ileus, an intestinal ailment common following abdominal surgery causing severe abdominal pain, vomiting, and constipation. Child's father is her ex-husband, Teddy Landau. |
3 | Is relaxing at her new Hollywood home with new husband 'Teddy Landau', playing one-off shows for charity as she prepares to record her next album in the fall. [July 2004] |
4 | She and her friend Jessica Harp, who are known as The Wreckers, have finished recording their debut album and it is due to be released in June. [February 2005] |
5 | Is preparing to record her next album with her friend Jessica Harp. Their album is set to be released in March 2005. [2004] |
6 | Collaborating with writers including Jim Irvin and Julian Emery on new material for her upcoming album. [December 2010] |
7 | Recently open for Rascal Flatts in Houston, Texas. [June 2006] |
8 | Has three cats named Early, Luna and Coco, and several backyard chickens. |
9 | Announced in December 2010 that after many disagreements with and changes to her label she was abandoning plans to complete Different Kind of Country, an album she had been working on for several years, to record completely new material, with the new album having more of a pop-influence akin to her earlier work. |
10 | Returned to Los Angeles, California after two years of living in Nashville, TN. |
11 | In 2004 she was in negotiations to adapt one of Judy Blume's novels into a movie screenplay. |
12 | Became a vegan in 2007 and is environmentally conscious, working closely with the Global Green organization. |
13 | Introduced Lifehouse band member Rick Woolstenhulme to his wife, Jennifer Hagio, who is Branch's best friend from high school and co-wrote several of her earliest songs. |
14 | Is an honorary member of the NYPD Asian Jade Society. |
15 | As part of The Wreckers, she received a 2007 Grammy nomination for "Best Country Performance by a Duo or Group With Vocals" ("Leave The Pieces"). |
16 | Has relocated to Nashville, Tennessee. [2006] |
17 | Is friends with Mandy Moore and has written a song for Moore's upcoming album, due 2007. |
18 | Wrote a song for the 13 Going on 30 (2004) soundtrack called "Now That I've Found You" but it wasn't used. |
19 | Spent her 23rd birthday on July 2nd 2006 at California's vineyards. |
20 | Ex-sister-in-law of Michael Landau. |
21 | Was a vegetarian for a few months in 2002 but quickly went back to eating meat. However, she had an aversion to red meat (and yellow mustard) during her pregnancy. |
22 | Her sister Nicole starred in the role of Sine, in the short film Curry Cookies (2004). |
23 | She is a huge Patty Griffin fan. The Wreckers recorded a Patty Griffin song - "One More Girl" - on their album Stand Still Look Pretty. |
24 | Like Yanni and Paul Shaffer, she possesses the rare trait known as absolute pitch. |
25 | The Gibson Hummingbird she used in her video for Breathe was made entirely out of styrofoam. |
26 | Customized her wedding dress. |
27 | Said in Us Weekly that her close family knew about her engagment to Teddy Landau before she got married. |
28 | Big fan of Aimee Mann and Lisa Loeb. |
29 | Has two cats, Gibson and Winky. |
30 | One of her favorite hobbies is photography. |
31 | Is friends with Kelly Osbourne. |
32 | Is collaborating with best friend/fellow musician Jessica Harp on her next project. The two have formed a band which was recently called The Wreckers. They were not able to use the name, because a band in Canada was also called "The Wreckers". The band is currently searching for a new name. Michelle calls the new project with her friend a "mix of country and folk". |
33 | Uses Taylor and Gibson guitars |
34 | Currently has her own line of lipsticks and nail polish at Flirt Cosmetics. The products will be named after songs from her sophomore album, "Hotel Paper". |
35 | Weighed only 3 lbs., 11 oz. at her birth. |
36 | Her father runs the Merchandise section of her official website. |
37 | Her brother, David, is actually her half-brother from one of her father's previous relationships and works as her assistant tour manager. |
38 | Her record label, Maverick, refused to pay for a video for her third single from "Hotel Paper", "Til I Get Over You", and the song was never released. [April 2004] |
39 | Has bought a house in Hollywood, California, USA with 40 year old boyfriend Teddy Landau. [2004] |
40 | Picked as #20 for 'Maxim' top 100 list for 2004 |
41 | Learned to speak French from her younger sister, Nicole Branch. |
42 | Plays the cello, guitar, accordian, drums and piano |
