Courtney Michelle Love is an American rock musician and actress. Love is primarily known as lead singer, guitarist and lyricist for alternative rock band Hole. Following a turbulent childhood, Love made her debut in the entertainment industry with a bit part in Alex Cox's Sid and Nancy (1986). Eventually finding her passion in rock music rather than acting, Love formed Hole in 1989 with guitarist Eric Erlandson. Hole released several albums throughout the 1990s, Live Through This (1994) being most prolific — a critical and commercial success upon its release. Love would return to acting with a Golden Globe-nominated role in The People vs. Larry Flynt (1996), and gain even more commercial attention with Hole's third album, Celebrity Skin (1998) before disbanding the group several years later. In 2009 Love reformed Hole with an entirely new lineup, and released Nobody's Daughter (2010).
Movie | The Long Home | Pearl | 2025 |
Movie | James Blunt: One Brit Wonder | Self (archive footage) | 2023-12-06 |
Movie | Meet Me in the Bathroom | Self (archive footage) | 2022-11-04 |
Movie | Kalvøyafestivalen - 50 år siden første riff | Self (archive footage) | 2021-12-13 |
Movie | J.T. LeRoy | Sasha | 2019-04-26 |
Movie | Tower of Song: A Memorial Tribute to Leonard Cohen | Self - Performer | 2018-01-03 |
Movie | Menendez: Blood Brothers | Kitty Menendez | 2017-06-11 |
Movie | Jim & Andy: The Great Beyond | Self | 2017-09-05 |
Movie | L7: Pretend We're Dead | Self | 2017-10-13 |
Movie | A Midsummer's Nightmare | 2017-07-31 | |
Movie | Author: The JT LeRoy Story | Herself | 2016-01-22 |
Movie | Franca: Chaos and Creation | Self | 2016-09-02 |
Series | Empire | Elle Dallas | 2015-01-07 |
Movie | Cobain: Montage of Heck | Self | 2015-03-23 |
Movie | The Young Blood Chronicles | The Head Bitch In Charge | 2014-01-24 |
Movie | Sunset Strip | Self | 2012-03-16 |
Movie | Hit So Hard | Self | 2012-04-20 |
Series | Revenge | White Gold | 2011-09-21 |
Movie | Bob and the Monster | Herself | 2011-09-24 |
Movie | The Dark Night of the Soul | 2010-09-01 | |
Series | Alan Carr: Chatty Man | Unknown | 2009-06-14 |
Series | Sons of Anarchy | Ms. Harrison | 2008-09-03 |
Movie | Welcome to My Castle! | Self | 2007-12-04 |
Series | The Graham Norton Show | Herself | 2007-02-22 |
Movie | The Return of Courtney Love | Self | 2006-09-26 |
Movie | Comedy Central Roast of Pamela Anderson | Self | 2005-08-14 |
Movie | Trailer for a Remake of Gore Vidal's Caligula | Caligula | 2005-06-15 |
Movie | (This Is Known as) The Blues Scale | Self | 2004-09-12 |
Movie | Mayor of the Sunset Strip | Self | 2003-06-17 |
Movie | Trapped | Cheryl Hickey | 2002-09-20 |
Movie | Julie Johnson | Claire | 2001-01-26 |
Series | Friday Night with Jonathan Ross | Unknown | 2001-11-02 |
Movie | Last Party 2000 | Self | 2001-11-02 |
Movie | Beat | Joan Vollmer Burroughs | 2000-01-29 |
Movie | 200 Cigarettes | Lucy | 1999-02-26 |
Movie | Clara Bow: Discovering the It Girl | Narrator (voice) | 1999-06-14 |
Movie | Man on the Moon | Lynne Margulies | 1999-12-22 |
Movie | The Righteous Babes | Self (archive footage) | 1998-12-22 |
Movie | Inside the Golden Statue | Self | 1998-01-01 |
Movie | Kurt & Courtney | Self | 1998-02-27 |
Series | The View | Unknown | 1997-08-11 |
Movie | Basquiat | Big Pink | 1996-08-09 |
Movie | The People vs. Larry Flynt | Althea Leasure | 1996-12-25 |
Movie | Feeling Minnesota | Rhonda the Waitress | 1996-09-13 |
Movie | Not Bad for a Girl | Self | 1995-04-06 |
Movie | Hole: MTV Unplugged | Lead Vocals, Guitar | 1995-04-18 |
Movie | No Alternative Girls | Herself | 1994-02-22 |
Series | The Tonight Show with Jay Leno | Unknown | 1992-05-25 |
Movie | 1991: The Year Punk Broke | Self | 1992-11-19 |
Movie | Tapeheads | Norman's Spanker (uncredited) | 1988-10-21 |
Movie | Straight to Hell | Velma | 1987-06-26 |
Movie | Sid and Nancy | Gretchen | 1986-09-12 |
Series | The Oscars | Unknown | 1953-03-19 |