1. Lenka Eden Kripac was born on 19 March 1978 and is an Australian singer-songwriter and actress best known for her song "The Show", from her debut album, Lenka.
12 Facts About Lenka
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The daughter of Czechoslovak jazz trumpet musician Jiri Kripac and an Australian schoolteacher, Eden, Lenka was raised in the Australian coastal town of Bega until age seven, when her family moved to Sydney.
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Lenka starred in the Australian ABC-TV drama series GP as Vesna Kapek in the 1990s.
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Lenka hosted Cheez TV and has guest starred in other Australian TV series, including Home and Away, Wildside, Head Start, and Spellbinder.
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Lenka appeared in Australian feature films The Dish and Lost Things, as well as in theatre productions.
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Lenka provided the vocals for two tracks on Paul Mac's 2005 album Panic Room, including its title track.
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Lenka served a member of the Australian electronic-rock crossover band Decoder Ring for two of their albums between 2004 and 2005.
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Lenka creates paper art type stop-motion animated music videos for each of her singles with her husband James Gulliver Hancock, a visual artist from Australia, for a deliberately childlike effect.
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Lenka provided vocals on two tracks on German artist Schiller's album Atemlos, released in Germany on 12 March 2010.
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In 2011, Lenka released her second album Two which was inspired by her engagement and is full of romantic love songs.
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In 2025, Lenka began the Magenta Tour starting in China.
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Lenka announced on 27 September 2011 that she was pregnant.