Sinead O’Connor

Biography

Irish singer-songwriter whose album The Lion as well as the Cobra brought her industrial success, aswell as her cover of “Nothing at all Compares 2 U.” She was delivered to Magdalene Asylum for shoplifting when she was fifteen. She’s collaborated with performers like Shane McGowan. In 2000, she openly accepted to being truly a lesbian, despite her previous failed marriages. She has wedded four situations: initial to John Reynolds in 1987, after that to Nicholas Sommerlad in 2001, after that to Steve Cooney this year 2010, and lastly to Barry Herridge in 2011. She acquired four kids and welcomed her initial grandchild in 2015. Bob Dylan was an impact on her behalf songwriting.

Quick Facts

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#	Fact
1	Sister of renowned Irish author and broadcaster Joseph O'Connor.
2	Re-establishing Herself as a prominent Musician by Releasing Séan-Nos Nua, an Album of Traditional Irish Folk tunes, as well as New Music. [October 2002]
3	Was incarcerated in one of the notorious Magdalene Asylums during her teens for shoplifting.
4	Gave birth to her fourth child at age 40, a son Yeshua Francis Neil Bonadino on December 19, 2006. Child's father is her ex-boyfriend, Frank Bonadino.
5	Gave birth to her third child at age 37, a son Shane Lunny on March 10, 2004. Child's father is her ex-boyfriend, Donal Lunny.
6	Gave birth to her second child at age 29, a daughter Brigidine Róisíne Waters on March 6, 1996. Child's father is her ex-boyfriend, John Waters.
7	Gave birth to her first child at age 20, a son Jake Reynolds on June 16, 1987. Child's father is her first husband, John Reynolds.
8	Is a Vegan.
9	Winner of the 1991 Brit Award for International Female.
10	Expecting fourth child, first with partner Frank Bonadio, due Christmas Eve 2006.
11	A few weeks after her notorious Saturday Night Live appearance, she appeared at a benefit concert with Kris Kristofferson. When her name was announced, the crowd responded with what appeared to be a dead-even split between cheering and booing. Due to this rare reaction, she immediately scrapped her scheduled song (the keyboardist started playing and she waved for him to stop, which he did) and sang "War" again (the song she sang on SNL), then left the stage and broke down crying in Kristofferson's arms.
12	Was ordained as a Latin Tridentine Church priest by a rebel bishop; her adopted religious name was Mother Bernadette Mary.
13	Retired from music in 2003 to raise her three children, but announced in February 2005 that she was returning to the business.
14	In 2003, announced she had fibromyalgia, a illness known for causing incredible fatigue. This was a factor in her retirement from music.
15	Had a bitter three-year battle with ex-boyfriend, Irish journalist John Waters, for full custody rights of their daughter Roisin. The singer decided to turn over the baby to her father, just four days after she attempted suicide by swallowing 20 valium tablets. [1999]
16	Ranked #35 on VH1's 100 Greatest Women of Rock N Roll
17	When she won a Grammy in the Best Alternative Music Performance category for "I Do Not Want What I Haven't Got" (1990), she refused to accept it making her the first recording artist to rebuff N.A.R.A.S. Thus, the title of the song became somewhat prophetic
18	Once worked as a "Kiss-O-Gram" girl in Dublin.
19	Caused a huge international stir when she tore up a photograph of Pope John Paul II, live, on Saturday Night Live (1975) (on October 3, 1992), while shouting "Fight the true evil!" after singing an a capella version of Bob Marley's "War". Almost immediately, NBC received over a thousand phone calls with complaints. NBC, to this day, refuses to ever reair the incident, and all subsequent reruns of that show have a pre-show recording of her singing the song.
20	She made news in 1990 when she announced she would refuse to go onstage at the Garden State Arts Center in New Jersey if "The Star Spangled Banner" was performed. The venue heeded her demand.
21	Chosen by People magazine as one of the 50 Most Beautiful People in the world. [1991]



