Morissette was born on June 1, 1974, atRiverside Hospital inOttawa, Ontario, Canada,[11]: 4 [12] the daughter of Georgia Mary Ann (née Feuerstein) and Alan Richard Morissette.[13] Her elder brother, Chad (born 1971), is an entrepreneur,[14] and her twin brother,Wade (12 minutes elder), is a musician.[15][16] Alan is ofFrench andIrish descent, while Georgia, who fledHungary during theanti-Soviet uprising in 1956,[11] hasJewish ancestry.[17] Morissette ethnically identifies as "a quarter Jewish".[18] On a 2024 episode of the American documentary television seriesFinding Your Roots, Morissette stated that Alan and Georgia had never told their children about the family's Jewish ancestry; Morissette did not discover it until her late 20s.[19][20]
Morissette is known for her emotivemezzo-soprano voice and confessional songwriting.[30][31][32] She recorded her first demo called "Fate Stay with Me", produced by Lindsay Thomas Morgan at Marigold Studios in Toronto, and engineered byRich Dodson of Canadian classic rock bandThe Stampeders.[33] A second demo tape was recorded on cassette in August 1989 and sent toGeffen Records, but the tape has never been heard as it was stolen, among other records, in a burglary of the label's headquarters in October 1989.
In 1992, Morisette released her second album,Now Is the Time, aballad-driven record that featured less glitzy production thanAlanis and contained more thoughtful lyrics.[35] She wrote the songs with its producer, Leslie Howe, and Serge Côté. She said of the album, "People could go, 'Boo, hiss, hiss, this girl's like anotherTiffany or whatever.' But the way I look at it... people will like your next album if it's a kick-ass one."[36] As withAlanis,Now Is the Time was released only in Canada and produced three top 40 singles—"An Emotion Away", the minoradult contemporary hit "No Apologies" as well as "(Change Is) Never a Waste of Time". The industry considered it a commercial failure since it sold only a little more than half the copies of her first album.[35][39] By Morissette's account, she was dropped by MCA Canada thereafter as her musical identity was shifting in a direction that they weren't interested in developing.[40]
1994–1999:Jagged Little Pill andSupposed Former Infatuation Junkie
In 1993, Morissette's publisher Leeds Levy at MCA Music Publishing introduced her to the manager Scott Welch.[41] Welch toldHitQuarters he was impressed by her "spectacular" voice, her character and her lyrics. At the time she was still living with her parents. Together they decided it would be best for her career to move to Toronto and start writing with other people.[41] After graduating from high school, Morissette moved from Ottawa to Toronto.[35] Her publisher funded part of her development and she spent her time there composing and rehearsing with a number of other musicians, looking to find a songwriting partner for her next album. Although a number of songs came out of these sessions, none would make an album cut and no lasting partnerships were formed.[35][41]
After Morissette moved to Los Angeles, she met the producer and songwriterGlen Ballard, who believed in her talent enough to let her use his studio. They wrote songs together, with him supporting her sound rather than trying to shape or mold it to his own tastes.[35][41] In her newfound freeness of creative spirit, they wrote and recorded Morissette's first internationally released album,Jagged Little Pill, and in 1995 she signed a deal with Maverick Records. According to Welch, every other label they approached declined to sign her.[41]
Maverick Records releasedJagged Little Pill internationally in June 1995. It was expected only to sell enough for Morissette to make a follow-up, but the situation improved quickly whenKROQ-FM, an influential Los Angelesmodern rock radio station, began playing "You Oughta Know", the first single, featuringFlea andDave Navarro from theRed Hot Chili Peppers.[42] The song instantly garnered attention for its scathing, explicit lyrics,[35] and a subsequent music video went into heavy rotation on MTV andMuchMusic. In a 2008 interview,Dave Coulier said he was the ex-boyfriend who inspired "You Oughta Know"; in the 2021 documentaryJagged, Morissette denied it is about him.[43][44][45] In a 2019 appearance onWatch What Happens Live, Morissette mentioned that multiple people have taken credit for being the inspiration behind her song "You Oughta Know". She stated, "I just think: If you're going to take credit for a song where I'm singing about someone being a douche or an asshole, you might not want to say, 'Hey! That's me!'" She described the song as being written out of "devastation", reflecting a range of emotions that women often feel but are told to suppress, such as anger and sadness.[46]
