Ingrid Ellen Michaelson was born on December 8,1979 and is an American singer-songwriter and actress.
27 Facts About Ingrid Michaelson
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Ingrid Michaelson's father, Carl Michaelson, was a manager of copyrights for the publishing company Carl Fischer Music and a composer on the side.
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Ingrid Michaelson's mother, Elizabeth Egbert, was a sculptor, of Dutch ancestry.
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Ingrid Michaelson took up piano at age 4, and trained until age seven at Manhattan's Third Street Music School, continuing for many more years at the Jewish Community Center of Staten Island's Dorothy Delson Kuhn Music Institute.
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Ingrid Michaelson is a graduate of Staten Island Technical High School and Binghamton University, where she received a degree in theater.
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In 2006, Ingrid Michaelson independently released her second album, Girls and Boys.
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In 2008, Ingrid Michaelson released her third album, and first compilation album, Be OK.
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Ingrid Michaelson joined the Hotel Cafe Tour that fall in support of the album, whose proceeds went toward cancer research.
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Ingrid Michaelson's show in Sydney, Australia, at the Metro Theater is available online at MoshCam, a website that shows pre-recorded concerts.
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In 2010, Ingrid Michaelson digitally released the single "Parachute", a song that she wrote but was recorded by Cheryl Cole on Cole's album 3 Words.
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Ingrid Michaelson played 3 shows in Australia, where Human Again was the first formally released record of hers.
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On February 4,2014, Ingrid Michaelson released the lead single, "Girls Chase Boys", from her album Lights Out.
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In support of the album, Ingrid Michaelson embarked on the "Hell No Tour" beginning October 6,2016, in Cincinnati, OH.
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In 2017, Ingrid Michaelson contributed "Smallest Light" and "Stay Right Where You Are" to the soundtrack for the film The Space Between Us.
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In January 2019, Ingrid Michaelson announced she was composing the score for a musical adaptation of The Notebook.
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Ingrid Michaelson first announced the album via her Twitter in January 2018, writing that it would be inspired by the Netflix series Stranger Things.
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In July 2020, Ingrid Michaelson was nominated for her first Emmy Award in the Outstanding Original Music and Lyrics category for the song "Build it Up", written specifically for the finale of Hulu's hit miniseries Little Fires Everywhere.
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In 2006, Ingrid Michaelson teamed up with William Fitzsimmons on his album Goodnight, which was released that same year.
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Ingrid Michaelson performed "Winter Song" with Bareilles for President Obama and his family as well as many spectators at the National Christmas Tree Lighting in December 2010.
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Ingrid Michaelson provided backup vocals on Greg Laswell's album, Take A Bow, which was released on May 4,2010.
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Ingrid Michaelson initially believed the track was "so poppy" that she could not release it herself.
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However, after the song was reworked by "Everybody" producer Dan Romer to make a more "interesting, funky production", Ingrid Michaelson released the song as a personal single.
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Ingrid Michaelson's 2014 album, Lights Out, was a collaborative effort.
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In 2021, Ingrid Michaelson collaborated with British-Pakistani singer Zayn Malik on the single "To Begin Again".
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In January 2019, it was reported that Ingrid Michaelson was writing the music and lyrics for a musical adaptation of The Notebook.
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Ingrid Michaelson made her film debut in the comedy film Humor Me, which was released January 12,2018.
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In late 2015, Ingrid Michaelson announced her relationship with film and stage actor Will Chase.