Soundtrack

Soundtrack

Title	Year	Status	Character
Guapas	2014	TV Series performer - 1 episode
Tu cara me suena - Argentina	2014	TV Series producer - 1 episode
My Mad Fat Diary	2014	TV Series performer - 1 episode
Reason to Kill	2013	Short performer: "One More Day"
So You Think You Can Dance	2006-2012	TV Series performer - 3 episodes
White Heat	2012	TV Mini-Series performer - 1 episode
One Hit Wonderland	2012	TV Series documentary performer - 1 episode
The Voice UK	2012	TV Series performer - 1 episode
Albert Nobbs	2011	performer: "Lay Your Head Down"
Doctors	2010	TV Series performer - 1 episode
20 to 1	2006-2010	TV Series documentary performer - 2 episodes
The Young Victoria	2009	performer: "Only You love theme from The Young Victoria"
Sputnik	2008	TV Series performer - 1 episode
60/90	2008	TV Series performer - 1 episode
Forgetting Sarah Marshall	2008	performer: "Nothing Compares 2 U"
100 Greatest Songs of the 90s	2007	TV Mini-Series documentary performer - 1 episode
The Water Horse	2007	performer: "Back Where You Belong Theme from The Water Horse" / writer: "Back Where You Belong Theme from The Water Horse"
Fred Claus	2007	performer: "Silent Night"
Le premier cri	2007	Documentary performer: "A newborn Child"
La tele de tu vida	2007	TV Series performer - 1 episode
Jericho	2006-2007	TV Series performer - 2 episodes
Dolly Parton: The Acoustic Collection, 1999-2002	2006	Video short performer: "Dagger Through The Heart"
Blind Dating	2006	performer: "Harbour" - as Sinead O'Connor
Hinter Gittern - Der Frauenknast	2004-2005	TV Series performer - 2 episodes
I Love the '90s	2004	TV Series documentary performer - 1 episode
Joan of Arcadia	2003	TV Series performer - 1 episode
Lara Croft Tomb Raider: The Cradle of Life	2003	"Tears From the Moon" Carmen Rizzo Stateside West Chillout mix
Veronica Guerin	2003	performer: "Funeral Song", "One More Day"
120 Minutes	2003	TV Series writer - 1 episode
Québec-Montréal	2002	performer: "The Last Day of Our Acquaintance" / writer: "The Last Day of Our Acquaintance"
S.P.U.N.G	2002	TV Series performer - 1 episode
Sinead O'Connor: Goodnight, Thank You, You've Been a Lovely Audience	2002	Video performer: "Molly Malone", "Oró Sé do Bheatha 'Bhaile", "The Singing Bird", "My Lagan Love", "I Am Stretched on Your Grave", "Nothing Compares 2 U", "John I Love You", "The Moorlough Shore", "You Made Me the Thief of Your Heart", "Paddy's Lament", "Thank You for Hearing Me", "Fire on Babylon", "The Last Day of Our Acquaintance"
Vanilla Sky	2001	performer: "The Healing Room" 2000 / writer: "The Healing Room" 2000
Alias	2001	TV Series 1 episode
If I Should Fall from Grace: The Shane MacGowan Story	2001	Documentary performer: "Haunted"
Heroes of Magic	2000	TV Special documentary performer: "You Do Something to Me" - uncredited
Rugrats in Paris: The Movie	2000	performer: "When You Love"
Little Nicky	2000	performer: "Dancing Lessons" - as Sinead O'Connor / writer: "Dancing Lessons" - as Sinead O'Connor
