Biography
Fiona Apple defied categorization or any easy profession path, almost jogging the pattern backwards, opening her profession as an extremely touted and popular choice vocalist/songwriter, then transitioning right into a cult musician. Apple certainly benefited in the open-door plan of modern rock and roll in the middle-’90s, following route of crossover alt-rock piano-based songwriters like Tori Amos, but Apple was barely an Amos copycat: she acquired a solid jazz undertow in her vocal phrasing and melodies, she acquired richer agreements, she acquired a poppier bent to her music. All these stuff helped her 1996 debut, Tidal, look for a wide market, one that elevated considerably within the wake from the questionable video for the one “Legal,” but Apple managed to get abundantly apparent that she wasn’t an beginner provocateur with her sophomore record, Once the Pawn Fits the Ruler, an record that elevated her critical popularity and cult, which will be pillars of support during her extreme battles while producing her third record, Extraordinary Machine. Blessed to vocalist Diana McAfee and professional Brandon Maggart in 1977, Fiona Apple began playing and composing songs at age 12, in order to workout a traumatic youth that included a rape at age 11. Apple continuing to write, departing senior high school for LA at age 16. She trim a demonstration tape that ultimately gained her a agreement with Sony Music in 1995. Teamed with manufacturer Andrew Slater, she lower her debut, Tidal, liberating the recording in the summertime of 1996. Tidal was a sluggish build, making critical acclaim along with a cult that exploded once the questionable video for “Lawbreaker” flipped the solitary and recording into a strike. Tag Romanek’s seedy, suggestive clip was overtly intimate — a route Apple notably prevented afterward — nonetheless it did the secret, helping the recording reach the very best Ten and making Apple a Grammy. Not surprisingly titillation, Tidal appealed to the center of the street, a route Apple definitively turned down with her following record, 1999’s Once the Pawn Fits the King. The complete name was a 90-phrase poem, a good indication from the creative ambition that place within. Made by Jon Brion, the record was thick, literate, and melodic, not really matching the industrial success from the debut but deepening her cult. Despite a love with movie director Paul Thomas Anderson — she added to the soundtrack of his 1999 magnum opus Magnolia — Apple retreated in the spotlight, fostering some mystery that just grew when her following record experienced some delays. By 2003, having less a sequel became a feeling among some music community forums, where rumours swirled that Sony turned down her newest music to be uncommercial. Next calendar year, unfinished mixes leaked onto the web as well as the saga from the record spilled over in to the mainstream, gaining ink in THE BRAND NEW York Times. All of this helped usher the record to conclusion in nov 2005, once the primary Brion productions had been tweaked and extended with manufacturer Mike Elizondo, who helped Outstanding Machine reach its last shape. The record was greeted by generally reviews that are positive — some likened it not completely favorably towards the leaked record — as well as the record received healthful product sales. In its wake, Apple preserved a moderate existence, touring with Nickel Creek in 2007 and showing up using the Watkins Family members at times throughout their residency on the Largo in LA. In 2012, Apple previewed three music from her 4th studio recording (which boasted a typically enigmatic name within the Idler Wheel Can be Wiser Compared to the Driver from the Screw and Whipping Cords Will LAST A LOT MORE THAN Ropes Will Ever Perform) to some wildly enthusiastic viewers in the South by Southwest music event in Austin, Tx. Made by Apple with her touring drummer, Charley Drayton, the recording earned excellent evaluations upon launch in June 2012.
