Kathleen Hanna

Known for acting · Born 12 November 1968 · 57 · Portland, Oregon

38 credits

Kathleen Hanna is an American musician, artist, feminist activist, 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. In 1998, Hanna released a lo-fi solo album under the name Julie Ruin and since 2010, has been working on a project called The Julie Ruin.

Known for

The Punk Singer

2013

Nothing Compares

2022

Bad Reputation

2018

Wonder Women!: The Untold Story of American Superheroines

2012

Sonic Youth: Corporate Ghost

2004

Who Took the Bomp? Le Tigre on Tour

2010

Don't Need You - The Herstory of Riot Grrrl

2005

Myrna the Monster

2015

Revolution, Riot Grrrl Style

2014

From the Back of the Room

2011

Queercore: How to Punk a Revolution

2017

The Judy Spots

1995

Acting (38)

2026The Best SummerSelfFilm

2025King of DragGuest JudgeSeries

2024LOUDER: The Soundtrack of ChangeSelfFilm

2024Punk Girls - Die weibliche Geschichte des britischen PunkSelfFilm

2022Nothing ComparesSelfFilm

2022Women Who RockSelfSeries

2021The Go-Go'sSelf - Bikini KillFilm

2021Watch the Sound with Mark RonsonSelfSeries

2021Poly Styrene: I Am a ClichéSelfFilm

20212021 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction CeremonySelfFilm

2021You Don't Own MeSelfFilm

2019PunkSelf · 2 episodesSeries

2018Bad ReputationSelfFilm

2018Tour Without EndFilm

2017Queercore: How to Punk a RevolutionSelfFilm

2017Turn It Around: The Story of East Bay PunkSelfFilm

2016Maggie's PlanQuébécois Female SingerFilm

2015The Late Show with Stephen ColbertSelf -Musical GuestSeries

2015Myrna the MonsterMyrna (voice)Film

2014Revolution, Riot Grrrl StyleHerselfFilm

2014Positive Force: More Than a Witness - 30 Years of Punk Politics in ActionselfFilm

2013The Punk SingerSelfFilm

2012Wonder Women!: The Untold Story of American SuperheroinesSelfFilm

2012She Said Boom: The Story of Fifth ColumnherselfFilm

2011From the Back of the RoomHerselfFilm

2011Kill All Redneck Pricks: A Documentary Film about a Band Called KARPSelfFilm

2010Who Took the Bomp? Le Tigre on TourHerselfFilm

2008The GitsSelfFilm

2005Don't Need You - The Herstory of Riot GrrrlHerselfFilm

2004Sonic Youth: Corporate GhostFilm

2001Money for Nothing: Behind the Business of Pop MusicSelfFilm

1999Saturday Night Live: 25th Anniversary SpecialSelfFilm

1996Radical ActFilm

1995The Judy SpotsJudyFilm

1995In Search of Margo-goFilm

1994No Alternative GirlsHerselfFilm

1993It Changed My Life: Bikini Kill in the UKHerselfFilm

—Daisy Chain Fields documentarySelfFilm