When the Sky Falls	2000	performer: "Full Circle"
Angela's Ashes	1999	performer: "Three Babies" / writer: "Three Babies"
The Talented Mr. Ripley	1999	performer: "LULLABY FOR CAIN"
Stigmata	1999	performer: "Release" / writer: "Release"
A Song for Eurotrash	1998	TV Movie documentary performer: "All Kinds of Everything"
You've Got Mail	1998	performer: "I Guess The Lord Must Be In New York City" - as Sinead O'Connor
TFI Friday	1998	TV Series performer - 1 episode
Dog Park	1998	performer: "This Is To Mother You" / writer: "This Is To Mother You"
Dance with Me	1998	performer: "Why Don't You Do Right"
The Great Hunger: The Life and Songs of Shane MacGowan	1997	TV Movie documentary performer: "The Song With No Name"
The MatchMaker	1997	performer: "Haunted"
The Butcher Boy	1997	performer: "THE BUTCHER BOY", "BEAUTIFUL BUNDORAN"
The End of Violence	1997	performer: "I'm Not Your Baby"
No Child of Mine	1997	TV Movie performer: "In This Heart" - uncredited / writer: "In This Heart" - uncredited
Michael Collins	1996	performer: "She Moved Through The Fair", "Easter Rebellion", "Civil War"
Two If by Sea	1996	performer: "Haunted"
In the Name of the Father	1993	performer: " You Made Me the Thief of Your Heart"
Forsthaus Falkenau	1992	TV Series performer - 1 episode
Saturday Night Live	1990-1992	TV Series performer - 2 episodes
Nothing Compares to You	1992	Documentary short performer: "Nothing Compares to You"
The Ghosts of Oxford Street	1991	TV Movie performer: "Silent Night" - uncredited
Only Fools and Horses....	1991	TV Series performer - 1 episode
Red Hot and Blue	1990	TV Movie performer: "You Do Something To Me"
State of Grace	1990	performer: "Drink Before the War" / writer: "Drink Before the War"
Top of the Pops	1990	TV Series performer - 1 episode
Sinead O'Connor: Year of the Horse	1990	Video performer: "Feel so Different", "The Emperor's New Clothes", "I Want Your Hands On Me", "Three Babies", "The Last Day of Our Acquaintance", "Nothing Compares 2 U", "Jump in the River", "Jerusalem", "Troy" / writer: "Feel so Different", "The Emperor's New Clothes", "I Want Your Hands On Me", "Three Babies", "The Last Day of Our Acquaintance", "Jump in the River", "Jerusalem", "Troy"
The Value of Ignorance	1989	Video short performer: "Jackie", "Just Like U Said It Would B", "Mandinka", "Just Call Me Joe", "Never Get Old", "Jerusalem", "Troy", "I Am Stretched on Your Grave" / writer: "Jackie", "Just Like U Said It Would B", "Mandinka", "Never Get Old", "Jerusalem", "Troy", "I Am Stretched on Your Grave"
Miami Vice	1988	TV Series performer - 1 episode
The Good Mother	1988	performer: "Just Like U Said It Would B" / writer: "Just Like U Said It Would B"
A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master	1988	performer: "I Want Your Hands On Me" / producer: "I Want Your Hands On Me"
Married to the Mob	1988	performer: "Jump in the River" / writer: "Jump in the River"
Captive	1986	performer: "Heroine"
The Clan of the Cave Bear	1986	performer: "HEROINE"

