Lisa Loeb (; born March 11, 1968) is an American singer-songwriter, musician, author and actress. She started her career with the number 1 hit song "
Stay (I Missed You)" from the film ''
Reality Bites,'' the first number 1 single for an artist without a recording contract.
She achieved two additional Top 20 singles with "
Do You Sleep?" in 1996 and "
I Do" in 1998. Her studio albums include two back-to-back albums that were
certified gold
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; these were ''
Tails'' and ''
Firecracker
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.''
Loeb's film, television and voice-over work includes guest starring roles in the season finale of ''
Gossip Girl,'' and two episodes, including the series finale, of
Netflix
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's ''
Fuller House.'' She also starred in two other television series, ''
Dweezil & Lisa
''Dweezil & Lisa'' was a 2004 Food Network television series presented by rock musicians and erstwhile couple Dweezil Zappa and Lisa Loeb. The duo traveled around America, sampling local music and cuisine.
The show originated from pie cooking dem ...
,'' a weekly culinary adventure for the
Food Network
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that featured her alongside
Dweezil Zappa
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, and ''
Number 1 Single'' on
E! Entertainment Television.
She has also acted in such films as ''
House on Haunted Hill
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,'' ''
Fright Night,''
''
Hot Tub Time Machine 2,''
and ''Helicopter Mom.''
Loeb has released children's CDs and books; her 2016 children's CD ''
Feel What U Feel'' won Best Children's Album at the 60th Annual Grammy Awards. Loeb's latest album, ''A Simple Trick to Happiness'', was released in February 2020.
In addition, she has a line of eyewear, and started a non-profit organization that sends under-served children to camp, funded by Loeb's own organic and fair trade coffee, Wake Up! Brew.
Early life and education
Lisa Loeb was born to a
Jewish
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family in
Bethesda, Maryland
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, and was raised in
Dallas, Texas
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,
where her parents still reside. Her mother, Gail, was the president of the Dallas County Medical Society Alliance and Foundation, and her father, Peter Loeb, was a
gastroenterologist.
She has a younger sister, songwriter
Debbie Loeb
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Profile
Loeb is best known for her work on MTV as the host of The Debbi ...
. As a child, Lisa studied piano, but later switched to guitar.
She attended
The Hockaday School, an all-girls
private school
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. For two years, she had her own radio show on 88.5 KRSM-FM, a 10-watt station licensed to the nearby all-boys St. Marks School of Texas.
After graduating from high school in 1986, she attended
Brown University, where she graduated in 1990
with a degree in
comparative literature
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.
Music career
Early years and first bands (1980s–1993)
At Brown in the mid-1980s, Loeb and
Elizabeth Mitchell
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formed a band named
Liz and Lisa,
with future singer/songwriter and classmate
Duncan Sheik
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as a guitarist. The duo released the albums ''Liz and Lisa'' (1989) and ''
Liz and Lisa - Days Were Different'' (1990) independently.
After college, bassist Rick Lassiter and drummer
Chad Fischer joined the band. After developing a following together, Loeb and Mitchell parted ways a few years after college.
Loeb attended
Berklee College of Music
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in Boston for a session of summer school, and in 1990 formed a full band called Nine Stories. The band, which was named after
the book
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by
J.D. Salinger, included Tim Bright on guitar, Jonathan Feinberg on drums, and Joe Quigley on bass. Loeb began working with producer Juan Patiño to make the cassette ''
Purple Tape'' in 1992.
It included the earliest recordings of later popular tracks such as "
Do You Sleep?", "Snow Day", "Train Songs", and "It's Over".
Loeb sold the violet-colored cassette to fans at gigs and used it as a sonic calling card to industry gatekeepers.
She and her band made a recording of her song "
Stay (I Missed You)" during the same period.
Loeb developed a following from her solo acoustic performances on the
New York City
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coffeehouse circuit and the rock club circuit. She travelled to cities such as
Philadelphia
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,
Los Angeles
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, and
Dallas
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, but focused mainly on New York City. She played acoustically and with her band in
folk and
rock clubs, including at
CBGB. Loeb performed at music festivals such as the
New Music Seminar and
South by Southwest
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.
"Stay (I Missed You)" (1994)
Loeb's big break came through her friendship with actor
Ethan Hawke
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,
who lived in an apartment across the street from her in New York City. She told ''Cosmopolitan'' that she met Hawke in the NYC theater community where, as she phrased it, "I made music for his plays".
Loeb gave Hawke the Juan Patiño-produced version of "
Stay (I Missed You);"
he in turn gave it to director
Ben Stiller
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during the making of the 1994 film ''
Reality Bites''. Stiller subsequently decided to use the song in the film's ending credits,
and it was included by
Ron Fair
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on the soundtrack on
RCA Records
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.
Hawke directed a rare one-take video on film, a continuous steadicam shot operated by Robin Buerki.
"Stay (I Missed You)" went on to become a number one hit on the
American charts
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. When her song hit number one, Loeb earned the distinction of being the first artist to top the Hot 100 before being signed to any record label.
The single reached Gold status on July 12, 1994, just over three months after its release date.
Loeb and Nine Stories received a
Grammy nomination for
Best Pop Performance by a Group, and were named Best International Newcomer in the
Brit Awards
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.
In 2019, Loeb released a limited edition 12" red vinyl pressing of the song for the 25th anniversary of the song. The release included four unreleased versions of "Stay (I Missed You)", "Truthfully", "Waiting for Wednesday", and "I Do", recorded live in January 2013 in Japan.