Quick Facts
Full Name Fiona Apple
Date Of Birth September 13, 1977
Height 1.57 m
Profession Poet, Composer, Music Producer, Pianist, Singer-songwriter
Nationality American
Parents Brandon Maggart, Diane McAfee
Siblings Maude Maggart, Garett Maggart, Spencer Maggart, Justine Maggart, Jennifer Maggart, Julienne Maggart
Awards Grammy Award for Best Female Rock Vocal Performance, MTV Video Music Award for Best New Artist, MTV Video Music Award for Best Cinematography
Music Songs Criminal, Paper Bag, Sleep to Dream, Every Single Night, Fast as You Can, Shadowboxer, Never Is a Promise, Not About Love, Across the Universe, O' Sailor, Parting Gift, The First Taste, Why Try to Change Me Now, Hot Knife, Sullen Girl, Container, Slow Like Honey, Dull Tool, Anything We Want, Pure Imagination, Sally's Song, Get Him Back, Love Ridden, Tymps, Get Gone, Pale September, The Way Things Are, The Child Is Gone, On the Bound, Red Red Red, Limp, Better Version of Me
Albums The Idler Wheel..., iTunes Originals - Fiona Apple, Extraordinary Machine, When the Pawn..., Tidal, Original Album Classics, Tidal / When the Pawn
Nominations Grammy Award for Best New Artist, Grammy Award for Best Alternative Music Album, Grammy Award for Best Pop Vocal Album, Grammy Award for Best Rock Song, MTV Video Music Award for Best Female Video, Grammy Award for Best Country Collaboration with Vocals
Movies The Scarecrow, The Work of Director Mark Romanek, Largo
- Facts
- Filmography
- Awards
- Salaries
- Quotes
- Trademarks
- Pictures
# | Fact |
---|
1 |
Lives in Los Angeles. |
2 |
Suffers from Generalized Anxiety Disorder and has occasionally had panic attacks while performing. |
3 |
Is an intensely private person, doesn't often give interviews and generally avoids Hollywood events. |
4 |
Her third album 'Extraordinary Machine' will finally be released. The big day is October 4th!! [September 2005] |
5 |
Fiona Apple's 4th studio album "The Idler Wheel Is Wiser Than the Driver of the Screw and Whipping Cords Will Serve You More Than Ropes Will Ever Do" is leaked on the Internet, and released in May 2012 in the US. [May 2012] |
6 |
Her album "Extraordinary Machine" debuts at #7 on the U.S. charts, Fiona's highest debut. [October 2005] |
7 |
Third album 'Extraordinary Machine' is complete, but has been shelved by Sony indefinitely due to lack of marketability. [March 2004] |
8 |
Has struggled with anorexia and self-harm. |
9 |
Suffers from Depression, Bipolar Disorder and Obsessive Compulsive Disorder. |
10 |
She was sexually assaulted at the age of 12 on her way home from school. |
11 |
Revealed in a 2012 interview with Vulture.com that she was briefly married to a French photographer for "complicated reasons". |
12 |
Daughter of Brandon Maggart. |
13 |
Fiona is in talks to record a song for another Tim Burton film titled "The Dark is Golden", the song will also feature Finnish singer-songwriter Ville Valo. |
14 |
Ranked #84 on VH1's 100 Sexiest Artists. |
15 |
Grandmother is actress/singer Millicent Green. |
16 |
Her 3rd album, Extraordinary Machine, was completed in 2003 but Sony Music delayed the release and eventually decided not to ever release the album based on the projection that it would not sell. Fiona left Sony Music. Fiona's fans protested by mailing apples to Sony Music headquarters and finally the album was released in 2005. |
17 |
She is an avid watcher of the TV show, Columbo (1971). Her favorite episode is Columbo: Try and Catch Me (1977). |
18 |
Her song "Sleep to Dream" was recorded by Bettye LaVette on Lavette's 2005 CD, "I've Got My Own Hell to Raise" (Anti). |
19 |
Has a niece named Loren |
20 |
Her second album, titled "When The Pawn Hits The Conflicts He Thinks Like A King What He Knows Throws The Blows When He Goes To The Fight And He'll Win The Whole Thing 'Fore He Enters The Ring There's No Body To Batter When Your Mind Is Your Might So When You Go Solo, You Hold Your Own Hand And Remember That Depth Is The Greatest Of Heights And If You Know Where You Stand, Then You Know Where To Land And If You Fall It Won't Matter, Cuz You'll Know That You're Right", holds the record for the longest album title ever. |
21 |
Won a Grammy Award in 1998 for her song "Criminal" |
22 |
Her "fhw" tattoo stands for "Fiona has wings," a personal trademark which refers to a childhood daydream where she rises above her schoolmates who then exclaim, "Fiona has wings!" |