After the success of "You Oughta Know", the album's other hits helped sendJagged Little Pill to the top of the charts. "All I Really Want" and "Hand in My Pocket" followed, and the fourth U.S. single, "Ironic", became Morissette's biggest hit. "You Learn" and "Head over Feet", the fifth and sixth singles, keptJagged Little Pill (1995) in the top 20 on theBillboard 200 albums chart for more than a year.Jagged Little Pill sold more than 16 million copies in the U.S.; it sold 33 million worldwide,[47] making it the second biggest-selling album by a female artist (behindShania Twain'sCome On Over).[48][49]
Morissette's popularity grew significantly in Canada, where the album was certified twelve times platinum[34] and produced fourRPM chart-toppers: "Hand in My Pocket", "Ironic", "You Learn", and "Head over Feet". The album was also a bestseller in Australia and the United Kingdom.[50][51]
Following the tour, Morissette began practicingIyengar Yoga for balance. After the last December 1996 show, she went to India for six weeks, accompanied by Georgia, two aunts and two friends.[60] The trip left her with an indelible impression and set the cornerstone for the concept of her next album.[61]
In November 1998, Morissette released her fourth album,Supposed Former Infatuation Junkie, which she wrote and co-produced with Glen Ballard. The label hoped to sell 1 million copies of the album on initial release;[64] instead, it debuted at number one on theBillboard 200 chart with first-week sales of 469,000 copies—a record, at the time, for the highest first-week sales of an album by a female artist.[65] The wordy, personal lyrics onSupposed Former Infatuation Junkie alienated many fans, and after the album sold considerably less thanJagged Little Pill (1995), many labelled it an example of thesophomore jinx.[35][66] It received positive reviews, including a four-star review fromRolling Stone.[67] In Canada, it won the Juno Award forBest Album and was certified four times platinum.[34][68] "Thank U", the album's only major international hit single, was released in October 1998 and was nominated for the2000 Grammy Award forBest Female Pop Vocal Performance; the music video, which featured Morissette nude, generated mild controversy.[64][69] She directed the videos for "Unsent" and "So Pure", which won, respectively, theMuchMusic Video Award forBest Director and theJuno Award for Video of the Year.[68][70]
Morissette contributed vocals to four tracks onJonathan Elias's projectThe Prayer Cycle, which was released in 1999, where she paid homage to her roots by singing in Hungarian on "Mercy" and "Faith", and in French on "Hope" and "Innocence". The same year, she released the live acoustic albumAlanis Unplugged, which was recorded during her appearance on the television showMTV Unplugged. It featured tracks from her previous two albums alongside four new songs, including "King of Pain" (a cover ofThe Police song) and "No Pressure over Cappuccino", which she wrote with her main guitar player, Nick Lashley. The recording of theSupposed Former Infatuation Junkie track "That I Would Be Good", released as a single, became a minor hit onhot adult contemporary radio in America. Also in 1999, Morissette released a live version of her song "Are You Still Mad" on the charity albumLive in the X Lounge II. For her live rendition of "So Pure" atWoodstock '99, she was nominated for Best Female Rock Vocal Performance at the2001 Grammy Awards.[71] During the summer of 1999, Morissette toured with singer-songwriterTori Amos on the5 and a Half Weeks Tour in support of Amos' albumTo Venus and Back (1999).
In 2001, Morissette was featured withStephanie McKay on theTricky song "Excess", which is on his albumBlowback. She released her fifth studio album,Under Rug Swept, in February 2002. For the first time in her career, she took on the role of sole writer and producer of an album. Her band, comprisingJoel Shearer, Nick Lashley, Chris Chaney, and Gary Novak, played the majority of the instruments; additional contributions came fromEric Avery,Dean DeLeo,Flea, andMeshell Ndegeocello.