Loeb appeared at the 25th anniversary screening of ''
Reality Bites'' at the Tribeca Film Festival, with the film's stars
Ethan Hawke
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,
Winona Ryder
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,
Ben Stiller
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, and
Janeane Garofalo
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Garofalo began her career as a stand-up comedian and became a cast member on ...
, and performed "Stay (I Missed You)" during the film's end credits.
''Tails'' and ''Firecracker'' (1995–1999)
In September 1995, Loeb's debut album, ''
Tails'', credited to Lisa Loeb & Nine Stories, was released on
Geffen Records
Geffen Records is an American record label established by David Geffen and owned by Universal Music Group through its Interscope Geffen A&M Records imprint.
Founded in 1980, Geffen Records has been a part of Interscope Geffen A&M since 1999 and ...
.
The album was co-produced by Juan Patiño, her then longtime boyfriend.
"Stay" was included on the album, and Loeb managed a top 20 hit with "
Do You Sleep?" and two moderately successful radio hits with "
Taffy" and "
Waiting for Wednesday". The album was certified Gold by the
RIAA
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on December 1, 1995.
Critics were favorable to the album, with Ken Tucker of ''
Entertainment Weekly
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'', in particular, noting, "Loeb has an undeniable gift for creating an air of intimacy and vulnerability, which may well be enough for 'Stay' fans looking for additional doses of contemplative melancholy".
After the release of ''Tails'' Tim Bright and Jonathan Feinberg left Nine Stories and were replaced with
Mark Spencer and Ronny Crawford respectively.
In 1997, Loeb released a second major-label album on Geffen, ''
Firecracker
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'', and began experimenting more with orchestrations done with
Dan Coleman. At this point, Loeb started going under her own name for the albums instead of using the band name, although she still continued to tour worldwide with Nine Stories, as well as acoustically as she had done from the start. ''Firecracker'' included hit singles such as "
I Do", which received radio success, peaking at #17 on the Billboard Hot 100 and music television. The album was certified Gold on June 10, 2008.
She subsequently toured with
The Wallflowers and
Chris Isaak, and performed at
Lilith Fair.
Guest appearances (2000–2001)
In 2000, Loeb participated in the
Ozzy Osbourne
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tribute album ''Bat Head Soup'', performing "
Goodbye to Romance" with
Dweezil Zappa
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on guitar. She contributed to ''An All Star Tribute To
Cher
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'' with "
Gypsies, Tramps and Thieves
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", and to ''An All Star Tribute To
Shania Twain
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'' with "Don't Be Stupid", both of which were released in 2005. Other international work includes Loeb's guest performance on the song "Anti-Hero" for an all-female Japanese musical group
Rin''s album ''Inland Sea''.
Loeb contributed vocals to
New Found Glory
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's cover of "Stay", from their 2007 LP ''
From the Screen to Your Stereo Part II'', as well as performing the song live with the band.
Beginning with ''
Reality Bites'', Loeb's music has been featured in several soundtracks. The single "How" was included on the soundtracks for films ''
Twister'' and ''
Jack Frost'', and was heard in the ''
Buffy the Vampire Slayer'' episode "Homecoming". "We Could Still Belong Together" earned a spot on the ''
Legally Blonde'' soundtrack in 2001, while "I Wish" can be heard on the soundtrack for ''
Anywhere But Here'' (1999).
''Cake and Pie'' (2002)
''
Cake and Pie
''Cake and Pie'' is an album by Lisa Loeb. It was released in 2002 through A&M Records.
Promotion
The first single "The Way It Really Is" was a moderate hit among college radio. "We Could Still Belong Together" was also included on the soundtrac ...
'', Loeb's third album and debut for A&M/
Interscope, was released in 2002. She co-produced the album and collaborated with
Glen Ballard
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, then boyfriend
Dweezil Zappa
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,
Randy Scruggs (
Vince Gill
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,
Sawyer Brown
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,
Waylon Jennings
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Jennings started playing guitar at the age of eight and performed at age f ...
), and
Peter Collins (
Rush,
Bon Jovi
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,
Indigo Girls). It peaked at 199 on the
Billboard Charts
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.
In mid-2002, Loeb signed a deal with Artemis Records, a new boutique label run by record company veterans Danny Goldberg and
Daniel Glass, after Interscope allowed her to buy the rights to her masters. Artemis had offered to re-release the record with more promotion. With new artwork, some songs added and some removed, ''Cake and Pie'' was re-launched as ''
Hello Lisa'', a play on Sanrio's signature
Hello Kitty
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, who appears on the album cover wearing Lisa Loeb's trademark glasses.
She released an EP with just the new songs on it, as well as an alternative version of the song "Underdog" for fans who had already purchased the ''Cake and Pie'' CD. She co-directed a video with
Dweezil Zappa
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for "Underdog" co-starring Hello Kitty playing guitar. Loeb toured the world again, making special stops in
Sanrio stores for in-store autographs while appearing with Hello Kitty at the Japanese
MTV Music Awards.
''The Way It Really Is'' (2004)
In 2003, Loeb voiced the role of Mary Jane Watson in ''
Spider-Man: The New Animated Series'', which ran for one season on
MTV.
In 2004, Loeb signed to the more experienced and established independent label Zoë/
Rounder Records
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. ''
The Way It Really Is'' was released August 2004 as Loeb's fifth studio-recorded album, based on the song "
The Way It Really Is".
Although the album was not as commercially successful as its predecessors, critics noted the mature and strong writing by Loeb.
Stephen Erlewine
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called it "the best, most cohesive record she's made, a clean, crisp collection of well-crafted, gentle tunes that slowly, surely work into the subconscious."
