21 Facts About Lori Singer

Lori Singer was born on November 6,1957 and is an American actress and musician.

Lori Singer was a musical prodigy, making her debut as a cellist with the Oregon Symphony at thirteen, and was accepted to the Juilliard School, where she became the institution's youngest graduate.

Lori Singer was cast as Julie Miller, a teenage dancer and cellist, in the television series Fame, in which she appeared between 1982 and 1983.

Lori Singer gained notice for her lead role as Ariel Moore in the musical drama film Footloose.

Lori Singer was later cast in supporting roles in John Schlesinger's drama The Falcon and the Snowman, the comedy The Man with One Red Shoe, the horror film Warlock, and Robert Altman's ensemble drama Short Cuts.

Lori Singer was nominated for the Independent Spirit Award for Best Female Lead for her performance in Trouble in Mind.

Lori Singer was born November 6,1957 in Corpus Christi, Texas, to Jacques Lori Singer, a Polish-born conductor and protege of Leopold Stokowski, and Leslie, a concert pianist.

Lori Singer has a fraternal twin brother, Gregory, a violinist; and two older brothers: actor Marc, and Claude.

At the time of her birth, Lori Singer's father was working as the conductor of the Corpus Christi Symphony Orchestra.

When Lori Singer was four years old, she relocated with her family to Portland, Oregon, where her father served as lead conductor of the Portland Symphony Orchestra from 1962 to 1972.

Lori Singer spent her formative years in Portland, and made her debut as soloist at the age of thirteen with the Oregon Symphony.

Lori Singer was accepted into the Juilliard School at age fourteen, where she became the youngest graduate of the institution.

Lori Singer continued to perform as a concert soloist, and in 1980 won the Bergen Philharmonic Competition.

Lori Singer subsequently shifted her focus to acting, inspired by her brother, Marc.

Lori Singer starred in the TV movie Born Beautiful, for which was awarded Newcomer of the Year at ShoWest.

Lori Singer starred in a number of other movies, including The Falcon and the Snowman and The Man with One Red Shoe.

Lori Singer was awarded a Golden Globe as an actor for "Best Ensemble" for Short Cuts.

In 1997, Lori Singer acted in the fourth episode of the series Inspired by Bach, where she played the cello with Yo-Yo Ma, whose summer music camp she had attended in 1971.

Lori Singer performed as a soloist at Carnegie Hall in January 2008, premiering a hymn written by Karl Jenkins in memory of Martin Luther King Jr.

In 2013, Lori Singer executive produced with Sheila Nevins, HBO, and Jessica Kingdon the documentary Mea Maxima Culpa: Silence in the House of God, directed by Alex Gibney.

Lori Singer performed "Linda's Song" with Paul Cantelone for the soundtrack of the film.