Alanis Morissette is a Canadian-American singer, songwriter, record producer, and actress. She is known for her signature emotive mezzo-soprano voice with which she has sold over 75 million of her 8 studio records globally, including her very successful hit debut album, Jagged Little Pill released in 1995. She is best famous for the song “You Oughta Know” from the album, a more rock-oriented album that sold more than 33 million copies globally and is her most critically acclaimed work. Her follow-up album, Supposed Former Infatuation Junkie, was released in 1998. Further Alanis Morissette has released a series of groundbreaking albums that have sold more than 60 million copies worldwide. She has won twelve Juno Awards, seven Grammy Awards, and many additional Grammy nominations and honors.
Where was Alanis Morissette born?
Morissette was born as Alanis Nadine Morissette on June 1, 1974, in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, to teacher Georgia Mary Ann and high-school principal and French teacher Alan Richard Morissette. She has two brothers: an older brother, Chad is a business entrepreneur, and twin brother, Wade, who is a musician. Her father is of French and Irish descent and her mother has Hungarian ancestry. She has dual nationality, Canadian-American. Morissette had a Catholic upbringing and her zodiac is Gemini. Her parents were teachers in a military school and had to move often. She was interested in music acting from her early childhood. When she was six years old, she started to play the piano. At age seven, she began dance lessons. By the age of ten, she had self-composed her first song, ‘Fate Stay With Me’. She appeared on the children’s television show You Can’t Do That on Television for five episodes when she was in junior high school. She attended Holy Family Catholic School for elementary school and Immaculata High School for Grades 7 and 8before completing the rest of her high school at Glebe Collegiate Institute.
Who is Alanis Morissette’s husband?
Alanis is a married woman. Morissette married rapper Mario “Souleye” Treadway in a private ceremony at their Los Angeles home on May 22, 2010. The couple has three children, son, Ever, daughter, Onyx and son, Winter. Alanis has also been reported to have been in several relations before. Morissette dated actor and comedian Dave Coulier for a short time in the early 1990s. Morissette met Canadian actor Ryan Reynolds in 2002 and even announced their engagement in June 2004, unfortunately, they ended their relation beforehand with no disclosed reasons. As for now, She is living happily with her current husband and three children together.
How is Alanis Morissette’s career?
Alanis started off her professional singing career from her debut self-titled debut album, ‘Alanis’ in 1991 with MCA Records Canada. She released her second ‘Now Is The Time’ in 1992. She made her breakthrough after she recorded her debut album “Jagged Little Pill” recorded 1993 working along with Ballard and was released by Maverick Records internationally in 1995, the album went on to become one of the best-selling debut albums by a female artist in the U.S. and is the highest-selling debut album worldwide. The album’s first single “You Oughta Know”, was a huge success. Later in 1996, Morissette embarked on an 18-month world tour in support of Jagged Little Pill in 1998, Morissette released her fourth album, Supposed Former Infatuation Junkie, that debuted at number one on the Billboard 200 chart with first-week sales of 469,000 copies. Her fifth studio album, Under Rug Swept, debuted at number one on the Billboard 200 chart, eventually going platinum in Canada. Two years later, she came out with her sixth album, ‘So-Called Chaos’.It received mixed critical reviews. he released an acoustic version of the album, ‘Jagged Litle Pill Acoustic’ and compilation of the greatest hits album, ‘Alanis Morissette: The Collection in 2005.
She then went on to released her seventh album, Flavors of Entanglement in 2008 and eighth album, Havoc and Bright Lights in 2012. On December 1, 2019, Morissette revealed the title of her next studio album to be Such Pretty Forks in the Road. As for her acting career, Morissette had her first stint as an actress in the children’s television show You Can’t Do That on Television in 1986. She played in other films, ‘Dogma’ ‘Sex and the City’, ‘Curb Your Enthusiasm’, ‘Celebridade’ and ‘Malhacao’. Her other acting projects include a guest appearance in television shows such as ‘Degrassi: The Next Generation’, ‘Lovespring International’, ‘Nip/Tuck’, ‘Weeds’, ‘Up All Night’ and some more. Throughout her career, She has won twelve Juno Awards and seven Grammy Awards. She has also received fourteen Grammy nominations and many other prestigious awards, certificates and accolades.
How much is Alanis Morissette worth?
One of the most popular female singers and songwriters from the 1990s, Alanis has the estimated net worth of massive amount at $45 million. As she is one of the most renowned singers in Canada, the US, and several countires. She has sold 75 million albums during her career. She earned both fame and massive sum from her internationally hit studio album, “Jagged Little Pill”.Moreover, Alanis sold her home in the Brentwood neighborhood of Los Angeles for $5.35 million in 2017 which she has bought back in 1996 for $1.8 million. Additionally, Morissette sued Schwartz, her music manager for fraud in May 2016 and asked for $15 million in damages. Furthermore she has a car collection of Jaguar XJ and BMW X5.
How tall is Alanis Morissette?
The 45-year-old, globally popular, Alanis has a good height of 5 feet 4 inches tall. She has a well-balanced body weight about 63 Kg. Even with such age, the actress has managed to maintain her slim body stature so she has a measurement of 37-27-37 inches. The songwriter and voice actor has dark brown hair color and a pair of gorgeous dark brown eyes. Similarly, Her shoe size is 6.5 (US), bra size is 34C and her dress size is 8 (US). She has a straight sexual orientation.
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