Under Rug Swept debuted at number one on theBillboard 200 chart, eventually going platinum in Canada and selling one million copies in the U.S.[34][72] It produced the hit single "Hands Clean", which topped theCanadian Singles Chart and received substantial radio play; for her work on "Hands Clean" and "So Unsexy", Morissette won aJuno Award for Producer of the Year.[73] A second single, "Precious Illusions", was released, but it did not garner significant success outside Canada or U.S. hot AC radio.
Later in 2002, Morissette released the combination packageFeast on Scraps, which includes a DVD of live concert and backstage documentary footage directed by her and a CD containing eight previously unreleased songs from theUnder Rug Swept recording sessions. Preceded by the single "Simple Together", it sold roughly 70,000 copies in the U.S. and was nominated for aJuno Award for Music DVD of the Year.[72][74]
Morissette performing in 2008
Morissette hosted theJuno Awards of 2004 dressed in a bathrobe, which she took off to reveal a flesh-colored bodysuit, a response to the era of censorship in the U.S. caused byJanet Jackson's breast-flash incident during theSuper Bowl XXXVIII halftime show.[75] She released her sixth studio album,So-Called Chaos, in May 2004.[29] She wrote the songs on her own again, and co-produced the album withTim Thorney and pop music producerJohn Shanks. The album debuted at number five on theBillboard 200 chart to generally mixed critical reviews, and it became Morissette's lowest seller in the U.S. and was her first album not to top the chart.[72] The lead single, "Everything", achieved major success onAdult Top 40 radio in America and was moderately popular elsewhere, particularly in Canada, although it failed to reach the top 40 on the U.S.Hot 100. Because the first line of the song includes the word "asshole", American radio stations refused to play it, and the single version was changed to include the word "nightmare" instead.[75] Unhappy that U.S. radio networks had required her to change a word in the song, Canadian radio played the unaltered version, with her stating at the 2004 Juno Awards in Canada: "Well, I am overjoyed to be back in my homeland, the true North, strong and censor-free."[76] Two other singles, "Out Is Through" and "Eight Easy Steps", fared considerably worse, although a dancemix of "Eight Easy Steps" was a U.S. club hit. Morissette embarked on a U.S. summer tour with long-time friends and fellow CanadiansBarenaked Ladies, working with the non-profit environmental organizationReverb.[77]
To commemorate the 10th anniversary ofJagged Little Pill (1995), Morissette released a studioacoustic version,Jagged Little Pill Acoustic, in June 2005. The album was released exclusively throughStarbucks'Hear Music retail concept through their coffee shops for a six-week run. The limited availability led to a dispute between Maverick Records andHMV Canada, who retaliated by removing Morissette's other albums from sale for the duration of Starbucks's exclusive six-week sale.[78][79] As of November 2010[update],Jagged Little Pill Acoustic had sold 372,000 copies in the U.S.,[72] and a video for "Hand in My Pocket" received rotation onVH1 in America. The accompanying tour ran for two months in mid-2005, with Morissette playing small theatre venues. During the same period, she was inducted into Canada's Walk of Fame.[80] She opened forThe Rolling Stones for a few dates of theirA Bigger Bang Tour in fall 2005.[81]
Morissette released thegreatest hits albumAlanis Morissette: The Collection in late 2005. The lead single and only new track, a cover ofSeal's "Crazy", was an Adult Top 40 and dance hit in the U.S., but achieved only minimal chart success elsewhere. A limited edition ofThe Collection features a DVD including a documentary with videos of two unreleased songs from Morissette's 1996 Can't Not Tour: "King of Intimidation" and "Can't Not". (A reworked version of "Can't Not" had also appeared onSupposed Former Infatuation Junkie.) It also includes a ninety-second clip of the unreleased video for the single "Joining You". As of November 2010[update],The Collection had sold 373,000 copies in the U.S., according toNielsen SoundScan.[72] That same year, Morissette contributed the song "Wunderkind" to the soundtrack of the filmThe Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, and she was nominated for aGolden Globe Award forBest Original Song.[82]
2006 marked the first year in Morissette's musical career without a single concert appearance showcasing her own songs, with the exception of an appearance onThe Tonight Show with Jay Leno in January when she performed "Wunderkind".
