1. Britta Phillips was born on June 11,1963 and is an American singer-songwriter, musician, record producer, and actress.
17 Facts About Britta Phillips
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Britta Phillips came to prominence in the mid-1980s as the singing voice of the title character of the animated television series Jem.
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Britta Phillips has been a film, television, and voice actress, including a co-starring role in the 1988 music comedy-drama film Satisfaction and multiple voice acting roles on the Adult Swim animated television series Moral Orel and Mary Shelley's Frankenhole.
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Britta Phillips was born in Boyne City, Michigan, but grew up in Bucks County, Pennsylvania.
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Britta Phillips's father, Peter, was a musician, songwriter, jingle composer, and a former music teacher of Paul Simon; he worked on several Broadway plays.
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At the age of 19, Britta Phillips moved to Brooklyn, New York, to pursue a career in music.
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Britta Phillips was a member of the bands The Belltower, Ultrababyfat, and the Christine Keeler Affair in the 1990s, and Luna from 2001 to 2005.
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In 2001, Britta Phillips provided vocals on the Anika Moa album Thinking Room.
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In 2007, Britta Phillips produced and recorded a cover of Neil Young's "I Am a Child" for the benefit CD Cinnamon Girl - Women Artists Cover Neil Young For Charity.
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In 2010, Britta Phillips performed vocals on the MGMT single "It's Working" from their album Congratulations.
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Britta Phillips' first acting job was as the singing voice of the lead character in the animated series Jem, alongside actress and singer Samantha Newark, who provided Jem's speaking voice.
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Britta Phillips performed several songs during the movie and is featured on the soundtrack album.
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Britta Phillips followed that with a starring role as a nurse in the pilot episode of the short-lived TV series Nightingales.
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Since 2010, Britta Phillips has voiced various characters in Mary Shelley's Frankenhole, most noticeably Elizabeth Frankenstein.
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Britta Phillips had a cameo, along with Dean Wareham, in the 2012 Noah Baumbach film Frances Ha, written by Baumbach and Greta Gerwig.
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Britta Phillips appeared on Ken Reid's TV Guidance Counselor podcast on December 9,2016.
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Britta Phillips married musician Jody Porter, but the couple later divorced.