1. Ingrid Ellen Michaelson was born on December 8,1979 and is an American singer-songwriter.
33 Facts About Ingrid Michaelson
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Ingrid Michaelson is best known for her 2006 single "The Way I Am" and her 2014 single "Girls Chase Boys", both of which achieved success on Billboards Adult Contemporary and Adult Top 40 charts, and received platinum certifications by the Recording Industry Association of America.
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Ingrid Ellen Michaelson was born on December 8,1979, in New York City.
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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 four, and trained until age seven at Manhattan's Third Street Music School.
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Ingrid Michaelson continued piano 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 2007, Ingrid Michaelson played her first Holiday Hop, an annual Christmas concert in New York City.
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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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In October 2008, Ingrid Michaelson released her third album, and first compilation album, Be OK, a charity record to support cancer research.
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In 2010, Ingrid Michaelson co-wrote the song "Parachute" with Marshall Altman for British singer Cheryl Cole.
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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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On January 24,2012, Ingrid Michaelson released her fifth album, Human Again.
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In 2012, with her husband and fellow musician Greg Laswell, Ingrid Michaelson co-wrote and sang the duet "Landline", which appeared on his album of the same name.
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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 in Cincinnati on October 6,2016.
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On May 12,2017, Ingrid Michaelson released the five-track EP Alter Egos.
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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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Ingrid Michaelson made her film debut in the comedy film Humor Me alongside co-stars Jemaine Clement and Elliott Gould, which was released January 12,2018.
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Ingrid Michaelson first announced the album in January 2018, writing that it would be inspired by the Netflix series Stranger Things.
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Ingrid Michaelson has scored songs for television, circa 2020, including Little Fires Everywhere and Tiny Beautiful Things, and was executive music producer for Apple TV+'s Slumberkins, creating original songs for the series.
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Ingrid Michaelson was seen as a guest star in Season 3 of Netflix's Girls5Eva, and starred in the 2017 indie film Humor Me alongside co-stars Jemaine Clement and Elliott Gould.
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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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Ingrid Michaelson partnered with collaborators Juan Ariza and Gabriel Mann to compose an original song "Not Gone," a cover of "Closer to Fine" and the score for the Hulu miniseries Tiny Beautiful Things.
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Ingrid Michaelson served as executive music producer for Apple TV+'s Slumberkins, creating original songs for the series with her bandmates Allie Moss, Hannah Winkler, and Billy Libby.
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In January 2019, Ingrid Michaelson announced she was writing the music and lyrics for the musical adaptation of The Notebook.
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In 2022, Ingrid Michaelson featured on Ariza's song "The Sky and Me".
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Later that year, Ingrid Michaelson collaborated with A Great Big World on an original song called "It's Almost Christmas", released on November 11,2022.
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In 2024, Ingrid Michaelson made a guest appearance in season 3 of Netflix's Girls5eva, playing the role of Pixie, a folk singer-songwriter.
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In late 2015, Ingrid Michaelson announced her relationship with film and stage actor Will Chase.