Courtney Love filmography

Love attending an event in 2014.

Courtney Love is an American musician and actress who began her professional career in film in 1986 with a supporting role in Alex Cox's Sid and Nancy (1986); she had prior studied film with experimental director George Kuchar at the San Francisco Art Institute in 1984, and appeared in one of Kuchar's short films. After pursuing music and having a successful career as the frontwoman of alternative rock band Hole, Love also had intermittent roles in films, most notably receiving critical attention for her performance as Althea Flynt in Miloš Forman's 1996 biopic The People vs. Larry Flynt, which earned her a Golden Globe Nomination for Best Actress, as well as awards from the Boston, Chicago, New York, and Los Angeles film critics associations. Love later appeared among an ensemble cast in 200 Cigarettes (1998), as well as in a leading role in Man on the Moon (1999) alongside Jim Carrey, for which she received critical recognition.[1] She later appeared in several independent films and short subjects as well as the thriller Trapped (2002) alongside Charlize Theron and Kevin Bacon, and Julie Johnson (2001), for which she received an award for Best Actress at Los Angeles' gay and lesbian Outfest film festival.

In 2014, Love joined the cast of the FX series Sons of Anarchy for the show's seventh and final season in a recurring role; this marked Love's debut role in a television series.[2] Subsequent television work included appearances on the ABC-TV nighttime soap Revenge as well as the hit Lee Daniels drama Empire. In 2018, Love made a supporting appearance in director Justin Kelly's JT LeRoy.

Love has also appeared in a multitude of documentary films as both an interviewee as well as in archival and live footage, including the Sonic Youth documentary subject 1991: The Year Punk Broke (1992); Not Bad for a Girl (1995), which focused on women in alternative music; and Hit So Hard (2011), which documented the life of Love's bandmate, drummer Patty Schemel.

## Films

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Key  †  | Denotes films that have not yet been released

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Year  | Title  | Role  | Director  | Notes  | Ref.

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1984  | Club Vatican | Girl  | George Kuchar | Short film  | [3]
1986  | Sid and Nancy | Gretchen  | Alex Cox |  | [4]
1987  | Straight to Hell | Velma  | Alex Cox |  | [4]
1988  | Tapeheads | Norman's Spanker  | Bill Fishman | Uncredited  | [4]
1996  | Basquiat | Big Pink  | Julian Schnabel |  | [4]
1996  | Feeling Minnesota | Rhonda  | Steven Baigelman |  | [4]
1996  | The People vs. Larry Flynt | Althea Leasure Flynt | Miloš Forman |  | [4]
1999  | 200 Cigarettes | Lucy  | Risa Bramon Garcia |  | [4]
1999  | Man on the Moon | Lynne Margulies  | Miloš Forman |  | [4]
2000  | Beat | Joan Vollmer Burroughs | Gary Walkow |  | [5]
2001  | Julie Johnson | Claire  | Bob Gosse |  | [6]
2002  | Trapped | Cheryl  | Luis Mandoki |  | [4]
2005  | Trailer for a Remake of Gore Vidal's Caligula | Caligula  | Francesco Vezzoli | Short film  | [7]
2011  | Courtney in Wonderland | Herself  | Jason Bell  | Short film  | [8]
2015  | Kansas City Choir Boy | Athena  | Kevin Newbury  | Stage  | [9]
2017  | Menendez: Blood Brothers | Kitty Menéndez  |

* Fenton Bailey
* Randy Barbato

| Television film  | [10]
2018  | JT LeRoy | Sasha  | Justin Kelly |  | [11]
2021  | The Long Home | Pearl  | James Franco |  | [12]
2024  |  Assassination †  | TBA  | David Mamet |  | [13]

## Television

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Year  | Series  | Role  | Notes  | Ref.

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2003  |  The Osbournes | Herself  | 1 episode  | [14]
2005  | Comedy Central Roast of Pamela Anderson | Herself  |  | [15]
2014  | Sons of Anarchy | Ms. Harrison  | Recurring role; 4 episodes  | [2]
2015  | The Hopes | Chase Hope  | Television short  | [16]
2015  | Empire | Elle Dallas  | Recurring role; 2 episodes  | [17]
2015  | Revenge | White Gold  | Guest star; 3 episodes  | [18]
2016  | Anna Faris is Unqualified | Herself  | Guest star  | [19]
2017  | A Midsummer's Nightmare | Titania | Featured role; TV movie/backdoor pilot  | [20]
2018  | RuPaul's Drag Race | Herself (guest judge) | 1 episode ("Tap That App")  | [21]
2021  | Bruises of Roses | Lead performer  | 1 episode  | [22]

## Documentaries

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Year  | Documentary features  | Role  | Notes  | Ref.

