- Born
- Birth nameLori Jacqueline Singer
- Height1.79 m
- Lori is a Golden Globe winning actress for her role as cast member in Robert Altman's "Shortcuts." She won 'ShoWest Newcomer of the Year' for her role as Ariel Moore in the film "Footloose," and was nominated for best supporting actress for an Indie Spirit Award for "Trouble in Mind." Lori 's documentaries have won 5 Emmys, a Peabody, been short-listed for an Oscar, and have won well over twenty film festivals, including Toronto Hot Docs.
After the huge success of Herb Ross' "Footloose," Singer went on to act in such films as Robert Altman's "Short Cuts," John Schlesinger's "The Falcon and the Snowman," "Warlock," "The Man with One Red Shoe," with Tom Hanks, Alan Rudolph's "Trouble in Mind," and "Equinox," to name a few. In 2015, Lori enjoyed a cameo in Michael Almereyda's "Experimenter" about the Stanley Milgram experiment. Lori substantially contributed to, and went on to Executive Produce " Mea Maxima Culpa; Silence in the House of God," directed by the highly acclaimed Alex Gibney, which won four Prime Time Emmys, a Peabody, and the London Documentary Film Festival. Lori went on to play the title vocal role as Linda Bishop in "God Knows Where I Am" which won Toronto Hot Docs, an Emmy and 20 film festivals. Lori Singer recently starred in "Rachel Hendrix" which is to be released in 2024 and won the Woodstock Film Festival in Fall of 2023. She also acted in a film written and directed by Mary Bronstein to be released in Spring 2025.- IMDb Mini Biography By: imdb@spike.codes
- SpouseRichard Emery(1981 - 1998) (divorced, 1 child)
- Children
- ParentsJacques SingerLeslie Singer
- RelativesMarc Singer(Sibling)Gregory Singer(Sibling)Claude Singer(Sibling)Bryan Singer(Cousin)Phoebe Singer(Niece or Nephew)
- Made her solo cello debut at age 13 with the Oregon Symphony.
- Cousin of Bryan Singer.
- Is 14 years younger than John Lithgow and nine years younger than Dianne Wiest, who played her parents in Bước Nhảy Vui Nhộn (1984).
- Younger sister of Marc Singer and Claude Singer.
- Weighed less than four pounds at birth.
- [on New York City] I feel closer to my background there, closer to Carnegie Hall as well as Europe. It's a city where you feel anything is possible, which makes life fun and interesting.
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