Kinnie Starr has a BA in Race and Gender Studies from Queen's University.
13 Facts About Kinnie Starr
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Kinnie Starr performed in November 2000 at Lee's Palace in Toronto.
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Cirque du Soleil pursued Kinnie Starr to sing in their productions, and in 2003 she contracted with them to perform in Zumanity for two years.
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Kinnie Starr has enlisted other Canadian musicians to appear on her albums over the years, including Swollen Members' Moka Only, Coco Love Alcorn, former Dream Warrior Spek and Tegan Quin of Tegan and Sara.
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Kinnie Starr's songs have been included on the soundtracks for the TV series The L Word and the movie Thirteen.
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In 2001, Kinnie Starr co-starred in Down and Out with the Dolls, a Kurt Voss movie about a fictional all-girl rock band.
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Kinnie Starr composed the score for the 2018 Haida language film Edge of the Knife.
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Kinnie Starr identifies as bisexual, and has enjoyed popularity in the queer community.
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Kinnie Starr appeared as a guest on The Rachel Maddow Show on 11 August 2006.
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Kinnie Starr has often spoken out, for example during a 2013 performance at Vancouver Folk Music Festival, about the importance of protecting water.
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In 2004, Kinnie Starr was nominated for the Juno Award for New Artist of the Year.
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Kinnie Starr was featured in the Royal British Columbia Museum's major 2008 exhibition, "Free Spirit: Stories of You, Me and BC", as one of 150 cultural icons of BC.
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In 2011, Kinnie Starr was honoured as a Pioneer in Canadian Hip Hop Culture by the ManifesTO festival.