- Born
- Birth nameAnn Griselda Lennox
- Height5′ 9″ (1.75 m)
- Annie Lennox was born on December 25, 1954 in Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, UK. She is a music artist and actress, known for The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003), Scrooged (1988) and Bram Stoker's Dracula (1992). She has been married to Mitch Besser since September 15, 2012. She was previously married to Uri Fruchtmann and Radha Raman.
- SpousesMitch Besser(September 15, 2012 - present)Uri Fruchtmann(July 15, 1988 - July 19, 2000) (divorced, 3 children)Radha Raman(March 14, 1984 - May 2, 1985) (divorced)
- ParentsThomas Allison LennoxDorothy Lennox
- Very short haircut
- An androgynous appearance.
- Deep contralto voice
- Was with Eurythmics. She has a four-octave voice.
- Her closest friend is The Pretenders' lead singer Chrissie Hynde.
- To date (2010), Lennox is the most successful female recording artist in UK music history, with more than 80 million worldwide record sales as both a vocalist with the Eurythmics and as a solo artist.
- Left Eurythmics in 1990 to work with the homeless, and did not speak to David A. Stewart again until 1997, after the death of a mutual friend. In 1999 they reunited for The Eurythmics' "Peace" album.
- As of 2009, she has sold over 80 million albums.
- [on being private about her life] What did you expect? I'm human; I feel what anybody else feels. There is a big difference between what I do onstage and what I do in my private life. I don't put my living room on magazine pages. I'm not intensely private - I talk a great deal about my life and my work - I just don't play the game to excess.
- Historically, the image of women in pop music has been so totally ornamental - sexual, but predictably so. It's hard to tell how far women's individuality has come in the past twenty years. Certainly, if you look at the pop charts as a measuring stick, you'd think it hasn't come far at all. But women do feel less like victims now than they did twenty years ago. At heart I'm a feminist, but I'm also a feminist for men. Men should be liberated from the roles that are foisted on them also.
- I love to be individual, to step beyond gender.
- On being awarded the OBE: As somewhat of a renegade, it either means I've done something terribly right--or they've done something terribly wrong. In any case, whatever powers that be have deemed me worthy of such a recognition, I'm getting my fake leopard pillbox hat dusted and ready.
- If people like your music you can't guarantee they're going to love you.
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