23 |
Younger half-sister of Garett Maggart and Spencer Maggart. |
24 |
Has a sister, Amber, who sings cabaret under the name Maude Maggart. |
25 |
Lived in Los Angeles, CA with boyfriend Paul Thomas Anderson. [2001] |
26 |
Has a pierced navel. |
27 |
Has two tattoos on her lower back (KIN and FHW). |
28 |
Is a vegan. |
Soundtrack
Soundtrack
Title | Year | Status | Character |
---|
The Affair |
|
TV Series performer - 3 episodes, 2014 - 2015 writer - 3 episodes, 2014 - 2015 |
|
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon |
2015 |
TV Series writer - 1 episode |
|
American Horror Story |
2014 |
TV Series writer - 1 episode |
|
The Internet's Own Boy: The Story of Aaron Swartz |
2014 |
Documentary performer: "Extraordinary Machine" / writer: "Extraordinary Machine" |
|
This Is 40 |
2012 |
performer: "So Sleepy The Bells", "Dull Tool" / writer: "So Sleepy The Bells", "Dull Tool" - as Fiona Apple Maggart |
|
Bridesmaids |
2011/I |
performer: "Paper Bag" / writer: "Paper Bag" - as Fiona Apple Maggart |
|
House M.D. |
2010 |
TV Series performer - 1 episode |
|
True Blood |
|
TV Series performer - 1 episode, 2008 writer - 1 episode, 2008 |
|
Cold Case |
2008 |
TV Series performer - 1 episode |
|
School for Scoundrels |
2006 |
performer: "Sleep to Dream" / writer: "Sleep to Dream" |
|
Fiona Apple: Extraordinary Machine |
2005 |
Video documentary short writer: "Not About Love" video, "Extraordinary Machine" Live at Club Largo, "Paper Bag" Live at Club Largo, "Fast as You Can" Live at Club Largo, "Parting Gift" Live at The Jazz Bakery |
|
The Work of Director Mark Romanek |
2005 |
Video documentary performer: "Criminal" / writer: "Criminal" |
|
Joan of Arcadia |
2004 |
TV Series performer - 2 episodes |
|
Fiona Apple: Paper Bag |
2000 |
Video short performer: "Paper Bag" / writer: "Paper Bag" |
|
Daria |
|
TV Series performer - 3 episodes, 1997 - 2000 writer - 1 episode, 2000 |
|
Saturday Night Live |
1996-2000 |
TV Series performer - 2 episodes |
|
Fiona Apple: Limp |
2000 |
Video short performer: "Limp" / writer: "Limp" |
|
Fiona Apple: Fast as You Can |
1999 |
Video short performer: "Fast As You Can" / writer: "Fast As You Can" |
|
Undressed |
|
TV Series performer - 1 episode, 1999 writer - 1 episode, 1999 |
|
Pleasantville |
1998 |
performer: "Across the Universe" |
|
Fiona Apple: Across the Universe |
1998 |
Video short performer: "Across the Universe" |
|
Actress
Actress
Title | Year | Status | Character |
---|
H-Man |
2014 |
TV Series short |
Biofrau |
The Scarecrow |
2013 |
Short |
Singer (voice, uncredited) |
Fiona Apple: Hot Knife |
2013 |
Video short |
Fiona Apple |
Fiona Apple: Paper Bag |
2000 |
Video short |
Fiona Apple |
Fiona Apple: Limp |
2000 |
Video short |
Fiona Apple |
Fiona Apple: Fast as You Can |
1999 |
Video short |
Fiona Apple |
Fiona Apple: Across the Universe |
1998 |
Video short |
Fiona Apple |
Writer
Writer
Title | Year | Status | Character |
---|
Fiona Apple: Hot Knife |
2013 |
Video short |
|
Fiona Apple: Paper Bag |
2000 |
Video short |
|
Fiona Apple: Limp |
2000 |
Video short |
|
Fiona Apple: Fast as You Can |
1999 |
Video short |
|
Art Department
Art Department
Title | Year | Status | Character |
---|
Magnolia |
1999 |
artwork: Claudia |
|
Music Department
Music Department
Title | Year | Status | Character |
---|
Magnolia |
1999 |
composer: additional music |
|
Producer
Producer
Title | Year | Status | Character |
---|
Fiona Apple: Extraordinary Machine |
2005 |
Video documentary short producer - video "Not About Love" |
|
Thanks
Thanks
Title | Year | Status | Character |
---|
The Internet's Own Boy: The Story of Aaron Swartz |
2014 |
Documentary very special thanks |
|
Craft & Burn |
2012 |
TV Series acknowledgment - 1 episode |
|
Whatever Floats Your Boat |
2010 |
Short thanks |
|
Punch-Drunk Love |
2002 |
special thanks |
|
That Moment: Magnolia Diary |
2000 |
Video documentary thanks |
|
Magnolia |
1999 |
special thanks |
|
Self
Self
Title | Year | Status | Character |
---|
Anything We Want |
2014 |
Documentary completed |
Fiona Apple |
Late Night with Jimmy Fallon |
2012 |
TV Series |
Herself - Musical guest |
Music |
2010 |
Documentary |
Herself |
Largo |
2008 |
|
Herself |
Iconoclasts |
2006 |
TV Series documentary |
|