On April 1, 2007, Morissette released a tongue-in-cheek cover ofThe Black Eyed Peas's selection "My Humps", which she recorded in a slow, mournful voice, accompanied only by a piano. The accompanying YouTube-hosted video, in which she dances provocatively with a group of men and hits the ones who act as if attempting to touch her breasts, had received 16,465,653 views as of February 15, 2009.[83] She did not take any interviews for a time to explain the song, and it was theorized that she did it as anApril Fools' Day joke.[84] Black Eyed Peas vocalistStacy "Fergie" Ferguson responded by sending Morissette a buttocks-shaped cake with an approving note.[85] On the verge of the release of her following album, she finally elaborated on how the video came to be, citing that she became very much emotionally loaded while recording her new songs one after the other and one day she wished she could do a simple song like "My Humps" and the joke just took a life of its own.[83]
In early 2008, Morissette participated in a tour withMatchbox Twenty andMutemath as a special guest. Her seventh studio album,Flavors of Entanglement, which was produced byGuy Sigsworth, was released in mid-2008. She has said that the album was created out of her grief after her breakup withRyan Reynolds, saying "it was cathartic."[87] She stated that in late 2008, she would embark on a North American headlining tour, but in the meantime she would be promoting the album internationally by performing at shows and festivals and making television and radio appearances. The album's first single was "Underneath", a video for which was submitted to the 2007 Elevate Film Festival, the purpose of which festival was to create documentaries, music videos, narratives and shorts regarding subjects to raise the level of human consciousness on the earth.[88] On October 3, 2008, she released the video for her latest single, "Not as We".[89] She said the album was created out of her grief after splitting up with Reynolds, and the song "Torch" was written about him.[90]She has also recorded a cover of the 1984Willie Nelson andJulio Iglesias hit, "To All the Girls I've Loved Before", re-written as "To All the Boys I've Loved Before".[91] Nelson played rhythm guitar on the recording.[91] In April 2010, she released the song "I Remain", which she wrote for thePrince of Persia: The Sands of Time soundtrack. On May 26, 2010, the season finale ofAmerican Idol, she performed a duet of "You Oughta Know" with Runner UpCrystal Bowersox.[92] She left Maverick Records after all promotion forFlavors was completed.
Morissette signing autographs for fans, 2011
On November 20, 2011, she appeared at theAmerican Music Awards. When asked about the new album during a short interview, she said she had recorded 31 songs, and that the album would "likely be out next year, probably [in] summertime".[93] On December 21, 2011, she performed a duet of "Uninvited" with finalist Josh Krajcik during the performance finale of the X-Factor.
Morissette embarked on aEuropean tour for summer 2012, according to Alanis.com. In early May 2012, a new song called "Magical Child" appeared on aStarbucks compilation calledEvery Mother Counts.[94]
On May 2, 2012, Morissette revealed through her Facebook account that her eighth studio album, entitledHavoc and Bright Lights, would be released in August 2012, on new label Collective Sounds, distributed by Sony's RED Distribution.[95] On the same day,Billboard specified the date as August 28 and revealed the album would contain twelve tracks. Its lead single, "Guardian", was released on iTunes on May 15, 2012, and hit the radio airwaves four days prior to this.[96] The single had minor success in North America, charting theBillboardBubbling Under Hot 100 Singles in the US and almost reaching the top 40 in Canada. It was a hit in several European countries.
