Lenka

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Template:Short description Script error: No such module "about". Template:Use Australian English Template:Use dmy dates Script error: No such module "Infobox".Template:Template otherScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Lenka Eden Kripac (born 19 March 1978) is an Australian singer-songwriter and actress best known for her song "The Show", from her debut album, Lenka. "The Show" has been used in numerous advertisements, most notably for Old Navy, as well as the Nickelodeon film Angus, Thongs and Perfect Snogging and the 2011 film Moneyball.[1] Her song "Everything at Once" was used in a Windows 8 television advertisement and in a Disney Studio All Access commercial.[2] Her fifth studio album, Attune, was released in 2017.[3]

Early life

The daughter of Czechoslovak jazz trumpet musician Jiří Křipač[4] and an Australian schoolteacher, Eden, Lenka was raised in the Australian coastal town of Bega until age seven, when her family moved to Sydney. There she received her schooling, acting and music training, and started to work as a highly regarded theatre actress and later musician.[5]

Career

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Lenka at the Hotel Cafe Tour at Doug Fir in Portland, Oregon

1994–2007: Early years

As a teenager, Lenka studied acting at the Australian Theatre for Young People,[6] where she trained with actress Cate Blanchett.[7] Lenka starred in the Australian ABC-TV drama series GP as Vesna Kapek in the 1990s. She also hosted Cheez TV and has guest starred in other Australian TV series, including Home and Away, Wildside, Head Start, and Spellbinder. She appeared in Australian feature films The Dish and Lost Things, as well as in theatre productions.[7] Lenka provided the vocals for two tracks on Paul Mac's 2005 album Panic Room, including its title track. She also served a member of the Australian electronic-rock crossover band Decoder Ring for two of their albums between 2004 and 2005. She then moved to California in 2007.[5]

2008–2012: Self-titled debut album

After adopting her first name as her sole artistic name, Lenka released her eponymous debut album on 24 September 2008, with "The Show" (produced by Stuart Brawley) chosen to be the first single release from the set.[8] The album peaked at number 142 on the US Billboard 200. Her song "Everything at Once" was featured in a Windows 8 ad, becoming a worldwide success.[9] 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.[4] She provided vocals on two tracks ("Addicted" and "Sunrise") on German artist Schiller's album Atemlos, released in Germany on 12 March 2010.

In 2011, Lenka released her second album Two which was inspired by her engagement and is full of romantic love songs. Despite a warm critical reception,[10] the album failed to match the success of her debut album, with Two reaching peak chart positions of 69 and 88 on the Belgian and Swiss charts respectively.[11][12] Her third album Shadows was released in 2013, following the birth of her son.

2015–present: Subsequent releases

Lenka's fourth studio album The Bright Side, was released in 2015 and the most featured single in this album became "Blue Skies".[13] A remix version of the song, released on the YouTube remix channel Trap Nation, has over 30 million views on YouTube.[14] Her fifth studio album, Attune, was released in 2017 and contains the track "Heal", which was created in cooperation with Australian singer and author Sally Seltmann.[3] Her most played songs on BBC are "All My Bells Are Ringing", "We Will Not Grow Old", "Everything at Once", "Don't Let Me Fall", and "Trouble Is a Friend".[15] In 2023 released her sixth studio album, Intraspectral. In 2025, Lenka began the Magenta Tour starting in China.

Personal life

Lenka currently resides in regional New South Wales, Australia. She is married to visual artist James Gulliver Hancock.[16] She announced on 27 September 2011 that she was pregnant.[17] In March 2012, she announced on Twitter that she had given birth to a boy named Quinn. In 2016, she gave birth to her daughter, Etta.[18][19]

Filmography

Film

Year Title Role Notes
2000 The Dish Marie McIntyre Feature film
2004 Lost Things Emily Feature film

Television

Year Title Role Notes
1994 Home and Away Francine 'Frankie' Brooks TV series, 10 episodes
1995–1997 Spellbinder Josie TV miniseries, 5 episodes
1995–1996 G.P. Vesna Kapek TV series, seasons 7–8, 23 episodes
1995–2005 Cheez TV Host TV series
1997 Medivac Nikki Kershaw TV series, season 2, 3 episodes
1998 Wildside Jasmine Yakabovich TV series, season 1, episode 11
2000 Above the Law Dee Anne Williams TV series, season 1, 5 ep
Murder Call Lily Aureli TV series, season 3, episode 15: "Last Act"
2001 All Saints Erin Shanahan TV series, season 4, episode 19: "Can You Hear Me?"
Head Start Lucy Swain TV miniseries, 5 episodes
2005 The Alice Sally Fleming TV miniseries, 2 episodes

Theatre

Year Title Role Notes
1993 The Garden of Granddaughters Wharf Theatre, Sydney with Playbox Theatre Company & STC
2002 Blue Window Darlinghurst Theatre, Sydney
2002 Progress Old Fitzroy Theatre, Sydney with Cabin Crew Theatre
2004 Tales from the Arabian Nights Laycock Street Theatre, Gosford with Kim Carpenter’s Theatre of Image

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Discography

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References

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