Britta Phillips

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Britta Phillips
Phillips performing in New York City in June 2007
Background information
Born	June 11, 1963 Boyne City, Michigan, United States
Associated acts	Dean Wareham, Luna

Britta Phillips (born June 11, 1963, Boyne City, Michigan) is an American musician. She was a member of the band Luna from 2001 to 2005. Since then, Phillips has released albums with fellow Luna bandmate (and husband) Dean Wareham (see Dean and Britta). Wareham and Phillips have also written score pieces for the Noah Baumbach film The Squid and the Whale and the Morgan J. Freeman film Just Like the Son. Their song "Knives From Bavaria" (Sonic Souvenirs) appears in the Olivier Assayas film, Clean, (starring Maggie Cheung). Their song "Your baby" appears in the italian movie "A/R Andata e Ritorno" directed by Marco Ponti.

Britta's first acting job was as the singing voice of the lead character in the 1985 animated series Jem, opposite actress and singer Samantha Newark, who provided Jem's speaking voice. She then co-starred in the movie, Satisfaction (1988) with Julia Roberts, Liam Neeson, Debbie Harry & Scott Coffey. She currently voices various characters for the Adult Swim series Moral Orel (created by Dino Stamatopoulos).

In 2007, Britta produced and recorded a cover of Neil Young's "I Am A Child" for the American Laundromat Records benefit CD Cinnamon Girl - Women Artists Cover Neil Young For Charity. Other contributing artists included Lori McKenna, Tanya Donelly, Josie Cotton, Kristin Hersh, and The Watson Twins.

[edit] Selected filmography

Tell Me Do You Miss Me

[edit] Selected discography

Dean & Britta	Britta Phillips & Dean Wareham	Luna	Belltower
Back Numbers (2007)	L'Avventura (2003)	Rendezvous (2004)	Popdropper (1992)
Words You Used to Say EP (2007)	Sonic Souvenirs (remix mini LP) (2003)	Romantica (2002)	Flight EP (1992)
		Close Cover Before Striking EP (2002)	Lost In Hollow EP (1991)
		Luna Live! (2001)	Outshine The Sun EP (1991)