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1993 | 1991: The Year Punk Broke | Herself |  | [23]
1995 | Not Bad for a Girl |  | [24]
1997 | Off the Menu: The Last Days of Chasen's |  | [25]
1998 | Kurt & Courtney |  | [26]
1999 | Clara Bow: Discovering the "It" Girl | Voice-over narrator | [27]
2000 | Bounce: Behind the Velvet Rope |  | [28]
2001 | Eminem: Behind the Mask |  | [29]
2001 | Last Party 2000 |  | [30]
2003 | Mayor of the Sunset Strip |  | [31]
2006 | The Return of Courtney Love | Produced for Channel 4 | [32]
2011 | Hit So Hard |  | [33]
2011 | Bob and the Monster |  | [34]
2012 | Sunset Strip |  | [35]
2015 | Montage of Heck |  | [36]

## Music videos

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Year  | Songs  | Artist(s)  | Notes

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1988  | "I Wanna Be Sedated"  | Ramones | Uncredited
1992 | "Garbadge Man" | Hole |
1993 | "Beautiful Son" | Unreleased
1994 | "Miss World" |
"Doll Parts" |
1995 | "Violet" |
"Softer, Softest" | MTV Unplugged performance
1996 | "Gold Dust Woman" | Recorded for The Crow: City of Angels soundtrack
1998 | "Celebrity Skin" |
"Malibu" |
1999 | "Awful" | Live footage
2000 | "Be a Man" | Released for Any Given Sunday soundtrack
2004 | "Mono" | Courtney Love |
2011 | "Samantha" | Hole |
2014 | "Rat a Tat" | Fall Out Boy |
"You Know My Name" | Courtney Love |
2018 | "Tattooed in Reverse" | Marilyn Manson |

## See also

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* Courtney Love discography
* List of awards and nominations received by Courtney Love

