
Lydia Lunch
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- 2 June 1959 · Rochester, New York, USA
Lydia Lunch is an American singer, poet, writer, actress and self-empowerment speaker, whose career was spawned by the New York no wave scene. Her work typically features provocative and confrontational noise music delivery, and has maintained an anti-commercial ethic, operating independently of major labels and distributors.
Known for
Acting 68
- 2026Love Diptych
- 2020My Lover The Killer
- 2019Spit and Ashes
- 2019Lydia Lunch: The War Is Never Over as Self
- 2017L7: Pretend We're Dead as Self
- 2014The Circular Ruins as Night (voice)
- 2014Kill Us All
- 2012Wild Thing as Self
- 2012Bye Bye Blondie as La chanteuse
- 2012Road Rant: A Week on the Road with Lydia Lunch as Self
- 2011Autoluminescent: Rowland S. Howard as Self
- 2011Blank City as Self
- 2010Fake Orgasm
- 2010Flood Stains as Saltmaster
- 2010Godkiller: Walk Among Us as Bub (voice)
- 2009Mutantes: Punk Porn Feminism as Self - Interviewee
- 2009No Wave - Underground '80: Berlin - New York as Self
- 2009NYC Foetus as Herself
- 2009For the End of Time
- 2008Death of the Reel as Narrator
- 2008Lydia Lunch: Video Hysterie: 1978 - 2006 as Herself
- 2007Llik Your Idols as Herself
- 2006Her Noise - The Making Of
- 2006Kill Your Idols: More. as Self
- 2005American Fame Pt. 2: Forgetting Jonathan Brandis as Narrator
- 2004The Heart Is Deceitful Above All Things as Social Worker #2
- 2004Kill Your Idols as Self
- 2002D.I.Y. or Die: How to Survive as an Independent Artist as Herself - Interviewee
- 2001Kiss My Grits: The Herstory of Women in Punk and Hard Rock as Self
- 2000The Hardcore Collection
- 1997Richard Kern - Portrait: Live From New York
- 1997Lunch on Kern as Herself
- 1996Visiting Desire as Sitter
- 1996Baby Trouble Hole as Performer
- 1994Lydia Lunch: Malicious Intent
- 1994Die Haut - Sweat as Self
- 1993No Age New York as Herself
- 1991Thanatopsis as Herself
- 1990Kiss Napoleon Goodbye as Hedda
- 1989The Gun Is Loaded as Herself
- 1989Gang of Souls: A Generation of Beat Poets as Self
- 1988Put More Blood Into the Music as Herself
- 1988Mondo New York as Prologue
- 1987Penn & Teller's Invisible Thread
- 1987Submit to Me Now
- 1987Cruel Tricks for Dear Friends as Self
- 1986Fingered
- 1986Barbecue Death Squad From Hell as Herself
- 1986Death Valley '69
- 1985Submit to Me
- 1984School of Shame
- 1984The Right Side of My Brain as Narrator
- 1983The Wild World of Lydia Lunch as Herself
- 1983Like Dawn to Dust
- 1982Vortex as Angel Powers
- 1982DANCE OF THE DEAD CHILDREN
- 1982The Agony Is The Ecstacy
- 1981Subway Riders
- 1980Raw Nerves: A Lacanian Thriller
- 1980The Offenders as Lydia
- 1979Black Box as Torturer
- 1979No New York Festival - Berlin as Self
- 1979Beauty Becomes the Beast
- 1979Alien Portrait as Self
- 1978Rome '78 as Empress
- 1978Punking Out as Self
- 1978She Had Her Gun All Ready
- 1978Guerillère Talks as Herself
Sound 11
- 2020My Lover The Killer · music
- 2015Disturbtion · music
- 2014Kill Us All · music
- 2010Flood Stains · music
- 2009Unfaithful · music
- 2008Lydia Lunch: Video Hysterie: 1978 - 2006 · music
- 2003Us · music
- 1984The Right Side of My Brain · music
- 1983Goodbye 42nd Street · music
- 1982Vortex · music
- 1982The Agony Is The Ecstacy · music
Production 1
- 2014Kill Us All · producer
Writing 8
- 2014Kill Us All · writer
- 2012Road Rant: A Week on the Road with Lydia Lunch · writer
- 2010Flood Stains · screenplay
- 1994Lydia Lunch: Malicious Intent · writer
- 1991Thanatopsis · writer
- 1990Kiss Napoleon Goodbye · writer
- 1989The Gun Is Loaded · writer
- 1984The Right Side of My Brain · writer
Camera 1
- 2012Bye Bye Blondie · still photographer
Directing 1
- 1982The Agony Is The Ecstacy · director




