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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Known For

Jimmy Kimmel Live!

Self

Gilmore Girls

Cool Mom Troubadour

Gossip Girl

Kim Gordon

Saturday Night Live

Self - Cameo (uncredited)

Portlandia

Kim Gordon

Everybody's Live with John Mulaney

Self - Musical Guest

Party Legends

Last Days

Record Executive

Filmography

Year	Movie	Role
2025	Bad Painter	Interviewer
2025	The Chronology of Water
2025	FireAid Benefit Concert	Self
2025	Pavements	Self (uncredited)
2024	Born Innocent: The Redd Kross Story
2024	Picture Window	Kim Gordon
2024	A Proposal for A Dance	Self
2024	12341 Branford St. Sun Valley	Self
2024	Los Angeles June 6	Self
2021	Freakscene: The Story of Dinosaur Jr.	herself
2020	Sonic Youth: From The Basement	self
2019	Daydream Nation
2019	Sonic Youth: NYC and Beyond
2019	SY NYC 12/12/01: The Demonlover Sessions	Self
2018	Don't Worry, He Won't Get Far on Foot	Corky
2017	Queercore: How to Punk a Revolution	Self
2016	Ed Ruscha: Buildings and Words	Self
2015	The Nightmare	Teacher
2015	Girls in Bands at the BBC	Self (archive footage)
2013	The Punk Singer	Self
2013	Une Danse Des Bouffons	Maria Martins
2013	I'm Now: The Story of Mudhoney
2012	The Hardcore Collection	(archive footage)
2011	Sonic Youth: Live at SWU Festival 2011
2010	Rappin' With The Rickster	Self
2010	Sonic Youth & The Black Keys: Live at Austin City Limits 2011
2009	From The Basement	Self - Sonic Youth
2008	New York Rock at the BBC	Self - Sonic Youth
2007	I'm Not There	Carla Hendricks
2007	Boarding Gate	Kay
2007	Dinosaur Jr: Live in the Middle East	Herself
2007	365 Day Project
2006	Cut Shorts
2006	Noise	Self
2006	Her Noise - The Making Of
2005	Last Days	Record Executive
2005	Sonic Youth: Live at Eurockéennes
2004	Sonic Youth: Corporate Ghost
2004	(This Is Known as) The Blues Scale	Self
2003	Sonic Youth: Koncertas Stan Brakhage Prisiminimui (April 12, 2003)
2003	Sonic Youth: Live at Soundstage	Performer
2002	Sonic Youth: Rockpalast 2002
2001	Kiss My Grits: The Herstory of Women in Punk and Hard Rock	Self
2000	Silver Rockets/Kool Things: 20 Years of Sonic Youth
2000	Sonic Youth: Live in Rio 2000
1998	Free Tibet	Self - Sonic Youth
1998	Sonic Youth: Rockpalast 1998
1996	Sonic Youth: Rocknacht - Live In Dusseldorf 1996
1995	Blood on the Beach	Self
1995	The State's 43rd Annual All-Star Halloween Special	Self
1995	X-Girl	interviewer
1994	No Alternative Girls	Herself
1994	Freaks, Nerds & Weirdos	Self
1993	Grunge Pedal
1993	Changing Fashions
1992	1991: The Year Punk Broke	Self
1991	Notebook
1991	Goo	Self
1991	Skeeno H.C. Rules
1989	Weatherman '69	Bernadine Dohrn
1988	Put More Blood Into the Music	Herself
1988	Lou Believers	Herself
1986	Death Valley '69
1986	Sublapse Video Mag 1
1986	Submit to Me
1985	Sonic Youth: Gila Monster Jamboree
	Sonic Youth - Gila Monster Jamboree - January 5, 1985

Year	TV Show	Role
2025	Everybody's Live with John Mulaney	Self - Musical Guest
2016	Party Legends
2011	Portlandia	Kim Gordon
2007	Gossip Girl	Kim Gordon
2003	Jimmy Kimmel Live!	Self
2000	Gilmore Girls	Cool Mom Troubadour
1975	Saturday Night Live	Self - Cameo (uncredited)
1959	The Grammys	Self