Antony Hegarty
| Anohni | |
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Anohni in 2009
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| Background information | |
| Also known as | Antony, Antony Hegarty |
| Born | October 1971 (age 45) Chichester, Sussex, England, United Kingdom |
| Origin | New York City, United States |
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| Occupation(s) | Musician, songwriter, singer |
| Instruments | Vocals, piano, keyboards |
| Associated acts | Antony and the Johnsons, Hercules and Love Affair, Björk, Lou Reed, CocoRosie, Current 93, Oneohtrix Point Never, Hudson Mohawke |
| Website | anohni |
Anohni (stylized as ANOHNI; born Antony Hegarty, October 1971) is an English-born singer, composer, and visual artist who resides in the United States. She is best known as Antony, the lead singer of the band Antony and the Johnsons.
Anohni was born in Chichester, England. Her family moved to the San Francisco Bay Area in 1981. In 1990, she moved to Manhattan, New York to study at New York University, where she founded the performance art collective Blacklips with Johanna Constantine.
She started her musical career performing with an ensemble of NYC musicians as Antony and the Johnsons. Their first album, Antony and the Johnsons, was released in 2000 on David Tibet's label Durtro. Their second album, I Am a Bird Now (2005), was a commercial and critical success, earning her the Mercury Music Prize.
Anohni is transgender. In 2016, Anohni became the second openly transgender person nominated for an Academy Award; she was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Original Song, along with J. Ralph, for the song "Manta Ray" in the film Racing Extinction. Her debut solo album, Hopelessness, was released in May 2016 to wide critical acclaim, including another nomination for the Mercury Music Prize and a Brit Award.
Anohni was born in 1971 in Chichester, West Sussex, England, UK. In 1977, her family moved to Amsterdam for a year, and then, in 1981, they moved to the San Francisco Bay Area of California where she grew up. As a teenager, she was influenced by Kate Bush as well as British synthpop – in particular, singers such as Marc Almond, Alison Moyet and Boy George, and was also strongly influenced by underground stars Diamanda Galás, Rozz Williams, Divine and Klaus Nomi and American singers including Nina Simone, Otis Redding, and Donny Hathaway. In 1990, Anohni moved to Manhattan to attend the Experimental Theatre Wing of New York University, and founded the performance collective Blacklips with creative partner Johanna Constantine. She spent the next several years singing in after-hours bars and clubs using pre-recorded cassettes as self-accompaniment as well as writing and directing late night theatre productions.
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