''The Very Best of Lisa Loeb'', ''Purple Tape'' (2006–2009)

Her greatest hits compilation, ''The Very Best of Lisa Loeb'', was released through
Universal in January 2006 as well as a Japanese version of the album. Loeb was a judge for the 1st and 8th annual Independent Music Awards to support independent artists.
In 2008, she released her ''
Purple Tape'' album remixed and remastered on a double CD. It included an interview by Andy Denemark, highlighting the creative process behind each song.
There were extensive liner notes and photos documenting her early history in New York City.
''No Fairy Tale'' and touring (2013–2014)
Her seventh studio album ''No Fairy Tale'' was released on January 29, 2013, by 429 Records, coproduced by
Chad Gilbert and Loeb herself.
She released the original single "A Holiday Song" through Furious Rose Productions on December 10, 2013.
[
]
Loeb tours with and without her band, touring with Daru Oda and
Adam Levy. Other band members include
Mark Spencer, Matt Beck, Ronny Crawford, Joe Quigley, Joe Travers, Mark Meadows, Michael Eisenstein,
Dave Gibbs, and
Leland Sklar
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. In September 2014, she performed at the
Billboard Live venues in
Tokyo
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and
Osaka
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. During the performances she ended with a rendition of her new song "3, 2, 1, Let Go".
On December 9, 2014, she released the original single "Light".
[
] The
Hanukkah
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, nickname =
, observedby = Jews
, begins = 25 Kislev
, ends = 2 Tevet or 3 Tevet
, celebrations = Lighting candles each nigh ...
song tells a "story of hope in the darkness", and was co-written by Loeb and Cliff Goldmacher, with Renee Stahl on guest vocals. The song was put in rotation on
SiriusXM
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among other stations.
[
]
''Camp Kappawanna'', singles (2015-2019)
She co-wrote the lyrics and co-composed the music to ''Camp Kappawanna'', a family musical that premiered in New York on March 21, 2015, by the
Atlantic Theater Company. Other collaborators on the score included
Michelle Lewis
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Biography
Michelle ...
and Dan Petty.
The musical follows "the misadventures of Jennifer Jenkins, an awkward and adorable 12-year-old kid", and was inspired by Loeb's own memories of summer camp.
The show received a positive write-up in ''
The New York Times
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'', with the review describing it as "fresh and funny" and praising the acoustic music and characterizations of the campers.
Her song "3, 2, 1, Let Go" was released in April 2015 as a single. Co-written and co-composed with
Chris Unck
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People with the given name
*Chris Abani (born 1966), Nige ...
, the song was also used in the April 2015 film ''Helicopter Mom''. Loeb starred in the film as a high school English teacher.
On November 20, 2015, Loeb released the single "Champagne (I'm Ready)" as a
digital download through
Amazon
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.
[
] Loeb described the New Year's track as "something you'd probably hear more in a dance club."
In 2018, Loeb released a special version of the
David Bowie
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song "
All the Young Dudes" after performing her version of on a
Howard Stern Show tribute to Bowie.
On May 29, 2019, ''
Rolling Stone
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'' premiered Loeb's studio-recorded cover of the
Bright Eyes song "First Day Of My Life". She previously performed the song at a friend's wedding a decade prior.
In July of the same year,
''Billboard'' premiered Loeb's new song "Love Never Dies", an original track she wrote to serve as the theme song to acclaimed author
James Patterson
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's novel, ''Sophia, Princess Among Beasts'', and inspired by the book.
A Simple Trick to Happiness (2020), ''Together Apart''
''
A Simple Trick to Happiness
''A Simple Trick to Happiness'' is a 2020 studio album by American singer-songwriter Lisa Loeb, released on February 28, 2020. The album is Loeb's most personal and reflects her interest in simple and direct songwriting paired with inspiration fro ...
'' was released on February 28, 2020. The album is Loeb's most personal and reflects her interest in simple and direct songwriting paired with inspiration from her children and personal life.
Loeb was inspired to write positive, uplifting music due to the complexity of modern life and after having written several albums of
children's music
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.
In October 2019, Loeb preceded the album's release with the premiere of her single "Sing Out" on the largest LGBTQ news site
Queerty
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History
''Queerty'' was founded by David ...
, in honor of National Coming Out Day. In December 2019, she premiered the music video for "Skeleton", the first official single from the album.
The album was met by positive from critics. She has subsequently released music videos for many of the tracks on the album, including "This Is My Life", "Another Day", "Sing Out', "For the Birch", "Shine", "The Upside", "Doesn't It Feel Good", "Most Of All", "I Wanna Go First" and "Wonder".
In March 2020, Loeb launched #StayAtHomeTogether, a series of live virtual concerts during the
COVID-19
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lockdown. She performed a special virtual show for hospital frontline workers through the organization Musicians On Call.
In August 2021, Loeb saw the premiere of ''Together Apart'', a musical consisting of a collection of 10 seven-minute-long mini-musicals all about connecting on Zoom at the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic. Loeb conceived and executive produced the musical, in which she also stars. Benefiting The Actors Fund, ''Together Apart'' was written, composed, directed-by and starring Loeb's fellow Brown University alumni, including Julie Bowen (Modern Family),
Emmy Award Winner Josh Hamilton (13 Reasons Why), Ann Harada (Avenue Q) and JoBeth Williams (Kramer vs. Kramer). It was produced by Tony Award winner Beth Wishnie.
