Rain Joan of Arc Phoenix is an American actress, musician, and singer.
16 Facts About Rain Phoenix
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Rain Phoenix is the older sister of Joaquin, Liberty and Summer Phoenix and younger sister of River Phoenix.
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Rain Phoenix's mother was born in New York to Jewish parents from Russia.
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Rain Phoenix sang with brother River as an audience warm up act on the show Real Kids.
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Also in 1987, Rain Phoenix landed a part in the feature film Maid to Order alongside Ally Sheedy.
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At 15, Rain Phoenix returned to her roots in music and formed the band Aleka's Attic with her then 17-year-old brother River.
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Rain Phoenix met director Gus Van Sant, to whom River suggested she would be perfect for a role in his upcoming project, a film adaptation of Tom Robbins's cult novel Even Cowgirls Get the Blues.
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Rain Phoenix was cast as head cowgirl Bonanza Jellybean, alongside Uma Thurman.
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Rain Phoenix dealt simultaneously with the loss of her older brother and the media attention that followed.
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The album was near completion so Rain Phoenix began the long process of mixing and producing the scraps of recordings.
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In 1995 Rain Phoenix joined the Red Hot Chili Peppers as a backup singer on their One Hot Minute tour.
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Rain Phoenix returned to acting in 1998 with parts in I Woke Up Early the Day I Died, O, Harry and Max and Hitch.
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Rain Phoenix formed the band Papercranes in 2003 as lead singer and lyricist.
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Guest musicians include Rain Phoenix's younger sisters Summer and Liberty, as well as actor Dermot Mulroney, Libby Lavella, Norm Block, Jenny O, Kirk Hellie and Flea of the Red Hot Chili Peppers, who was a guest musician on tracks for Aleka's Attic in the '90s.
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Rain Phoenix serves on the board of the River Rain Phoenix Center for Peacebuilding, which was founded by her mother and stepfather.
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In 2010 Rain Phoenix created the non-profit Gift Horse Project, which brought together well-known and emerging artists in the service of charity.