43 | There is a 19 year age gap between Michelle and her bassist-husband Teddy Landau (b. 1964) - who has been touring with her since May 2003. |
44 | Second album "Hotel Paper" was a critical flop, but went straight in at #2 in the US and since it's June 24th 2003 release it has gone platinum. |
45 | Her second single, "Breathe", from "Hotel Paper" flopped after her Maxim spread. |
46 | Caused an outrage after posing topless for the January 2004 cover of adult magazine "Maxim". |
47 | (December 4th 2003) Nominated for "Best Female Rock Vocal Performance" for her song "Are You Happy Now?" at the Grammy Awards 2004. |
48 | (October 27th 2003) Her laptop - which is worth $4,500 and her cellphone, i-Pod, cash and credit cards were stolen from her hotel room at the Aladdin in Las Vegas whilst she was attending the Radio Music Awards. Nelly also had $1million worth of jewlery stolen from the same hotel, on the same night, by the same people. All items have yet to be recovered. |
49 | At the time of her birth, Michelle's family were living in Flaggstaff, Arizona, but seeing as it was 4th of July weekend, there was no room at the hospital so her mum had to be flown to Phoenix, where she gave birth. On the way, there was no room in the aeroplane for her father so he had to drive and when he was pulled over for speeding, explaining his wife was having a baby, the policeman thought he was insane because she wasn't in the backseat of the car. |
50 | Was born 7 weeks premature |
51 | Was named after a Beatles' song |
52 | Won the 2003 Pop Collaboration with Vocals Grammy for her collaboration with Santana on the song "The Game of Love". |
53 | Received 2 Grammy nominations for Best New Artist & Best Best Pop Collaboration with Vocals ('The Game Of Love' with Santana) |
54 | She won the viewer's choice award for her song 'Everywhere' at the 2002 VMA |
55 | Her album "The Spirit Room" went platinum. |
56 | Is Dutch-Indonesian and French on her mother's side, and Irish on her father's side. She lists her musical influences as The Beatles, Led Zeppelin, Queen, Aerosmith, Cat Stevens, Joni Mitchell, and CSNY (Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young). |
57 | She attended Red Rock High School |
58 | She took private voice lessons at Northern Arizona University |
Soundtrack
Title | Year | Status | Character |
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Tiger Eyes | 2012 | performer: "Texas in the Mirror", "What Don't Kill You" / writer: "Texas in the Mirror", "What Don't Kill You" | |
One Tree Hill | 2011 | TV Series performer - 1 episode | |
The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2 | 2008 | performer: "Together" / writer: "Together" | |
Karaoke Revolution Party | 2005 | Video Game "Everywhere" | |
Idols | 2005 | TV Series writer - 1 episode | |
Ice Princess | 2005 | performer: "You Set Me Free" / writer: "You Set Me Free" - as Michelle Jacquet Branch | |
Laguna Beach: The Real Orange County | 2004 | TV Series 1 episode | |
Karaoke Revolution | 2003 | Video Game "All You Wanted", "Are You Happy Now?" | |
Sex and the City | TV Series performer - 1 episode, 2003 writer - 1 episode, 2003 | ||
What a Girl Wants | 2003 | performer: "You Get Me" / writer: "You Get Me" | |
Charmed | 2003 | TV Series 1 episode | |
Just Married | 2003 | performer: "You Set Me Free" / writer: "You Set Me Free" | |
The Hot Chick | 2002 | performer: "You Get Me" / writer: "You Get Me" | |
Smallville | 2002 | TV Series performer - 1 episode | |
The 3rd Annual Women Rock! Girls and Guitars | 2002 | TV Movie performer: "Stand By You" | |
MTV Video Music Awards Latinoamérica 2002 | 2002 | TV Special performer: "The Game of Love" | |
Girl Fever | 2002 | performer: "You Set Me Free" / writer: "You Set Me Free" | |
Birds of Prey | 2002 | TV Series performer - 1 episode | |
Van Wilder | 2002 | performer: "You Get Me" / writer: "You Get Me" - as M. Branch | |
The Challenge | TV Series performer - 1 episode, 2002 writer - 1 episode, 2002 | ||
Buffy the Vampire Slayer | 2001 | TV Series performer - 1 episode | |
JAG | TV Series performer - 1 episode, 2001 writer - 1 episode, 2001 | ||
American Pie 2 | 2001 | performer: "Everywhere" / writer: "Everywhere" | |
All Over the Guy | 2001 | performer: "Goodbye To You" / writer: "Goodbye To You" |
Actress
Title | Year | Status | Character |
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Rockin' Out | 2011 | Short | |
The Hot Chick | 2002 | DJ | |
American Dreams | 2002 | TV Series | Lesley Gore |
Music Department
Title | Year | Status | Character |