''Together Apart'' evolved out of a Brown Musical Theatre class reunion on Zoom held during the pandemic. The reunion was attended by graduates from the early 80s through the late 90s. Loeb, a ’90 Graduate, was energized by the digital reconnection and was inspired to find a solution to everyone’s concern about how theater could exist during the pandemic. She began collaborating with her fellow graduates to create ''Together Apart''. ''Together Apart'' was intentionally created using the Zoom platform as a reflection of life during the pandemic.
''Catch the Moon'' album (2003–2006)
In 2003, Loeb reunited with her college music partner
Elizabeth Mitchell
Elizabeth Mitchell (born Elizabeth Joanna Robertson) is an American actress known for her lead role as Juliet Burke on the ABC drama mystery series '' Lost'' (2006–2010). Mitchell also had lead roles on the television series '' V'' (2009– ...
on children's CD and companion book ''
Catch the Moon
''Catch the Moon'' is an album by Lisa Loeb and Elizabeth Mitchell released in 2003 by Artemis Records. The album is a collection of children's music played in a folk music style. It comes in the form of a child's cardboard storybook written by ...
'' through Artemis Records.
According to ''
Allmusic
AllMusic (previously known as All-Music Guide and AMG) is an American online music database. It catalogs more than three million album entries and 30 million tracks, as well as information on musicians and bands. Initiated in 1991, the dat ...
,'' "The songs are rendered in a folk/country acoustic minimalism that is, in a word, enchanting."
Videos from this album, as well as the single "Jenny Jenkins", have been featured on the
Noggin TV network for children.
In 2006, Loeb contributed to the album ''A World of Happiness,'' designed to disseminate messages of kindness, compassion, tolerance, and self-reliance to children of all ages. She performed as Lady Leonali the Ladybug singing "In the Details".
''Camp Lisa'' album and non-profit (2008–2010)
In 2008 she released ''
Camp Lisa
''Camp Lisa'' is a children's album by Lisa Loeb. The album features 19 children's camp songs, such as " Home on the Range", "Peanut Butter & Jelly", and " The Cookie Jar Chant". It was recorded and released in June 2008. It features a cover of ...
,'' which was also released by Loeb's own Furious Rose Productions with distribution through
Redeye
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Related to the eye
* Red-eye effect, in photographs
* Red eye (medicine), an eye that appears red due to illness or injury
* Red, an extremely rare eye color due to albinism
* Red eyeshin ...
, and produced by Loeb with
Michelle Lewis
Michelle Robin Lewis (born ) is an American singer-songwriter who has released two solo albums. She has since worked as a songwriter for artists including Cher, Shawn Colvin, Hilary Duff, Kay Hanley and Kelly Osbourne.
Biography
Michelle ...
and Dan Petty. The disc includes a mix of 21 original and classic camp songs and guest performers including
Kay Hanley,
Dave Gibbs,
Nina Gordon
Nina Rachel Gordon Shapiro (born November 14, 1967), known as Nina Gordon, is an American singer, songwriter, and guitarist. She co-founded the alternative rock band Veruca Salt and played on their first two studio albums, ''American Thighs'' ( ...
,
Jill Sobule,
Lee Sklar
Leland Bruce Sklar (born May 28, 1947) is an American bassist and session musician. Sklar rose to prominence as a member of James Taylor's backing band, which coaleced into a group in its own right, The Section. This group of musicians so frequ ...
,
Maia Sharp, and funnyman/banjo player
Steve Martin
Stephen Glenn Martin (born August 14, 1945) is an American actor, comedian, writer, producer, and musician. He has won five Grammy Awards, a Primetime Emmy Award, and was awarded an Honorary Academy Award in 2013. Additionally, he was nominat ...
.
As Loeb spent many summers of her childhood at summer camp,
''Camp Lisa'' is inspired by her camp memories as well as 1970s-style rock and pop. ''Camp Lisa'' garnered National Parenting Publications Awards Honors, 2008 Parents' Choice and
NPR's year-end Top 10 list of the best kids' music for 2008. In July 2010, she debuted her children's musical ''Camp Kappawanna,'' which is based on the songs from ''Camp Lisa.''
In conjunction with ''Camp Lisa,'' she launched her own
non-profit
A nonprofit organization (NPO) or non-profit organisation, also known as a non-business entity, not-for-profit organization, or nonprofit institution, is a legal entity organized and operated for a collective, public or social benefit, in co ...
The Camp Lisa Foundation designed to help underprivileged kids attend summer camp through its partnership with SCOPE (Summer Camp Opportunities Promote Education, Inc.).
In 2009, The Camp Lisa Foundation provided funding for many camp scholarships, enabling economically disadvantaged children to attend ACA-accredited overnight camps.
''Lisa Loeb's Silly Sing-Along'' album and book (2011)
In September 2011, Loeb released ''Lisa Loeb's Silly Sing-Along: The Disappointing Pancake and Other Zany Songs,'' illustrated by Ryan O'Rourke. The book was published by
Sterling Publishing
Sterling Publishing Company, Inc. is a publisher of a broad range of subject areas, with multiple imprints and more than 5,000 titles in print. Founded in 1949 by David A. Boehm, Sterling also publishes books for a number of brands, including AA ...
, and also includes activities, choreography, and recipes. The book is published with an included CD, with four original songs and six classics.
''Movin' and Shakin book (2013)
In April 2013, Loeb released the
children's book
Children's literature or juvenile literature includes stories, books, magazines, and poems that are created for children. Modern children's literature is classified in two different ways: genre or the intended age of the reader.
Children's ...
