Lenka

Australian singer and actress (born 1978)

This article is about the Australian singer-songwriter Lenka Kripac. For other uses, see Lenka (disambiguation).

Lenka

Lenka performing at Bumbershoot festival in Seattle, 2009

Background information
Birth name| Lenka Eden Kripac
Also known as| Lenka
Born|  (1978-03-19) 19 March 1978 (age 47)
Bega, New South Wales,[1] Australia
Genres| Indie pop
Occupations|

* Singer-songwriter
* actress

Instruments|

* Vocals
* piano
* trumpet
* tambourine
* castanet
* ukulele

Years active| 1994–present
Labels|

* Epic
* Skipalong

Website| lenkamusic.com

Musical artist

Lenka Eden Kripac[2] (born 19 March 1978[3]) is an Australian singer-songwriter and actress best known for her song "The Show", from her debut album, Lenka. "The Show" has been used in numerous advertisements, most notably for Old Navy, as well as the Nickelodeon film Angus, Thongs and Perfect Snogging and the 2011 film Moneyball.[4] Her song "Everything at Once" was used in a Windows 8 television advertisement and in a Disney Studio All Access commercial.

## Early life

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The daughter of Czechoslovak jazz trumpet musician Jiří Křipač[5] and an Australian schoolteacher, Eden, Lenka was raised in the Australian coastal town of Bega until age seven, when her family moved to Sydney. There she received her schooling, acting and music training, and started to work as a highly regarded theatre actress and later musician.[6]

## Career

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Lenka at the Hotel Cafe Tour at Doug Fir in Portland, Oregon

### 1994–2007: Early years

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As a teenager, Lenka studied acting at the Australian Theatre for Young People,[7] where she trained with actress Cate Blanchett.[8] Lenka starred in the Australian ABC-TV drama series GP as Vesna Kapek in the 1990s. She also hosted Cheez TV and has guest starred in other Australian TV series, including Home and Away, Wildside, Head Start, and Spellbinder. She appeared in Australian feature films The Dish and Lost Things, as well as in theatre productions.[8] Lenka provided the vocals for two tracks on Paul Mac's 2005 album Panic Room, including its title track. She also served a member of the Australian electronic-rock crossover band Decoder Ring for two of their albums between 2004 and 2005. She then moved to California in 2007.[6]

### 2008–2012: Self-titled debut album

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After adopting her first name as her sole artistic name, Lenka released her eponymous debut album on 24 September 2008, with "The Show", produced by Stuart Brawley, chosen to be the first single release from the set.[9] The album peaked at number 142 on the US Billboard 200. Her song "Everything at Once" was featured in a Windows 8 ad and in a Disney Studio All Access commercial, becoming a worldwide success.[10][11] Lenka creates paper art type stop-motion animated music videos for each of her singles with her husband James Gulliver Hancock, a visual artist from Australia, for a deliberately childlike effect.[5] She provided vocals on two tracks ("Addicted" and "Sunrise") on German artist Schiller's album Atemlos, released in Germany on 12 March 2010.

In 2011, Lenka released her second album Two which was inspired by her engagement and is full of romantic love songs. Despite a warm critical reception,[12] the album failed to match the success of her debut album, with Two reaching peak chart positions of 69 and 88 on the Belgian and Swiss charts respectively.[13][14] Her third album Shadows was released in 2013, following the birth of her son.

### 2015–present: Subsequent releases

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Lenka's fourth studio album The Bright Side, was released in 2015 and the most featured single in this album became "Blue Skies".[15] A remix version of the song, released on the YouTube remix channel Trap Nation, has over 30 million views on YouTube.[16] Her fifth studio album, Attune, was released in 2017 and contains the track "Heal", which was created in cooperation with Australian singer and author Sally Seltmann.[3] Her most played songs on BBC are "All My Bells Are Ringing", "We Will Not Grow Old", "Everything at Once", "Don't Let Me Fall", and "Trouble Is a Friend".[17] In 2023, She released her sixth studio album, Intraspectral. In 2025, Lenka began the Magenta Tour starting in China.[18]

On 4 July 2025, Lenka revealed that she is going back into the studio for her upcoming seventh studio album.[19]

## Personal life

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Lenka currently resides in regional New South Wales, Australia. She is married to visual artist James Gulliver Hancock.[20] She announced on 27 September 2011 that she was pregnant.[21] In March 2012, she announced on Twitter that she had given birth to a boy named Quinn. In 2016, she gave birth to her daughter, Etta.[22][23]

## Filmography

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### Film

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Year | Title | Role | Notes

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2000 | The Dish | Marie McIntyre | Feature film
2004 | Lost Things | Emily | Feature film

### Television

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Year | Title | Role | Notes

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1994 | Home and Away | Francine 'Frankie' Brooks | TV series, 10 episodes
1995–1997 | Spellbinder | Josie | TV miniseries, 5 episodes
1995–1996 | G.P. | Vesna Kapek | TV series, seasons 7–8, 23 episodes
1995–2005 | Cheez TV | Host | TV series
1997 | Medivac | Nikki Kershaw | TV series, season 2, 3 episodes
1998 | Wildside | Jasmine Yakabovich | TV series, season 1, episode 11
2000 | Above the Law | Dee Anne Williams | TV series, season 1, 5 ep
Murder Call | Lily Aureli | TV series, season 3, episode 15: "Last Act"
2001 | All Saints | Erin Shanahan | TV series, season 4, episode 19: "Can You Hear Me?"
Head Start | Lucy Swain | TV miniseries, 5 episodes
2005 | The Alice | Sally Fleming | TV miniseries, 2 episodes

