Skip to content
Lenka

Profile via TMDB · Courtesy of TMDB

EntityQ276745· pop 40· linked from 137 articles

Also known as Lenka Kripac

Lenka Eden Kripac (born 19 March 1978) is an Australian singer-songwriter and actress. She is best known for her 2008 single "The Show", which has been used in several advertisements for Old Navy, as well as the Nickelodeon film Angus, Thongs and Perfect Snogging and the 2011 film Moneyball. Her 2012 song "Everything at Once" was used in a Windows 8 television advertisement and a Disney Studio All Access commercial.

OverviewAI-generated

Lenka Kripac, born on March 19, 1978, in Bega, is an Australian singer-songwriter, actor, and composer. She began her professional work period in 1994 and is associated with the pop and indie pop genres. Her musical career includes playing the piano and singing, with Epic Records listed as her record label. She has worked in New York City and holds Australian citizenship.

In addition to her music, Lenka is recognized for her acting work. Her official website is lenkamusic.com. Various platforms track her audience engagement, including Last.fm, which lists her with tags such as female vocalists, pop, indie pop, and australian.

Synthesized by Vinony from 35 facts across 7 sources: Wikidata, Open Library, Last.fm, TMDb, Crossref, MusicBrainz, Vinony graph. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.

Person · Open Library

Works
21

Top works

  • Všechny barvy slunce a noci
  • Adiós, Španělsko
  • Es begann in der Melantrichgasse
  • Närrisch an das Leben glauben
  • Todos los colores del sol y de la noche

via Open Library + Wikidata

Film & TV

Acting

Known for

  • Catching Milat — Polglase's Wife2015
  • SINGER — Self2013
  • The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson — Self2005
  • Lost Things — Emily2004
  • The Dish — Marie McIntyre - The Teenager2000
  • Spellbinder — Josie1995
  • Spellbinder1995
  • Late Night with Conan O'Brien — Self - Musical Guest1993

via TMDB

Music · MusicBrainz

Type
Person
Gender
Female
Origin
Australia
Active from
1978
indie poppop

Member of

via MusicBrainz · CC0

Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners
777,391
Total plays
12,145,232

Tags

female vocalistspopindie popindieaustralian

Lenka is a mononym of at least two artists: 1) Australia's Lenka Kripac. 2) A Pittsburgh, PA, USA's Lenka Clayton. 1) Lenka (born Lenka Kripac on 19 March 1978) is an Australian singer–songwriter, actress and former television personality, best known for her song "The Show," (produced by Stuart Brawley), from her self-titled 2008 album. Her song "Everything at Once" was also used in the official Windows 8 TV Ad. As a teenager, Lenka studied acting at the Australian Theatre For Young People, whe

via Last.fm · Lenka

Key facts

Musical artist.name
Lenka
Musical artist.image
Lenka at Bumbershoot 2009, Seattle by Kirk Stauffer (cropped).jpg
Musical artist.caption
Lenka performing at Bumbershoot festival in Seattle, 2009
Musical artist.background
solo_singer
Musical artist.birth_name
Lenka Eden Kripac
Musical artist.alias
Lenka
Musical artist.birth_place
Bega, New South Wales, Australia
Musical artist.years_active
1994–present

via Wikipedia infobox

~7 min read

Encyclopedic overview

13 sections
Contents
  • Early life
  • Career
  • 1994–2007: Early years
  • 2008–2013: Self-titled debut album
  • 2015–present: Subsequent releases
  • Personal life
  • Filmography
  • Film
  • Television
  • Theatre
  • Discography
  • References
  • External links

Lenka Eden Kripac (born 19 March 1978) is an Australian singer-songwriter and actress. She is best known for her 2008 single "The Show", which has been used in several advertisements for Old Navy, as well as the Nickelodeon film Angus, Thongs and Perfect Snogging and the 2011 film Moneyball. Her 2012 song "Everything at Once" was used in a Windows 8 television advertisement and a Disney Studio All Access commercial.

==Early life== The daughter of Czech jazz trumpet musician Jiří Křipač and an Australian schoolteacher Eden, Lenka was born on 19 March 1978 and was raised in the Australian coastal town of Bega until age seven, when her family moved to Sydney. There she received her schooling, acting and music training, and started to work as a highly regarded theatre actress and later musician.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Lenka” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

Gallery (2)