Courtney Michelle Love (born
Courtney Michelle Harrison, July 9, 1964) is an American
rock singer, songwriter, actress, and visual artist. Prolific in the
punk and
grunge scenes of the 1990s as the frontwoman of
Hole, Love became a fixture in alternative music, drawing public attention for her uninhibited stage presence and confrontational lyrics, as well as her highly publicized personal life following her marriage to
Kurt Cobain.