''Lisa Loeb's Songs for Movin' and Shakin': The Air Band Song and Other Toe-Tapping Tunes,'' which she co-wrote with Ryan O'Rourke. It includes both covers and some original songs, as well as a CD.
''Nursery Rhyme Parade!'' album and videos (2015)

Loeb's third children's album, ''Nursery Rhyme Parade!,'' was made available
exclusively through
Amazon Music
Amazon Music (previously Amazon MP3) is a music streaming platform and online music store operated by Amazon. Launched in public beta on September 25, 2007, in January 2008 it became the first music store to sell music without digital rights ma ...
on October 16, 2015. The album includes 35 nursery rhymes and songs,
including renditions of "
The Muffin Man" and "
The Farmer in the Dell".
Beyond Loeb and her family as performers, guest artists included singer-songwriter Renee Stahl, while Rich Jacques produced.
[
] ''
InStyle
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'' opined the album would "delight" both children and adults, describing it as having "stripped-down melodies and a strict adherence to traditional lyrics."
[
]
Loeb's ''Nursery Rhyme Parade!'' won a 2016 NAPPA Award (National Parenting Product Awards).
On December 16, 2016, Loeb released a long-form video of the over 30 songs from ''Nursery Rhyme Parade!''
''Feel What U Feel'' album (2016)
In November 2016, Loeb released her fourth children's album entitled ''Feel What You Feel.'' She wrote and composed the selections on this album based on "what I'd like to pass along to my kids and kids in general." The title track, "Feel What U Feel", featured
Craig Robinson of ''
The Office,''
and it became the #1 song on SiriusXM's ''
Kids Place Live
Kids Place Live is a channel on Sirius XM Radio that is the result of a merger between XM Kids and Kids Stuff. Sirius was a result of the U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) approving the acquisition of XM Satellite Radio Holding, Inc. b ...
,'' on which program it continued to be played as of the last days of August 2017.
The parenting site, ''CoolMomPicks''.com, chose "Feel What U Feel" as a 2016 Pick of the Year.
On January 28, 2018, Loeb won the 2018 Grammy Award for 'Best Children's Album' for the album.
''Give a Mouse a Cookie'' soundtracks (2016)
When Amazon Studios announced their November 25, 2016 holiday special, ''If You Give a Mouse a Christmas Cookie,'' they invited Loeb to contribute music. She recorded "Christmas Cookie Song" to accompany the Amazon Original program.
In addition, Loeb wrote the theme song and additional original songs for the ''If You Give A Mouse A Cookie'' Amazon series.
''Lullaby Girl'' album (2017)
In October 2017, Loeb released her fifth children's album entitled ''
Lullaby Girl
Lullaby Girl is a studio album by American musician Lisa Loeb. The album was released under Furious Rose Productions label on October 6, 2017.
Composition
The album is a compilation of cover songs, as well as two originals. While being a most ...
'' featuring a world-class quartet led by keyboardist
Larry Goldings. The album features Lisa and Larry's arrangements of classic songs like
Dionne Warwick
Marie Dionne Warwick (; born December 12, 1940) is an American singer, actress, and television host.
Warwick ranks among the 40 biggest U.S. hit makers between 1955 and 1999, based on her chart history on ''Billboards Hot 100 pop singles ch ...
's "
What the World Needs Now Is Love", the
Five Stairsteps' "
O-o-h Child", and
Fleetwood Mac
Fleetwood Mac are a British-American rock band, formed in London in 1967. Fleetwood Mac were founded by guitarist Peter Green (musician), Peter Green, drummer Mick Fleetwood and guitarist Jeremy Spencer, before bassist John McVie joined the li ...
's "
Don't Stop Don't Stop may refer to:
Albums
* ''Don't Stop'' (Annie album) or the title song, 2009
* ''Don't Stop'' (Jeffrey Osborne album) or the title song, 1984
* ''Don't Stop'' (Jolin Tsai album), or the title song, 2000
* ''Don't Stop'' (Rockets al ...
.",
as well as two new original songs, including the title track.
''Lullaby Girl'' won a 2017 National Parenting Product Award.
Film and television appearances
In 1989, Loeb appeared in the low-budget
comedy horror
Comedy horror, also known as horror comedy, is a literary, television, and film genre that combines elements of comedy and horror fiction. Comedy horror has been described as able to be categorized under three types: "black comedy, parody and spo ...
anthology film ''Tabloid'', in a segment entitled "Killer Vacuum Destroys Town". The film was shot in and around
Fort Worth, Texas
Fort Worth is the List of cities in Texas by population, fifth-largest city in the U.S. state of Texas and the List of United States cities by population, 13th-largest city in the United States. It is the county seat of Tarrant County, Texas, T ...
.
Loeb shared title billing with then-boyfriend
Dweezil Zappa
Dweezil Zappa (born Ian Donald Calvin Euclid Zappa; September 5, 1969) is an American rock guitarist and occasional actor. He is the son of musical composer and performer Frank Zappa. Exposed to the music industry from an early age, Dweezil deve ...
on the reality show ''
Dweezil & Lisa
''Dweezil & Lisa'' was a 2004 Food Network television series presented by rock musicians and erstwhile couple Dweezil Zappa and Lisa Loeb. The duo traveled around America, sampling local music and cuisine.
The show originated from pie cooking dem ...
'', which premiered on
Food Network
Food Network is an American basic cable channel owned by Television Food Network, G.P., a joint venture and general partnership between Warner Bros. Discovery Networks (which holds a 69% ownership stake of the network) and Nexstar Media Group ...
on January 16, 2004. The series showed the two musicians touring the country together and sampling unique and diverse dishes. In the opening for each episode, Loeb announced she was a
vegetarian
Vegetarianism is the practice of abstaining from the consumption of meat ( red meat, poultry, seafood, insects, and the flesh of any other animal). It may also include abstaining from eating all by-products of animal slaughter.