Last Call with Carson Daly |
2006 |
TV Series |
Herself |
Jimmy Kimmel Live! |
2006 |
TV Series |
Herself / Musical Guest |
Decades Rock Live |
2006 |
TV Series |
Herself |
Charlie Rose |
2006 |
TV Series |
Herself - Guest |
Late Night with Conan O'Brien |
1997-2006 |
TV Series |
Herself - Musical Guest / Herself |
My Shot With |
2006 |
TV Series |
Herself |
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson |
2006 |
TV Series |
Herself - Musical Guest / Herself - Interviewee / Musical Guest |
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno |
1996-2006 |
TV Series |
Herself - Musical Guest / Herself |
Today |
2005 |
TV Series |
Herself |
Late Show with David Letterman |
1997-2005 |
TV Series |
Herself |
House Band |
2005 |
TV Series |
Herself |
Fiona Apple: Extraordinary Machine |
2005 |
Video documentary short |
Herself - Vocals, Piano |
The Work of Director Mark Romanek |
2005 |
Video documentary |
Herself - Interviewee |
50 Sexiest Video Moments |
2003 |
TV Movie documentary |
Herself |
The 43rd Annual Grammy Awards |
2001 |
TV Special |
Herself |
The Howard Stern Radio Show |
1999-2000 |
TV Series |
Herself - Guest / Herself |
That Moment: Magnolia Diary |
2000 |
Video documentary |
Herself |
Saturday Night Live |
1996-2000 |
TV Series |
Herself - Musical Guest |
The Rosie O'Donnell Show |
1999 |
TV Series |
Herself |
The 40th Annual Grammy Awards |
1998 |
TV Special |
Herself - Performer |
Where It's At: The Rolling Stone State of the Union |
1998 |
TV Movie documentary |
Herself |
Howard Stern |
1997 |
TV Series |
Herself |
MTV News: Year in Rock 1997 |
1997 |
TV Movie documentary |
Herself |
Sessions at West 54th |
1997 |
TV Series documentary |
Herself |
1997 VH1 Fashion Awards |
1997 |
TV Special |
Herself |
Unplugged |
1997 |
TV Series documentary |
Herself |
The 39th Annual Grammy Awards |
1997 |
TV Special |
Herself |
MTV Video Music Awards 1997 |
1997 |
TV Special |
Herself |
Crossroads |
1994 |
TV Series |
Herself - Performer (1994) |
Archive Footage
Archive Footage
Won awards
Won awards
Year | Award | Ceremony | Nomination | Movie | Award shared with |
---|
1999 |
OFTA Film Award |
Online Film & Television Association |
Best Music, Adapted Song |
Pleasantville (1998) |
· John Lennon (music and lyrics by) · Paul McCartney (music and lyrics by) |
Nominated awards
Nominated awards
Year | Award | Ceremony | Nomination | Movie | Award shared with |
---|
2013 |
Grammy |
Grammy Awards |
Best Alternative Music Album |
For the album "The Idler Wheel...". |
|
2006 |
Grammy |
Grammy Awards |
Best Pop Vocal Album |
For the album "Extraordinary Machine." |
|
1998 |
Grammy |
Grammy Awards |
Best New Artist |
|
|
Looks like we don't have salary information. Sorry!
# | Quote |
---|
1 |
The worst pain in the world is shame. I spend a lot of time trying to not do anything bad to anyone, but you can't live your life and not hurt people. |
2 |
Because for whatever reason, even though I want to stay home all the time and be left alone, I want to tell the world who I am now. |
3 |
I don't have that spur on my ass that most people have, like, "Oh, god. I have to get something out or else my career will be over!" I don't really care if my career is over. |
4 |
I don't go on lunch dates with friends. I hear about people having dinner parties but I never do that. I'm not really human. |
5 |
When I was a kid--10, 11, 12, 13--the thing I wanted most in the world was a best friend. I wanted to be important to people; to have people that understood me. I wanted to just be close to somebody. And back then, a thought would go through my head almost constantly: "There's never gonna be a room someplace where there's a group of people sitting around, having fun, hanging out, where one of them goes, 'You know what would be great? We should call Fiona. Yeah, that would be good.' That'll never happen. There's nothing interesting about me." I just felt like I was a sad little boring thing. |
6 |
This world is bullshit, and you shouldn't model your life about what you think that you think we think is cool, and what we're wearing, and what we're saying and everything. Go with yourself. |
# | Trademark |
---|
1 |
Husky sultry singing voice |
2 |
Deeply personal Lyrics |
3 |
Lavish Jazz influenced Musical productions |
Looks like we don't have pictures. Sorry!