| Avril Lavigne  AKA Avril Ramona Lavigne
Born: 27-Sep-1984
Birthplace: Napanee, Ontario, Canada
Gender: Female
Race or Ethnicity: White
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation: Singer Nationality: Canada
Executive summary: Manufactured pop star Avril Lavigne is a pop-punk singer who scored a hit in 2002 with her bubble-gum ballad, "Sk8er Boi", later the basis of a feature film.
As a child she sang in her church choir, and by junior high she taught herself to play her dad's guitar. She competed in talent contests, sang (mostly country music) at local fairs, and signed a recording contract at 16. The headstrong Lavigne rejected several of the songs and songwriters her label lined up for her first album, and apparently her instincts were wise. Her debut album, Let Go, was a multiplatinum hit, making a millionaire of the high school dropout. In posed publicity shots she rarely smiles, and often seems to growl beneath her sneer.
She is often described as a skater-punk, but she says she's only a fair skateboarder, and "I never claimed to be punk". True punks probably don't do mall tours, but Lavigne did for years, and she had a recurring role on Sabrina the Teenaged Witch. When the 2003 Grammy nominations were announced, they had Lavigne help read the names, and she mispronounced David Bowie's last name (rhyming with Maui instead of showy). She explained that she had never heard of him.
Father: John Lavigne
Mother: Judy Lavigne
Sister: Michelle Lavigne
Brother: Matthew Lavigne
Husband: Deryck Whibley (m. 15-Jul-2006)
High School: (dropped out)
French-Canadian Ancestry
Risk Factors: Smoking
FILMOGRAPHY AS ACTOR
The Flock (13-Sep-2007)
Fast Food Nation (19-May-2006)
Over the Hedge (29-Apr-2006) [VOICE]
Going the Distance (20-Aug-2004) Herself
Official Website:
http://www.avril-lavigne.com/
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