Kathleen Hanna is an American singer, musician, artist, feminist activist, pioneer of the feminist punk riot grrrl movement, and punk zine writer. In the early-to-mid-1990s she was the lead singer of feminist punk band Bikini Kill, before fronting Le Tigre in the late 1990s and early 2000s. Since 2010, she has recorded as The Julie Ruin. A documentary film about Hanna was released in 2013 by director Sini Anderson, titled The Punk Singer, detailing Hanna's life and career, as well as revealing her years-long battle with Lyme disease. Hanna is married to Adam Horovitz of the Beastie Boys.
| Born: | November 12, 1968, Portland, Oregon, U.S. |
| Residence: | Los Angeles, California, U.S, New York City, New York, U.S. |
| Other names: | Julie Ruin |
| Education: | Lincoln High School |
| Alma mater: | The Evergreen State College |
| Occupation: | Musician, activist, writer |
| IMDb: | Kathleen Hanna's IMDb |
About Kathleen Hanna
Former lead singer and songwriter for the riot girl band Bikini Kill, the band known for such songs as "Rebel Girl."
Before Fame
She attended The Evergreen State College in Olympia, Washington to study photography and worked as a stripper to support herself.
Achievement
She has referred to herself as a feminist, inspired to pursue activism after seeing Gloria Steinem speak in Washington D.C.
Family Life
She married musician in 2006.
Associations
She and Kurt Cobain were close friends; Hanna even inspired the title of the song "Smells Like Teen Spirit."
Information related to Kathleen Hanna
- People with Lyme disease
- Riot grrrl musicians
- Kill Rock Stars artists
- Lincoln High School (Portland, Oregon) alumni
- Artists from Maryland
- K Records artists
- American spoken word poets
- Third-wave feminism
- The Evergreen State College alumni
- American female drummers
- Female punk rock singers
- Singers from Maryland
- Singers from Oregon
- American punk rock guitarists
- American punk rock singers
- Musicians from Portland, Oregon
- Feminist musicians
- American multi-instrumentalists
- American female guitarists
- American women activists
