Jehnny Beth was born in Poitiers, Vienne, France to Catholic theater-director parents.
13 Facts About Jehnny Beth
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Jehnny Beth had her first music instructors, a pair of jazz musicians, to learn piano and sing at the age of around 8, Chet Baker's songs in English.
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Jehnny Beth was trained in dramatic arts at the conservatoire de Poitiers.
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Originally formed in 2011 by Thompson and bassist Ayse Hassan, Jehnny Beth becoming the vocalist of the band after Hostile turned down Thompson's request to front the band.
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On 27 June 2016, Jehnny Beth performed live solo to open for PJ Harvey at the Eden Project in Cornwall, England.
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On 11 February 2017, Jehnny Beth played her first full solo performance at Grauzone Festival in The Hague, The Netherlands.
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In 2020, Jehnny Beth recorded vocals on the song "Ne Touche pas Moi" for Idles on their album Ultra Mono.
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Jehnny Beth played the lead role in the 2005 French mystery film Through the Forest directed by Jean-Paul Civeyrac.
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Jehnny Beth played a role as Marie-Jeanne in a 2009 horror French film Sodium Babies.
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In 2018 she played a role in the film An Impossible Love by director Catherine Corsini: Jehnny Beth then received a nomination for the "Best Female Newcomer" at the 2019 Cesar Awards which is the national film award of France.
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Jehnny Beth ran her own Beats 1 radio programme, Start Making Sense, which premiered on 12 April 2016.
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In 2020, Beth started to present a 60 minute TV show on European channel Arte, titled Echoes with Jehnny Beth, featuring discussions with musicians and live performances of bands: all the episodes of Echoes with Jehnny Beth are available on YouTube worldwide.
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Jehnny Beth has been in a relationship with Johnny Hostile since 2006.