Vegetaria ...
who enjoyed eating an occasional piece of
bacon
Bacon is a type of salt-cured pork made from various cuts, typically the belly or less fatty parts of the back. It is eaten as a side dish (particularly in breakfasts), used as a central ingredient (e.g., the bacon, lettuce, and tomato sa ...
.
In the fall and winter of 2005, following her breakup with Zappa,
Loeb taped a reality show called ''
Number 1 Single,''
which premiered in January 2006 on the
E! Channel in
New York City
New York, often called New York City or NYC, is the most populous city in the United States. With a 2020 population of 8,804,190 distributed over , New York City is also the most densely populated major city in the U ...
. The show dealt with her quest for love, success, career, and family.
A re-recording of Loeb's selection "Single Me Out" was used as the program's theme.
Loeb has made several guest appearances on television shows such as ''
The Nanny'' in 1997,
and ''
Cupid
In classical mythology, Cupid (Latin Cupīdō , meaning "passionate desire") is the god of desire, erotic love, attraction and affection. He is often portrayed as the son of the love goddess Venus and the god of war Mars. He is also known in L ...
'' the following year.
In September 1999, she made an appearance on the comedy show ''
MADtv
''Mad TV'' (stylized as ''MADtv'') is an American sketch comedy television series originally inspired by '' Mad'' magazine. In its initial run, it aired on Fox from 1995 to 2009. After a one-off reunion show in 2015 to celebrate the twentiet ...
,'' singing the theme song for a
WB drama sketch called "Pretty White Kids with Problems".
In 2007, Loeb appeared on an episode of ''
Jack's Big Music Show'' singing the song "Jenny Jenkins".
In 2008, she made a guest appearance on ''
Gossip Girl,''
followed by a cameo on an episode of ''
The Sarah Silverman Program
''The Sarah Silverman Program'' is an American television sitcom, which ran from February 1, 2007, to April 15, 2010, on Comedy Central starring comedian and actress Sarah Silverman, who created the series with Dan Harmon and Rob Schrab. ''The Sa ...
'' in which the cast formed a mock band called "The Loeb Trotters". On the final episode of ''Gossip Girl'' on Monday, December 17, 2012, Lisa ended up with the character Rufus Humphrey in the five years after glimpse.
In addition to television shows, Loeb has also appeared in the horror films ''
House on Haunted Hill
''House on Haunted Hill'' is a 1959 American horror film produced and directed by William Castle, written by Robb White and starring Vincent Price, Carol Ohmart, Richard Long, Alan Marshal, Carolyn Craig and Elisha Cook Jr. Price plays an ec ...
'' (1999), ''
Serial Killing 4 Dummys'' (1999), and ''
Fright Night'' (2011). She has done voice work including the voice of
Mary Jane Watson
Mary Jane "MJ" Watson is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. The character was created by Stan Lee and John Romita Sr., and made her first appearance in ''The Amazing Spider-Man'' #25 (June 1965). ...
for the animated show ''
Spider-Man: The New Animated Series,'' broadcast on
MTV.
Loeb also voiced the character of Lutina in the video game ''
Grandia Xtreme''
and characters for ''
The Rugrats Movie
''The Rugrats Movie'' is a 1998 American animated comedy film based on the Nickelodeon animated television series ''Rugrats''. It was directed by Igor Kovalyov and Norton Virgien and was written by David N. Weiss & J. David Stem. The film intr ...
'' and ''
Shorty McShorts' Shorts
''Shorty McShorts' Shorts'' was an American animated anthology series, which consisted of 4-/5-minute shorts. It aired from July 28, 2006, to May 25, 2007.
Summary
The host of the show is Shorty McShorts. His name is often shortened to "Shorty" o ...
.'' As of 2012, Loeb provided the voice of Princess Winger on the
Disney Junior
Disney Junior is an American pay television network owned by the Walt Disney Television (part of Disney General Entertainment Content) unit of The Walt Disney Company through Disney Branded Television. Aimed mainly at children two to seven ...
animated series ''
Jake and the Never Land Pirates.''
In 2008, Loeb was one of the contributors to Carrie Borzillo-Vrenna's book ''Cherry Bomb;'' she gave advice on how to be the perfect hostess.
In 2010, Loeb provided guest voices for Disney's ''
Special Agent Oso.'' In 2012, she provided voice over talent for BonTon industries in their spring TV spots. In December 2012, Loeb made a brief cameo as
Matthew Settle's (Rufus Humphrey) love interest in "New York, I Love You XOXO", the
final episode
A series finale is the final installment of an episodic entertainment series, most often a television series. It may also refer to a final theatrical sequel, the last part of a television miniseries, the last installment of a literary series, or ...
of ''
Gossip Girl.''
In February 2013, Loeb also made a cameo in an episode of ''
Workaholics
''Workaholics'' is an American sitcom created and predominantly written by Blake Anderson, Adam DeVine, Anders Holm, and Kyle Newacheck, all of whom star in the series. ''Workaholics'' originally ran on Comedy Central from April 6, 2011, to M ...
'' where her song "Stay (I Missed You)" is referenced several times.
In January 2014, Loeb appeared on the cover of ''
Making Music.'' In April 2014, Loeb appeared in the first episode of ''
Last Week Tonight with John Oliver'' in a short musical sketch about
Oregon's health care website failure.
