Lili Haydn
Born: 1969-01-01 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Known For: Acting
Biography
Lili Haydn is an American rock violinist, vocalist, actress, and composer. As a child, she pursued a career as an actress; at age eight she discovered the violin and began to focus on classical music. By the time Haydn was 15, she had played with the Los Angeles Philharmonic. After graduating from Brown University with a BA in political science, Haydn started composing original songs and became one of the most requested session violinists around Los Angeles. By the time she signed with Atlantic in 1997, she had embraced a variety of genres, having played with Quwaali musician Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, Porno for Pyros, Tracy Chapman, The Jayhawks, Brandy, Tony! Toni! Tone!, No Doubt, Tom Petty and more. In addition, she has played with, sung with, and opened for Sting, Josh Groban, Herbie Hancock, Jimmy Page and Robert Plant, Matchbox 20, Seal, and George Clinton, who calls her "the Jimi Hendrix of the violin".
Filmography
2024
- Bad Faith ... (Music)
2021
- Strip Down, Rise Up ... (Music)
2018
- DriverX ... (Original Music Composer)
- Feminists: What Were They Thinking? ... (Original Music Composer)
2013
- Anita ... (Original Music Composer)
2012
- Somewhere Between ... (Original Music Composer)
- Broken Kingdom ... (Original Music Composer)
2011
- Zeitgeist: Moving Forward ... (Music)
- Woody Allen: A Documentary ... (Additional Soundtrack)
2010
- The Town ... (Additional Soundtrack)
2007
- Californication as Herself
1998
- Jack Frost as Lili (Violin)
1987
- Not Quite Human as Jenny Beckerman
1986
- The New Gidget as Gail Mitchell
1983
- Easy Money as Belinda Capuletti
1982
- St. Elsewhere as Marcy
- Making Love as Little Sister
1979
- Hart to Hart as Marilee
- Mrs. Columbo as Jenny Columbo
1975
- Saturday Night Live as Self - Musical Guest
1971
- Great Performances as Self