Alanis Morissette

Alanis Morissette is one of the most influential singer-songwriter-musicians/artists in contemporary music. Her deeply expressive music and performances have earned vast critical praise, 14 Canadian Juno Awards, seven Grammy® Awards (with an additional 14 nominations), two Golden Globe nominations, a BRIT Award, and sales of over 75 million albums worldwide. Her debut album, Jagged Little Pill, was followed by nine more eclectic and critically acclaimed albums, all of which continue to influence and inspire fans and fellow artists alike. Her artistic impact can also be seen via Jagged Little Pill, the Musical, which made its Broadway debut in December 2019, was nominated for 15 Tony Awards, with two wins, and continues to tour globally. Alanis was inducted into the Canadian Music Hall of Fame and, most recently, The Canadian Songwriter Hall of Fame. Alanis has acted on the big and small screens both comedically and dramatically with roles in Curb Your Enthusiasm, Dogma, Sex and the City, Weeds and Up All Night, among many others. She is currently starring in Fox’s sitcom The Great North.

Alanis’ influence can be felt not only in music, as she is also a dedicated supporter and student of spiritual, psychological and physical wholeness, which includes addiction and trauma recovery, female empowerment and the advancement of a more “whole” approach to children’s education. In 2016, she launched Conversation with Alanis Morissette, a podcast that features conversations with a variety of revered authors, doctors, educators and therapists, covering a wide range of psychosocial topics extending from spirituality to developmentalism to art.

As an independent scholar, Alanis has developed her own learning models and practices, integrating and distilling her research, knowledge and experience into teachings that combine her clearly articulated (and often channeled) go-right-for-the jugular insights with profound empathy. Facilitating her message through performances, writing, interviews, teachings and public speaking, Alanis has shared the stage with some of today’s great thinkers and change agents, including Oprah Winfrey, Arianna Huffington, Neale Donald Walsch, Richard Schwartz, Gabor Mate, Ken Wilber, Harville Hendrix, John Gottman and others. She has contributed her writing to a variety of forums, including a weekly column in The Guardian, Time Magazine and The New York Times. Alanis, additionally, leads workshops online and at learning institutions such as UCLA, Omega Institute, Esalen and 1440 Multiversity, and participates in a variety of keynote speaking engagements worldwide.

A dedicated charitable activist, Alanis has supported numerous causes that focus on empowerment, art, psychological/spiritual healing, relationships and environmental causes, ultimately earning her a Global Tolerance Award from the United Nations. Alanis was also honored with the Rock the Vote’s Patrick Lippert Award for her dedication to causes making the world safer for young people, including the benefit concert Groundwork, for The Act to Reduce Hunger, as well as several fundraisers for gun control and 9/11 relief.