In 2015, Loeb appeared as Julie, lead singer of the fictitious band "Natalie is Freezing", in "Advanced Safety Features", a season 6 episode of the TV series ''
Community
A community is a social unit (a group of living things) with commonality such as place, norms, religion, values, customs, or identity. Communities may share a sense of place situated in a given geographical area (e.g. a country, villag ...
.'' She also appeared as herself in ''
Hot Tub Time Machine 2.''
Other shows she has recently been involved in include ''
Orange Is the New Black
''Orange Is the New Black'' (sometimes abbreviated to ''OITNB'') is an American comedy-drama streaming television series created by Jenji Kohan for Netflix. The series is based on Piper Kerman's memoir '' Orange Is the New Black: My Year in ...
,'' ''
About a Boy,'' ''
King of the Nerds,'' ''
The Muppet Show
''The Muppet Show'' is a sketch comedy television series created by Jim Henson and featuring the Muppets. The series originated as two television pilot, pilot episodes produced by Henson for American Broadcasting Company, ABC in 1974 and 1975. ...
,'' ''
Sunny Side Up Show
Sunny Side Up (previously known as The Sunny Side Up Show) is a defunct television programming block which premiered on Sprout on September 26, 2007 and ended on August 11, 2017. Each week, a new theme was introduced, including food, Halloween ...
,'' and ''
Fuller House.''
In 2021, Loeb appeared in
GEICO commercialcampaign singing her hit “Stay” setup as an audition.
Businesses
According to ''
People
A person ( : people) is a being that has certain capacities or attributes such as reason, morality, consciousness or self-consciousness, and being a part of a culturally established form of social relations such as kinship, ownership of proper ...
:'' "Though Lisa Loeb rose to fame as a singer, she's probably just as well known for her
eyeglasses
Glasses, also known as eyeglasses or spectacles, are vision eyewear, with lenses (clear or tinted) mounted in a frame that holds them in front of a person's eyes, typically utilizing a bridge over the nose and hinged arms (known as temples or ...
."
In November 2010, Loeb launched the Lisa Loeb Eyewear Collection.
Each type of frame is named after one of her song titles, and while most models are for women, there are models for young girls and men.
Loeb also sells a brand of coffee called her "Wake Up! Brew", a reference to her "Everybody Wake Up" song from her ''Camp Lisa'' album. The brand is organic and fair trade,
with all profits going to Camp Lisa,
and it is only available through the Coffee Fool website.
She constructed a
crossword
A crossword is a word puzzle that usually takes the form of a square or a rectangular grid of white- and black-shaded squares. The goal is to fill the white squares with letters, forming words or phrases, by solving clues which lead to th ...
puzzle with Doug Peterson for ''
The New York Times
''The New York Times'' (''the Times'', ''NYT'', or the Gray Lady) is a daily newspaper based in New York City with a worldwide readership reported in 2020 to comprise a declining 840,000 paid print subscribers, and a growing 6 million paid ...
'', which was published on June 6, 2017.
Personal life
Loeb dated
Dweezil Zappa
Dweezil Zappa (born Ian Donald Calvin Euclid Zappa; September 5, 1969) is an American rock guitarist and occasional actor. He is the son of musical composer and performer Frank Zappa. Exposed to the music industry from an early age, Dweezil deve ...
from 1998 to 2004. She married Roey Hershkovitz in 2009; they met in 2006 during a business meeting for a food TV show. The couple have two children, Lyla Rose and Emet Kuli.
Her cousin is New York City-based drag queen
Alexis Michelle who was a competitor on the
ninth season of reality television series ''
RuPaul's Drag Race
''RuPaul's Drag Race'' is an American reality competition television series, the first in the ''Drag Race'' franchise, produced by World of Wonder for Logo TV (season 1–8), WOW Presents Plus, VH1 (season 9–14) and, beginning with the f ...
''.
Awards and nominations
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, ''
Feel What U Feel''
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Best Children's Album
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I Do"
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The MTV Video Music Awards (commonly abbreviated as the VMAs) is an award show presented by the cable channel MTV to honour the best in the music video medium. Originally conceived as an alternative to the Grammy Awards (in the video category ...
,
1994
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Stay (I Missed You)"
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Best New Artist in a Video
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Brit Awards
The BRIT Awards (often simply called the BRITs) are the British Phonographic Industry's annual popular music awards. The name was originally a shortened form of "British", "Britain", or "Britannia" (in the early days the awards were sponsored ...
,
1995
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International Breakthrough Act
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Grammy Awards
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1995
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, "
Stay (I Missed You)"
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Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals
,
,
Discography
Studio albums
*1990: ''
Liz and Lisa – Days Were Different
''Liz and Lisa – Days Were Different'' is an album by Elizabeth Mitchell and Lisa Loeb
Lisa Loeb (; born March 11, 1968) is an American singer-songwriter, musician, author and actress. She started her career with the number 1 hit song "Stay ...
'' (with
Elizabeth Mitchell
Elizabeth Mitchell (born Elizabeth Joanna Robertson) is an American actress known for her lead role as Juliet Burke on the ABC drama mystery series '' Lost'' (2006–2010). Mitchell also had lead roles on the television series '' V'' (2009– ...
)
*1992: ''
Purple Tape'' (re-released in 2008)
*1995: ''
Tails''
*1997: ''
Firecracker
A firecracker (cracker, noise maker, banger) is a small explosive device primarily designed to produce a large amount of noise, especially in the form of a loud bang, usually for celebration or entertainment; any visual effect is incidental to ...
