Alanis Morissette Bio | Wiki
Alanis Morissette is a Canadian-American singer, songwriter, and actress. She is known for her emotive mezzo-soprano voice and confessional songwriting. Alanis began her career in Canada in the early 1990s with two dance-pop albums.
In 1995, she released Jagged Little Pill, an alternative rock-oriented album with elements of post-grunge. It sold more than 33 million copies globally and is her most critically acclaimed work to date. She has won seven Grammy Awards, fourteen Juno Awards, and one Brit Award, and has sold more than 75 million records worldwide.
Alanis Morissette Age
Alanis was born on June 1, 1974, in Ottawa, Canada. She is 48 years old.
Alanis Morissette Height
She is a woman of average stature and stands at a height of 5 ft 4 in (Approx. 1.63 m).
Alanis Morissette Family
She was born at Riverside Hospital in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, to her parents Georgia Mary Ann and Alan Richard Morissette. Alanis’ mother is a teacher and her father is a high-school principal and French teacher. She has two brothers, older brother Chad is a business entrepreneur, and twin brother Wade is a musician.
Alanis’ father is of French and Irish descent, whereas her mother has Hungarian and Jewish ancestry. Her parents were teachers in a military school and due to their work often had to move. Between the ages of three and six, she lived with her parents in Lahr (Black Forest), West Germany.
Alanis Morissette Husband
On May 22, 2010, Alanis married rapper Mario “Souleye” Treadway in a private ceremony at their Los Angeles home. The couple has three children, son Ever, daughter Onyx, and another son Winter.
Alanis Morissette Ryan Reynolds
She met Canadian actor Ryan Reynolds at Drew Barrymore’s birthday party in 2002, and the couple began dating soon afterward. They announced their engagement in June 2004. In February 2007, representatives for Alanis and Reynolds announced they had decided to end their engagement. She has said that her album Flavors of Entanglement was created out of her grief after the breakup.
Alanis Morissette Education
When she was six years old, she returned to Ottawa and started to play the piano. In 1981, at the age of seven, Alanis began taking dance lessons. She attended Holy Family Catholic School for elementary school and Immaculata High School for Grades 7 and 8 before graduating from high school at Glebe Collegiate Institute.
Alanis Morissette Songs
Alanis (1991)
Now Is the Time (1992)
Jagged Little Pill (1995)
Supposed Former Infatuation Junkie (1998)
Under Rug Swept (2002)
So-Called Chaos (2004)
Flavors of Entanglement (2008)
Havoc and Bright Lights (2012)
Such Pretty Forks in the Road (2020)
The Storm Before the Calm (2022)
Alanis Morissette Ironic
Her fourth U.S. single, “Ironic”, became her biggest hit. “Ironic” was nominated for two 1997 Grammy Awards—Record of the Year and Best Music Video, Short Form and won Single of the Year at the 1997 Juno Awards, where Morissette also won Songwriter of the Year and the International Achievement Award.
Alanis Morissette You Oughta Know
KROQ-FM, an influential Los Angeles modern rock radio station, began playing “You Oughta Know”, featuring Flea and Dave Navarro. The song instantly garnered attention for its scathing, explicit lyrics, and a subsequent music video went into heavy rotation on MTV and MuchMusic. “You Oughta Know”, was also included at #103 in their 500 Greatest Songs of All Time.
Alanis Morissette Tour
So-Called Chaos Tour (2004)
Diamond Wink Tour (2005) featuring Jason Mraz
Jagged Little Pill Acoustic Tour (2005)
Flavors of Entanglement Tour (2008–09)
Guardian Angel Tour (2012)
Intimate and Acoustic (2014)
World Tour (2018)
2021 World Tour: Celebrating 25 Years of Jagged Little Pill featuring Garbage, Cat Power, and Beth Orton (2021–22)
Alanis Morissette Dave Coulier
Alanis dated actor and comedian Dave Coulier for a short time in the early 1990s. In a 2008 interview, Dave said he was the ex-boyfriend who inspired Alanis’ song “You Oughta Know”; Morissette has not commented on the subject of the song.
Alanis Morissette Jagged Little Pill
Maverick Records released Jagged Little Pill internationally in 1995. After the success of “You Oughta Know”, the album’s other hits helped send Jagged Little Pill to the top of the charts. “All I Really Want” and “Hand in My Pocket” followed, and the fourth U.S. single, “Ironic”, became Alanis’ biggest hit.
“You Learn” and “Head over Feet”, the fifth and sixth singles, kept Jagged Little Pill (1995) in the top 20 on the Billboard 200 albums chart for more than a year. Jagged Little Pill sold more than 16 million copies in the U.S.; it sold 33 million worldwide, making it the second biggest-selling album by a female artist (behind Shania Twain’s Come On Over)
Alanis Morissette Documentary
In 2006, she guest-starred in an episode of Lifetime’s Lovespring International as a homeless woman named Lucinda, three episodes of FX’s Nip/Tuck, playing a lesbian named Poppy, and the mockumentary-documentary Pittsburgh as herself.
Alanis Morissette Net Worth
She earns her wealth from her career, therefore, she has amassed a fortune over the years. Alanis’ estimated net worth is $60 million.
Who Is Alanis Morissette
Alanis is a Canadian-American singer, songwriter, and actress. She is Known for her emotive mezzo-soprano voice and confessional songwriting. Alanis began her career in Canada in the early 1990s with two dance-pop albums.