Kathryn Dawn Lang OC AOE (born November 2, 1961), known by her stylized stage name k.d. lang, is a Canadian pop and country singer-songwriter and occasional actress. Lang has won Juno Awards and Grammy Awards for her musical performances. Hits include the songs "Constant Craving" and "Miss Chatelaine". A mezzo-soprano, lang has contributed songs to movie soundtracks and has collaborated with musicians such as Roy Orbison, Tony Bennett, Elton John, The Killers, Anne Murray, Ann Wilson, and Jane Siberry. She performed at the closing ceremony of the 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary, Alberta, and at the opening ceremony of the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, British Columbia, where she performed Leonard Cohen's "Hallelujah". Lang has also been active as an animal rights, gay rights, and Tibetan human rights activist. She is a tantric practitioner of the old school of Tibetan Buddhism. Description above from the Wikipedia article k.d. lang, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.  

Filmography

• 2018Heritage Minutes: Jim Egan — Narrator (voice)
• 2018k.d. lang - Ingénue Redux - Live From the Majestic Theatre — Cantante
• Portlandia — Peggy
• 2006The Black Dahlia — Lesbian Bar Singer (uncredited)
• How I Met Your Mother — k.d. lang
• 1999Eye of the Beholder — Hilary
• The Last Don — Dita Tommey
• 1997Tomorrow Never Dies — Songs
• Ellen — Janine
• 1994Even Cowgirls Get the Blues — Original Music Composer
• 1994Teresa's Tattoo — Michelle
• Later... with Jools Holland
• The Larry Sanders Show — k.d. lang
• The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
• 1991K.D. Lang: Harvest of Seven Years
• 1991Salmonberries — Kotzebue
• The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour
• The South Bank Show

Appearances as themselves (34)

• 2023k.d. lang: songs & silence — Self
• 2021Anne Murray: Full Circle — Self
• Jann — Self
• 2018Tower of Song: A Memorial Tribute to Leonard Cohen — Self - Performer
• 2017Roy Orbison: Black and White Night 30 — Self
• 2016Tony Bennett Celebrates 90 — Self
• 2011Country at the BBC — Self (archive footage)
• 2009This Beat Goes On: Canadian Pop Music in the 1970s — Self
• 2009k.d. lang - Live in London with the BBC Orchestra — herself
• 2007Anne Murray Friends and Legends — Self
• The Graham Norton Show — Self
• 2007Tony Bennett: Duets - The Making of an American Classic — Self
• 2006Tony Bennett: An American Classic — Self
• Parkinson — Self - Guest / Performer
• The Ellen DeGeneres Show — Self
• 2002Tony Bennett - Wonderful World: Live In San Francisco — Self
• 2001K.D. Lang: Live By Request — herself
• 2000An All-Star Tribute to Joni Mitchell — Self
• 1999Roy Orbison: The Anthology — Self (archive footage)
• Parkinson — Self
• Dharma & Greg — Self
• 1997Songs & Visions — Self
• 1994Tony Bennett: MTV Unplugged — Self
• 1994Truth or Dairy — Self
• Late Night with Conan O'Brien — Self - Musical Guest
• 1991Stand On Your Man — Self
• The Carol Burnett Show — Self
• 1990Red Hot + Blue: A Tribute to Cole Porter — Self
• LIVE with Kelly and Mark — Self
• 1988Pee-wee's Playhouse Christmas Special — Self
• 1988Roy Orbison and Friends: A Black and White Night — Self - Backing Vocals
• CBS News Sunday Morning — Self
• Saturday Night Live — Self - Musical Guest
• The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson — Self