## References

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1. ^ Rathe, Adam (November 11, 2013). "Courtney Love in 'Man on the Moon'". Backstage.com. Standing Ovation. Retrieved December 20, 2013.
2. ^ a b Johns, Nikara (July 8, 2014). "Courtney Love Joins 'Sons of Anarchy' for Final Season". Variety. Archived from the original on October 10, 2016. Retrieved July 9, 2014.
3. ^ Krahn, Angelina (April 8, 2010). "Corruption of the damned: A conversation with George Kuchar". A.V. Club. Archived from the original on November 5, 2013. Retrieved October 31, 2013. "Courtney Love and Devendra Banhart appeared in Kuchar's class pictures before they were famous."
4. ^ a b c d e f g h i Mitchell & Reid-Walsh 2007, p. 409.
5. ^ Hemmer 2006, p. 35.
6. ^ Kowalski, Eileen (July 23, 2001). "Outfest fetes 'G-d,' 'L.I.E.'". Variety. Archived from the original on February 2, 2016. Retrieved January 22, 2016.
7. ^ Yablonsky, Linda (February 26, 2006). "'Caligula' Gives a Toga Party (but No One's Really Invited)". The New York Times. Retrieved April 2, 2018.
8. ^ Bell, Jason; Goñi, Ramón (October 5, 2011). "VANITY FAIR - Courtney in Wonderland". Retrieved April 2, 2018 - via Vimeo.
9. ^ Isherwood, Charles (January 11, 2015). "A Bruising Love Throbs Anew". NY Times.
10. ^ Wagmeister, Elizabeth (February 1, 2017). "Lifetime Orders Menendez Brothers TV Movie Starring Courtney Love". Variety. Retrieved February 1, 2017.
11. ^ D'Nuka, Amanda (August 1, 2017). "Kelvin Harrison Jr., Courtney Love & James Jagger Board 'JT' Biopic". Deadline. Retrieved October 4, 2017.
12. ^ Maas, Jennifer (May 4, 2015). "Casting Net: Courtney Love, Timothy Hutton, Giancarlo Esposito join James Franco's The Long Home". Entertainment Weekly. Archived from the original on June 14, 2018. Retrieved April 2, 2018.
13. ^ Ravindran, Manori (May 15, 2023). "Viggo Mortensen, Shia LaBeouf, Courtney Love Board David Mamet's JFK Thriller 'Assassination'". Variety. Retrieved May 19, 2023.
14. ^ Chung, Jen (August 11, 2003). "Courtney Love Trainwrecks it on The Osbournes". Gothamist. Archived from the original on March 24, 2018. Retrieved April 2, 2018.
15. ^ Sanneh, Kelefa (March 20, 2004). "ROCK REVIEW; Love Lives Through This, Rasping 'Take Care of Me'". The New York Times. Archived from the original on February 10, 2017.
16. ^ Goldstein, Ian (March 4, 2015). "Derrick Beckles and the Art of Weirdness". Vulture. Archived from the original on February 13, 2020.
17. ^ O'Connell, Michael (October 23, 2014). "Courtney Love Joins Fox's 'Empire'". The Hollywood Reporter. Archived from the original on February 1, 2017. Retrieved October 31, 2014.
18. ^ Bricker, Tierney (March 11, 2015). "Courtney Love's TV Takeover Continues on Revenge and You Won't Believe Who She's Playing". E!. Retrieved January 21, 2016.
19. ^ "Courtney Love". August 23, 2016. Retrieved December 4, 2022.
20. ^ Petski, Denise (November 3, 2016). "'A Midsummer's Nightmare': Courtney Love Cast in Lifetime's Shakespearean Pilot". Deadline. Retrieved November 4, 2016.
21. ^ Daw, Stephen (April 2, 2018). "First Look: See Courtney Love Sashay Her Way to the Judges Panel on 'RuPaul's Drag Race'". Billboard. Retrieved April 2, 2018.
22. ^ "Courtney Love Has a New Video Series Covering Her Favorite Songs". Vogue. June 2, 2021. Retrieved November 16, 2022.
23. ^ Hyden, Steve (September 14, 2011). "1991: The Year that Punk Broke". The A.V. Club. Archived from the original on April 3, 2018. Retrieved April 2, 2018.
24. ^ Apramian, Lisa Rose (dir.) (1995). Not Bad for a Girl. Quantum Productions.
25. ^ "Off the Menu: The Last Days of Chasen's Cast". TV Guide. Retrieved April 2, 2018.
26. ^ Kaufman, Gil (February 27, 1998). "Director Misfires with 'Kurt and Courtney' Documentary". MTV. Archived from the original on April 3, 2018. Retrieved April 2, 2018.
27. ^ Fries, Lisa (June 14, 1999). "Clara Bow: Discovering the It Girl". Variety. Retrieved April 2, 2018.
28. ^ Cantor, Steve (dir.) (2000). Bounce: Behind the Velvet Rope. Stick Figure Productions.
29. ^ Emina, Peter (dir.) (2001). Eminem: Behind the Mask. Chrome Dreams Media.
30. ^ "Love Joins the 'Last Party'". NME. August 31, 2000. Retrieved April 2, 2018.
31. ^ Ebert, Roger (April 23, 2004). "Mayor of the Sunset Strip". Chicago Sun-Times. Retrieved April 2, 2018.
32. ^ Love, Courtney (September 26, 2006). The Return of Courtney Love (Documentary). Los Angeles: Channel 4.
33. ^ Patterson, John (November 9, 2012). "Patty Schemel's story is depressingly familiar. So what? It's a great tale". The Guardian. Retrieved April 2, 2018.
34. ^ DeFore, John (March 15, 2011). "Bob and the Monster: Film Review". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved April 2, 2018.
35. ^ "'Sunset Strip' Slash, Johnny Depp star in new rock doc". Rolling Stone. May 13, 2011. Archived from the original on April 3, 2018. Retrieved April 2, 2018.
36. ^ Saul, Heather (April 17, 2015). "Cobain: Montage of Heck: Courtney Love says Kurt Cobain documentary brought her and daughter Frances Bean Cobain closer". The Independent. Retrieved April 2, 2018.

## Sources

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* Hemmer, Kurt (2006). Encyclopedia of Beat Literature. New York: Facts on File. ISBN 978-0-8160-4297-5. OCLC 907149008.
* Mitchell, Claudia; Reid-Walsh, Jacqueline (2007). Girl Culture: An Encyclopedia (Two Volumes). Greenwood Publishing. ISBN 978-0-313-33908-0. OCLC 173659637.

## External links

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* Courtney Love filmography at AllMovie
* Courtney Love filmography at IMDb

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