Music Department

Music Department

Title	Year	Status	Character
Waves	2017	Short composer: theme music filming
The Water Horse	2007	vocals
Independent Lens		TV Series documentary composer - 1 episode, 2003 musician - 1 episode, 2003
I Could Read the Sky	1999	musician
The Irish in America: Long Journey Home	1998	TV Mini-Series documentary musical performance by - 1 episode
Hush-a-Bye Baby	1990	composer: theme music

Actress

Actress

Title	Year	Status	Character
Famine		pre-production
The Butcher Boy	1997		Our Lady / Colleen
Wuthering Heights	1992		Emily Bronte (uncredited)
The Ghosts of Oxford Street	1991	TV Movie	Ann of Oxford Street
Hush-a-Bye Baby	1990		Sinéad

Composer

Composer

Title	Year	Status	Character
A Mother's Blight	2016	Short
The Value of Ignorance	1989	Video short

Producer

Producer

Title	Year	Status	Character
Sinead O'Connor: Goodnight, Thank You, You've Been a Lovely Audience	2002	Video executive producer

Thanks

Thanks

Title	Year	Status	Character
Artists of the Roundtable	2008	Video documentary special thanks

Self

Self

Title	Year	Status	Character
The Irish Rock Story: A Tale of Two Cities	2015	TV Movie documentary	Herself
Sinead O'Connor: 8 Good Reasons	2014	Short	Herself
Oprah: Where Are They Now?	2014	TV Series	Herself
Night of the Proms	2013	TV Series	Herself - Singer
Skavlan	2013	TV Series	Herself - Guest
Tavis Smiley	2012	TV Series	Herself - Guest
Late Night with Jimmy Fallon	2012	TV Series	Herself - Musical Guest
The Graham Norton Show	2007-2012	TV Series	Herself - Guest
The Late Late Show	2005-2011	TV Series	Herself - Guest
Music	2010	Documentary	Herself
Music of Ireland: Welcome to America	2010	TV Movie documentary	Herself
50 Greatest Pop Videos	2010	TV Movie documentary	Herself
Newsnight	2010	TV Series	Herself
Music of Ireland: Welcome Home	2010	TV Movie documentary	Herself
Continuarà...	2008	TV Series	Herself - Interviewee
Miradas 2	2008	TV Series documentary	Herself - Interviewee
Saturday Night with Miriam	2007	TV Series	Herself
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson	2005-2007	TV Series	Herself - Guest / Herself - Musical Guest
The Heaven and Earth Show	2007	TV Series	Herself - Guest
Ce soir (ou jamais!)	2007	TV Series	Himself
Xposé	2007	TV Series	Herself
The Podge and Rodge Show	2007	TV Series	Herself - Guest
God Gave Rock & Roll to You	2006	TV Movie documentary	Herself
The 100 Greatest Pop Videos	2005	TV Movie	Herself
Late Show with David Letterman	1994-2005	TV Series	Herself - Guest / Herself - Musical Guest
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno	2000-2005	TV Series	Herself - Musical Guest
Peter Gabriel: Play	2004	Video	Herself (segment "Blood of Eden")
Damien Dempsey: It's All Good	2004	Documentary	Herself
Ryan Confidential	2004	TV Series	Herself (2004)
Une nuit au festival interceltique de Lorient	2003	TV Movie documentary	Herself
Dolly Parton: Platinum Blonde	2003	TV Movie documentary	Herself
V Graham Norton	2002	TV Series	Herself - Guest
Sinead O'Connor: Goodnight, Thank You, You've Been a Lovely Audience	2002	Video	Herself
So Graham Norton	2001	TV Series	Herself - Guest
100 Greatest Number One Singles	2001	TV Special documentary	Herself
The Big Schmooze	2000	TV Series	Herself
The Beatles Revolution	2000	TV Movie documentary	Herself
Good Morning Australia	2000	TV Series	Herself - Guest
Rove Live	2000	TV Series	Herself
Música sí	2000	TV Series	Herself - Musical Guest
Howard Stern	2000	TV Series	Herself - Guest
The Early Show	2000	TV Series	Herself - Guest
The Rosie O'Donnell Show	2000	TV Series	Herself - Guest
Here, There and Everywhere: a Concert for Linda	1999	TV Special documentary	Herself
Bang, Bang, It's Reeves and Mortimer	1999	TV Series	Herself
A Song for Eurotrash	1998	TV Movie documentary	Herself - Special Guest
The Righteous Babes	1998	TV Movie documentary	Herself
TFI Friday	1997-1998	TV Series	Herself / Herself - Performer
The Art of Influence	1998	TV Movie documentary	Herself
Jo Whiley	1998	TV Series	Herself - Special Guest
The Irish in America: Long Journey Home	1998	TV Mini-Series documentary voice
The Great Hunger: The Life and Songs of Shane MacGowan	1997	TV Movie documentary	Herself
Nobel Peace Prize Concert	1997	TV Movie	Herself
Sessions at West 54th	1997	TV Series documentary	Herself
Later... With Jools Holland	1995-1996	TV Series	Herself
Celebration: The Music of Pete Townshend and The Who	1994	Documentary	Herself
Top of the Pops	1988-1994	TV Series	Herself
The Danny Baker Show	1994	TV Series	Herself - Guest
Verstehen Sie Spaß?	1994	TV Series	Herself
All About Us	1993	Video documentary	Herself - Vocals (segment "Blood of Eden") (uncredited)
MTV Video Music Awards 1993	1993	TV Special	Herself
Aspel & Company	1993	TV Series	Herself - Guest
Bob Dylan: 30th Anniversary Concert Celebration	1993	TV Special documentary	Herself
Saturday Night Live	1990-1992	TV Series	Herself / Herself - Musical Guest
The Word	1992	TV Series	Herself
Arena	1992	TV Series documentary	Herself
MTV Video Music Awards 1991	1991	TV Special	Herself
Two Rooms: A Tribute to Elton John & Bernie Taupin	1991	TV Movie documentary	Herself
The Simple Truth: A Concert for Kurdish Refugees	1991	TV Movie	Herself
Sex in the 90's	1991	TV Mini-Series documentary	Herself
1990 Billboard Music Awards	1990	TV Special	Herself
MTV Video Music Awards 1990	1990	TV Special	Herself - Performer
The Wall: Live in Berlin	1990	TV Movie documentary	Herself
Gossip	1990	TV Series	Herself - Guest
Sinead O'Connor: Year of the Horse	1990	Video	Herself
The Value of Ignorance	1989	Video short	Herself
Zomerrock	1988-1989	TV Series	Herself
The 31st Annual Grammy Awards	1989	TV Special	Herself
Late Night with David Letterman	1988	TV Series	Herself - Guest
Wired	1988	TV Series	Herself - Performer
The Roxy	1988	TV Series	Herself