''
*2002: ''
Cake and Pie
''Cake and Pie'' is an album by Lisa Loeb. It was released in 2002 through A&M Records.
Promotion
The first single "The Way It Really Is" was a moderate hit among college radio. "We Could Still Belong Together" was also included on the soundtrac ...
''
*2002: ''
Hello Lisa'' (re-release of ''Cake and Pie'')
*2004: ''
The Way It Really Is''
*2013: ''
No Fairy Tale''
*2017: ''
Lullaby Girl
Lullaby Girl is a studio album by American musician Lisa Loeb. The album was released under Furious Rose Productions label on October 6, 2017.
Composition
The album is a compilation of cover songs, as well as two originals. While being a most ...
''
*2020: ''
A Simple Trick to Happiness
''A Simple Trick to Happiness'' is a 2020 studio album by American singer-songwriter Lisa Loeb, released on February 28, 2020. The album is Loeb's most personal and reflects her interest in simple and direct songwriting paired with inspiration fro ...
''
Children's albums
*2003: ''
Catch the Moon
''Catch the Moon'' is an album by Lisa Loeb and Elizabeth Mitchell released in 2003 by Artemis Records. The album is a collection of children's music played in a folk music style. It comes in the form of a child's cardboard storybook written by ...
''
*2008: ''
Camp Lisa
''Camp Lisa'' is a children's album by Lisa Loeb. The album features 19 children's camp songs, such as " Home on the Range", "Peanut Butter & Jelly", and " The Cookie Jar Chant". It was recorded and released in June 2008. It features a cover of ...
''
*2011: ''Lisa Loeb's Silly Sing-Along: The Disappointing Pancake and Other Zany Songs''
*2013: ''Movin' and Shakin''
*2015: ''Nursery Rhyme Parade!''
*2016: ''
Feel What U Feel''
Publishing history
Books
*2011: ''Lisa Loeb's Silly Sing-Along: 'The Disappointing Pancake' and Other Zany Songs''
*2013: ''Lisa Loeb's Songs for Movin' and Shakin
Plays
*2021: ''Together Apart'' – co-wrote lyrics, co-composed music, stars in, and executive produced
*2015: ''Camp Kappawanna'' – co-wrote lyrics and co-composed music
Filmography
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MADtv
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Spider-Man: The New Animated Series'' , , Children's TV series , ,
MTV , , Voice of
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, 2004 , , ''
Dweezil & Lisa
''Dweezil & Lisa'' was a 2004 Food Network television series presented by rock musicians and erstwhile couple Dweezil Zappa and Lisa Loeb. The duo traveled around America, sampling local music and cuisine.
The show originated from pie cooking dem ...
'' , , Reality TV series , ,
Food Network
Food Network is an American basic cable channel owned by Television Food Network, G.P., a joint venture and general partnership between Warner Bros. Discovery Networks (which holds a 69% ownership stake of the network) and Nexstar Media Group ...
, , Primary character as herself, all episodes
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, 2006 , , ''
Number 1 Single'' , , Reality TV series , ,
E! , , Primary character as herself, all episodes
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, 2011 , , ''
Fright Night'' , , Full-length film , , , , Victoria Lee
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, 2012 , , ''
Jake and the Never Land Pirates'' , , Children's TV series , ,
Disney Junior
Disney Junior is an American pay television network owned by the Walt Disney Television (part of Disney General Entertainment Content) unit of The Walt Disney Company through Disney Branded Television. Aimed mainly at children two to seven ...
, , Voice of Princess Winger
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, 2014 , , ''
Helicopter Mom
''Helicopter Mom'' is a 2014 American comedy film directed by Salomé Breziner and starring Nia Vardalos.
The overbearing mother (Nia Vardalos) of a sexually undecided teenager (Jason Dolley) tells everyone that he's gay to submit an application ...
'' , , Full-length film , , American Film Productions , , Role as high school teacher
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, 2015 , , ''
Hot Tub Time Machine 2'' , , Full-length film , ,
Paramount Pictures
Paramount Pictures Corporation is an American film and television production company, production and Distribution (marketing), distribution company and the main namesake division of Paramount Global (formerly ViacomCBS). It is the fifth-oldes ...
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, 2015 , , ''
Hell's Kitchen'' , , Reality TV series , ,
Fox
Foxes are small to medium-sized, omnivorous mammals belonging to several genera of the family Canidae. They have a flattened skull, upright, triangular ears, a pointed, slightly upturned snout, and a long bushy tail (or ''brush'').
Twelv ...
, , Chef's table guest in Meghan Gill's kitchen
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, 2015 , , ''
Community
A community is a social unit (a group of living things) with commonality such as place, norms, religion, values, customs, or identity. Communities may share a sense of place situated in a given geographical area (e.g. a country, villag ...
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Yahoo! Studios , , Julie, lead singer of ''Natalie is Freezing''
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, 2018 , , ''
A.P. Bio'' , , Comedy TV series , ,
NBC , , Herself
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, 2019–2020 , , ''
Fuller House'' , , Comedy TV series , ,
Netflix
Netflix, Inc. is an American subscription video on-demand over-the-top streaming service and production company based in Los Gatos, California. Founded in 1997 by Reed Hastings and Marc Randolph in Scotts Valley, California, it offers a ...
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, 2022 , , ''Hanukkah on Rye'' , , Full-length film , ,
Hallmark Channel
The Hallmark Channel is an American television channel owned by Crown Media Holdings, Inc., which in turn is owned by Hallmark Cards, Inc. The channel's programming is primarily targeted at families, and features a mix of television movies ...
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