## Theatre

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Source from AusStage.[24]

Year | Title | Role | Notes

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1993 | The Garden of Granddaughters |  | Wharf Theatre, Sydney with Playbox Theatre Company & STC
2002 | Blue Window |  | Darlinghurst Theatre, Sydney
2002 | Progress |  | Old Fitzroy Theatre, Sydney with Cabin Crew Theatre
2004 | Tales from the Arabian Nights |  | Laycock Street Theatre, Gosford with Kim Carpenter’s Theatre of Image

## Discography

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Main article: Lenka discography

* Lenka (2008)
* Two (2011)
* Shadows (2013)
* The Bright Side (2015)
* Attune (2017)
* Intraspectral (2023)

## References

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1. ^ "iTunes – Music – Lenka". iTunes Store. 19 March 1978. Archived from the original on 16 March 2013. Retrieved 15 July 2015.
2. ^ "A Time". ASCAP. American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers. Retrieved 10 November 2023.
3. ^ a b Leahey, Andrew. "Lenka biography". AllMusic. Archived from the original on 3 March 2015. Retrieved 5 December 2014.
4. ^ [1] Archived 5 January 2018 at the Wayback Machine, Biography. Retrieved on 5 Jan 2018.
5. ^ a b "Lenka | Artist". MTV Asia. Archived from the original on 13 August 2009. Retrieved 11 July 2010.
6. ^ a b "Bio". The Official Lenka Site. Sony Music Entertainment. Archived from the original on 30 August 2009. Retrieved 18 May 2010.
7. ^ "Brisbane Street Press – Lenka". Rave Magazine. 4 November 2008. Archived from the original on 2 March 2011. Retrieved 11 July 2010.
8. ^ a b "Columbia Records UK " Releases " Lenka – Lenka". Columbia.co.uk. Archived from the original on 25 August 2009. Retrieved 11 July 2010.
9. ^ "The Show by Lenka Songfacts". Songfacts.com. Archived from the original on 14 June 2011. Retrieved 15 July 2015.
10. ^ "Lenka – Charts & Awards – Billboard Albums". AllMusic. 23 September 2008. Retrieved 11 July 2010.
11. ^ Windows 8: Lenka – Everything at Once (TV Spot) | Microsoft. Archived from the original on 2 June 2016. Retrieved 2 July 2013 – via YouTube.
12. ^ "Australian singer Lenka returns with sophomore album "Two"". GantDaily.com. 13 January 2011. Archived from the original on 13 March 2012. Retrieved 12 March 2012.
13. ^ Steffen Hung. "Lenka - Two". ultratop.be. Retrieved 30 January 2013.
14. ^ Steffen Hung. "Lenka - Two". hitparade.ch. Archived from the original on 11 November 2012. Retrieved 12 March 2012.
15. ^ "Sony/ATV to jointly release new Lenka album | News | Music Week". musicweek.com. Retrieved 31 October 2018.
16. ^ Trap Nation (29 May 2015), Lenka - Blue Skies (REVOKE Remix), archived from the original on 9 June 2018, retrieved 31 October 2018
17. ^ "Lenka - New Songs, Playlists & Latest News - BBC Music". BBC. Archived from the original on 20 September 2018. Retrieved 31 October 2018.
18. ^ "Magenta Tour 2025". Australia: Lenka Official Website. 14 March 2025. Retrieved 4 July 2025.
19. ^ Kripac, Lenka [@lenkamusic]; (4 July 2025). "Super excited to be going back into the studio to start work on my next album in a few days! Been writing lots over the past year and can't wait to bring my new songs to life and to your ears..." Australia. Retrieved 4 July 2025 – via Instagram.
20. ^ "Lenka's all grown up and married". AsiaOne. 25 February 2011. Archived from the original on 11 May 2012. Retrieved 2 July 2013.
21. ^ [2] Archived 4 January 2012 at the Wayback Machine
22. ^ "Twitter / LenkaMusic: Oh boy! Oh boy! Oh boy! I have". Archived from the original on 26 March 2014. Retrieved 2 July 2013 – via Twitter.
23. ^ "Twitter / LenkaMusic: Happy 1st birthday to my darling". Archived from the original on 26 March 2014. Retrieved 2 July 2013 – via Twitter.
24. ^ "Lenka". AusStage. Retrieved 4 July 2025.

## External links

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* Lenka talks to Flavorpill!
* Interview with Lenka
* Lenka In SPIN's November Issue Archived 3 March 2012 at the Wayback Machine

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Discography

Studio albums|

* Lenka
* Two
* Shadows
* The Bright Side
* Attune
* Intraspectral

Singles|

* "The Show"
* "Trouble Is a Friend"
* "Everything at Once"

Authority control databases

International|

* ISNI
* VIAF
* WorldCat

National|

* Germany
* United States
* France
* BnF data
* Czech Republic

Artists|

* MusicBrainz

People|

* Trove

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