Archive Footage

Archive Footage

Title	Year	Status	Character
That's So...	2016	TV Series documentary	Herself
Official! Biggest Hits of the 90s	2015	TV Movie	Herself
Tu cara me suena - Argentina	2014	TV Series	Herself
The Nation's Favourite Number 1 Single	2012	TV Mini-Series documentary	Herself
20 to 1	2006-2010	TV Series documentary	Herself
Michel Gondry 2: More Videos (Before and After DVD 1)	2009	Video	Herself (segment "Fire on Babylon")
Sputnik	2008	TV Series	Herself
60/90	2008	TV Series	Herself
La tele de tu vida	2007	TV Series	Herself
The Colbert Report	2007	TV Series	Himself
Folk Hibernia	2007	TV Movie documentary	Herself
Top of the Pops	2005	TV Series	Herself
I Love the '90s: Part Deux	2005	TV Series documentary	Herself
101 Most Shocking Moments in Entertainment	2003	TV Movie documentary	Herself
If I Should Fall from Grace: The Shane MacGowan Story	2001	Documentary	Herself - song "Haunted"
Heroes of Magic	2000	TV Special documentary
SNL: 25 Years of Music	1999	TV Movie	Herself
Top of the Pops 2	1994	TV Series	Herself
Showbiz Today	1992	TV Series

Won awards

Won awards

Year	Award	Ceremony	Nomination	Movie	Award shared with
2012	World Soundtrack Award	World Soundtrack Awards	Best Original Song Written for a Film	Albert Nobbs (2011)	· Brian Byrne (music by) · Glenn Close (lyrics by)

Nominated awards

Nominated awards

Year	Award	Ceremony	Nomination	Movie	Award shared with
2012	OFTA Film Award	Online Film & Television Association	Best Music, Original Song	Albert Nobbs (2011)	· Brian Byrne (music by) · Glenn Close (lyrics by)
2008	TV Land Award	TV Land Awards	Most Memorable SNL Musical Guest	Saturday Night Live (1975)
1992	Grammy	Grammy Awards	Best Music Video - Long Form	Sinead O'Connor: Year of the Horse (1990)	· Sophie Muller (video director)



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#	Quote
1	[on remarrying therapist Barry Herridge] Since no woman on earth could not adore a man that treats her like a goddess and loves her like a slut.
2	All what we know as rock and pop music came from blues when you trace it back, it's history came from blues and in its time blues was pretty much like rap in so far as it had the same format which meant anybody could write a song. It wasn't too complicated, it was 12 bars, you had three verses, the first three lines were the same, the last line was different, you had a bridge.
3	A writer is the perfect boyfriend, they have lots of time to snuggle and a desk to bend you over.
4	[on her time in school in Ireland] I remember being in Sion Hill in Blackrock and this old nun walked into the room and drew this enormous big hard dick - in one continuous sweep of the chalk - and we fell on the floor clutching ourselves laughing. We had never even seen a dick that didn't belong to our brothers. Why did she do it? And how did a nun know how to draw such an accurate looking penis, balls and all? Anyway, that was the limit of my sex education.
5	I'm not a musical snob. 'Ooo Baby Baby' or whatever - those are as valid as 'Working Class Hero' or 'Imagine'. But there are times artists do need to stand up and not just be entertainers. 'V.I.P', the song, was about Irish artists being silent on the matter of the church reports [on child abuse by priests]. But it translates. The priorities have gone askew. If the rappers and the rock stars are having dinner with the President, that's a problem.
6	[observation, 2013] The music business is corrupt. It's full of nothing but vampires and pimps. What was more important that came out of the Miley [Cyrus] thing was being able to conversate about mental health and human rights. The two of us, without meaning it, did quite a good job.
7	The power of rock'n'roll to change things, to move people, is being murdered by all this worship of fame - Pop Idol, XFactor, all this stuff. What I'm worried about is it's all about the visual, the pyrotechnics, the tits out, shake your ass. It's not about the song. That to me is quite sad.
8	I don't do anything in order to cause trouble. It just so happens that what I do naturally causes trouble. I'm proud to be a troublemaker.
9	When you live with the Devil you learn there's a God very quickly.
10	As far as I'm concerned, I'm now in the business of making spiritual records and using my voice for that purpose. I'm not going to be singing songs that I made in the past. I closed the door on that incarnation of Sinead O'Connor.



#	Trademark
1	Shaven head



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