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Birds of Prey | 2002 | TV Series composer: title song "All You Wanted" | |
American Pie 2 | 2001 | musician: guitar - uncredited |
Self
Title | Year | Status | Character |
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Total Access 24/7 | 2002 | TV Series | Herself |
Top of the Pops | 2002 | TV Series | Herself |
Barend en Van Dorp | 2002 | TV Series | Herself - Musician |
Last Call with Carson Daly | 2002 | TV Series | Herself - Musical Guest |
Liza and David | 2002 | TV Special | Herself |
TRL Italy | 2002 | TV Series | Herself |
Buffy the Vampire Slayer | 2001 | TV Series | Herself |
The Rosie O'Donnell Show | 2001 | TV Series | Herself |
Valerie's Home Cooking | 2016 | TV Series documentary | Herself - Guest |
The Magnificent Mile Lights Festival | 2015 | TV Special | Herself - Performer |
Buddy Holly: Listen to Me - The Ultimate Buddy Party | 2011 | TV Movie | Herself |
Big Morning Buzz Live | 2011 | TV Series | Herself - Musical Guest |
Hell's Kitchen | 2010 | TV Series | Herself - Restaurant Patron |
Where Music Meets Film | 2008 | TV Movie | Herself |
The Wreckers Way Back Home: Live from New York | 2007 | Video | Herself |
40th Annual Country Music Association Awards | 2006 | TV Special | Herself |
Jimmy Kimmel Live! | 2003-2006 | TV Series | Herself |
Late Night with Conan O'Brien | 2001-2006 | TV Series | Herself / Herself - Musical Guest |
CMT: The Greatest - 20 Greatest Southern Rock Songs | 2006 | TV Special | Himself |
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson | 2006 | TV Series | Herself - Musical Guest |
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno | 2001-2006 | TV Series | Herself / Herself - Musical Guest / Musical Guest |
2005 American Music Awards | 2005 | TV Special | Herself - Presenter |
The View | 2005 | TV Series | Herself |
The 2005 World Music Awards | 2005 | TV Special | Herself - Performer |
MTV Video Music Awards 2004 | 2004 | TV Special | Herself |
Maxim Hot 100 | 2004 | TV Movie documentary | Herself (#20) (Interviewee) |
Faking the Video | 2004 | TV Series | Herself |
50 Most Awesomely Bad Songs... Ever | 2004 | TV Movie documentary | Herself |
The Sharon Osbourne Show | 2004 | TV Series | Herself |
The Chris Isaak Show | 2004 | TV Series | Herself |
MTV Presents Teen People Magazine's 25 Hottest Stars Under 25 | 2003 | TV Special | Herself |
2003 Radio Music Awards | 2003 | TV Special | Herself |
Ellen: The Ellen DeGeneres Show | 2003 | TV Series | Herself |
Música sí | 2002-2003 | TV Series | Herself |
Rove Live | 2003 | TV Series | Herself |
Hard Rock Live | 2003 | TV Series documentary | Herself |
2003 Much Music Video Music Awards | 2003 | TV Special | Herself |
MTV Icon: Metallica | 2003 | TV Special documentary | Herself |
Exposed | 2003 | TV Series documentary | Herself |
The 45th Annual Grammy Awards | 2003 | TV Special | Herself - Presenter |
Charmed | 2003 | TV Series | Herself |
MTV Icon: Aerosmith | 2002 | TV Movie documentary | |
Pantene Pro-Voice Featuring Michelle Branch | 2002 | TV Movie documentary | Herself |
VH1/Vogue Fashion Awards | 2002 | TV Special | Herself - Performer |
Nobel Peace Prize Concert | 2002 | TV Special documentary | Herself |
Wetten, dass..? | 2002 | TV Series | Herself |
Christmas in Rockefeller Center | 2002 | TV Special | Herself - Performer |
The 3rd Annual Women Rock! Girls and Guitars | 2002 | TV Movie | Herself |
MTV Video Music Awards Latinoamérica 2002 | 2002 | TV Special | Herself - Performer |
Live by Request: Santana | 2002 | TV Special | Herself - Performer |
Late Show with David Letterman | 2002 | TV Series | Herself |
MTV Video Music Awards 2002 | 2002 | TV Special | Herself |
RI:SE | 2002 | TV Series | Herself |
Party in the Park 2002 | 2002 | TV Special | Performer |
Summer Music Mania 2002 | 2002 | TV Movie | Herself |
Archive Footage
Title | Year | Status | Character |
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One Tree Hill: Always & Forever | 2012 | TV Movie | Herself |
Won Awards
Year | Award | Ceremony | Nomination | Movie |
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2003 | Grammy | Grammy Awards | Best Pop Collaboration with Vocals |
Nominated Awards
Year | Award | Ceremony | Nomination | Movie |
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2004 | Grammy | Grammy Awards | Best Rock Vocal Performance - Female | For the song "Are You Happy Now?" |
2003 | Grammy | Grammy Awards | Best New Artist | |
2003 | Grammy | Grammy Awards | Best Pop Vocal Album | For the album "Let Go." |