Kim Gordon
Biography
Kim Althea Gordon (born April 28, 1953) is an American musician, vocalist, artist, record producer, video director and actress. She is lead singer, bass and guitarist in the alternative rock band Sonic Youth, and in Free Kitten with Julia Cafritz (of Pussy Galore). Gordon has collaborated with a number of musicians, including Ikue Mori, DJ Olive, William Winant, Lydia Lunch, Courtney Love, Alan Licht and Chris Corsano.
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Acting History
2025
The Chronology of Water
2025Sonic Youth: Live in 1991
2025Pavements as Self (uncredited)
2025Everybody's Live with John Mulaney as Self - Musical Guest
2025Bad Painter as Interviewer
2025FireAid Benefit Concert as Self
2024A Proposal for A Dance as Self
2024Los Angeles June 6 as Self
2024Picture Window as Kim Gordon
202412341 Branford St. Sun Valley as Self
2024Born Innocent: The Redd Kross Story
2022Women Who Rock as Self
2021Freakscene: The Story of Dinosaur Jr. as herself
2019Sonic Youth: NYC and Beyond
2019SY NYC 12/12/01: The Demonlover Sessions as Self
2019Sonic Youth: Daydream Nation
2018Don't Worry, He Won't Get Far on Foot as Corky
2017Queercore: How to Punk a Revolution as Self
2016Party Legends
2016Ed Ruscha: Buildings and Words as Self
2015Girls in Bands at the BBC as Self (archive footage)
2015The Nightmare as Teacher
2013The Punk Singer as Self
2013Une Danse Des Bouffons as Maria Martins
2013I'm Now: The Story of Mudhoney
2012The Hardcore Collection as (archive footage)
2011Sonic Youth: Live at SWU Festival 2011
2011Sonic Youth: Maquinaria Festival
2011Portlandia as Kim Gordon
2010Sonic Youth & The Black Keys: Live at Austin City Limits 2011
2010Rappin' With The Rickster as Self
2009From the Basement as Self - Sonic Youth
2008New York Rock at the BBC as Self - Sonic Youth
2007365 Day Project
2007Welcome to My Castle! as Self
2007I'm Not There as Carla Hendricks
2007Gossip Girl as Kim Gordon
2007Boarding Gate as Kay
2007Dinosaur Jr: Live in the Middle East as Herself
2006Her Noise - The Making Of
2006Cut Shorts
2006Noise as Self
2005Sonic Youth: Live at Eurockéennes
2005Last Days as Record Executive
2004(This Is Known as) The Blues Scale as Self
2004Sonic Youth: Corporate Ghost
2003Sonic Youth: Live at Soundstage as Performer
2003Sonic Youth: Koncertas Stan Brakhage Prisiminimui (April 12, 2003)
2003Jimmy Kimmel Live! as Self
2002Sonic Youth: Rockpalast 2002
2001Kiss My Grits: The Herstory of Women in Punk and Hard Rock as Self
2000Sonic Youth: Live in São Paulo 2000
2000Gilmore Girls as Cool Mom Troubadour
2000Silver Rockets Kool Things - 20 Years of Sonic Youth as Self
1998Free Tibet as Self - Sonic Youth
1998Sonic Youth: Festival Internacional de Benicàssim
1998Sonic Youth: Rockpalast 1998
1996Sonic Youth: Rocknacht - Live In Dusseldorf 1996
1995The State's 43rd Annual All-Star Halloween Special as Self
1995Sonic Youth: Screaming Fields of Sonic Love
1995Sonic Youth: Blood on the Beach as Self
1995X-Girl as interviewer
1994Nirvana: Live! Tonight! Sold Out!! as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
1994Freaks, Nerds & Weirdos as Self
1994No Alternative Girls as Herself
1993Changing Fashions
1993Sonic Youth: Live at Campo Pequeno Lisboa
1993Grunge Pedal
19921991: The Year Punk Broke as Self
1991Skeeno H.C. Rules
1991Goo as Self
1991Notebook
1989Weatherman '69 as Bernadine Dohrn
1988Sonic Youth: 930 Club
1988Put More Blood Into the Music as Herself
1988Lou Believers as Herself
1986Sonic Youth: Mississippi Nights, St. Louis
1986Sublapse Video Mag 1
1986Submit to Me
1985Sonic Youth: Gila Monster Jamboree
1975Saturday Night Live as Self - Cameo (uncredited)
1959The Grammys as Self
—Tibetan Freedom Concert
—Sonic Youth - Gila Monster Jamboree - January 5, 1985
—Sonic Youth: Tibetan Freedom Concert 1996