Morissette performing at Espacio Movistar 8 in Barcelona, 2013
In celebration of the twentieth anniversary of the release ofJagged Little Pill, a new four-disc collector's edition was released on October 30, 2015. The four-disc edition includes remastered audio of the original album as well as an entire disc of 10 unreleased demos from the era, handpicked by Morissette from her archives, offering a deeper and more personal look at the classic album. Also included is a previously unreleased concert from 1995 as well as 2005'sJagged Little Pill Acoustic.[100]
On March 16, 2018, Morissette performed a new song called "Ablaze" during her 2018 tour. In October 2018, she revealed on social media that she had written 23 new songs,[102] and hinted at a new album with hashtag "#alanismorissettenewrecord2019",[103] after a six-year hiatus. Song titles from the writing session include "Reckoning", "Diagnosis", "Her" and "Legacy". On May 5, 2018,Jagged Little Pill, ajukebox musical featuring Morissette's songs, premiered in Cambridge, Massachusetts, at theAmerican Repertory Theater.[104] Morissette contributed two new songs to the musical, "Smiling" and "Predator". It transferred toBroadway in fall 2019, starting previews on November 3 and opening on December 5 at theBroadhurst Theatre.[105] It received fifteenTony Award nominations, the most of any productionthat season.[106] It also won aGrammy Award for Best Musical Theater Album at the63rd Annual Grammy Awards,[107] including Morissette being the principal lyricist and co-composer.[107]
2020–present:Such Pretty Forks in the Road andThe Storm Before the Calm
In June 2019, Morissette went into the studio in Los Angeles. According to an interview, she had written all the songs, and "Smiling" would be included on the new album, likely to be released early 2020.[108] On August 8, 2019, she revealed that the new album was produced byAlex Hope andCatherine Marks. On December 1, 2019, she announced her first studio album in eight years,Such Pretty Forks in the Road, set for release on May 1, 2020. The first single off the record, "Reasons I Drink", was released on December 2, 2019.[109] Morissette was featured onHalsey's song "Alanis' Interlude", released on January 17, 2020. On February 5, 2020, she revealed that her upcoming album was mixed byChris Dugan.[110] The second single from the album, "Smiling", was released on February 20, 2020. On April 15, 2020, Morissette announced that the album's release would be postponed due to concerns over theCOVID-19 pandemic.[111] It was released on July 31, 2020.[112]
She was originally scheduled to embark on a world tour for the 25th anniversary ofJagged Little Pill in June 2020 withGarbage andLiz Phair, both of whom already opened for Morissette in 1999 duringJunkie Tour. The latter cancelled her shows in North America and was replaced byCat Power.[113] Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the tour was postponed to summer 2021. It then sprawled for the next two years, including some dates in the Philippines for the first time after 27 years.Beth Orton joined the UK and Europe leg of the summer tour 2022.[114]Aimee Mann andFeist were confirmed as special guests in summer 2023 in the North American dates.[115][116] On May 18, 2022, Morissette premiered the new track "Safety—Empath in Paradise". The new album of meditation music titledThe Storm Before the Calm was released on June 17, 2022.[117] The record was co-written with and produced byDave Harrington, known for his work in the electronic music duoDarkside.[118] On April 14, 2023, Morissette released a new song "No Return", which is a cover version of the theme song forYellowjackets TV series.[119]
In an interview toVariety magazine, Morissette revealed that she would start working on recording a new album in 2024.[120][121] In November 2023, she also announced The Triple Moon Tour with 33 live dates in the United States for the summer 2024 with theJoan Jett and the Blackhearts as support act, commemorating the 25th anniversary of theSupposed Former Infatuation Junkie album.[122] On January 30, 2024, she was awarded with the Luminary of the Year prize for the outstanding contribution to the music, at the 1st annual Resonator Awards, organized by We Are Moving the Needle, a non-profit organization that aims to empower women producers and engineers.[123]
On August 8, 2025, Morissette released a new single called "Coming Around Again", which is a duet withCarly Simon, who originally performed the song.
In late 2003, Morissette appeared in theOff-Broadway playThe Exonerated as Sunny Jacobs, adeath row inmate freed after proof surfaced that she was innocent. In April 2006,MTV News reported that she would reprise her role inThe Exonerated in London from May 23 until May 28.[135] She expanded her acting credentials with the July 2004 release of theCole Porter biographical filmDe-Lovely, in which she performed the song "Let's Do It (Let's Fall in Love)" and had a brief role as an anonymous stage performer. In February 2005, she made a guest appearance on the Canadian television showDegrassi: The Next Generation withDogma co-starJason Mewes and director Kevin Smith. Also in 2005, she, then engaged to Ryan Reynolds, made acameo appearance as "herself" as a former client of Reynolds' character in the filmJust Friends. This scene was deleted from the theatrical release, and is only available on the DVD.[136]
In 2006, Morrisette guest-starred in an episode ofLifetime'sLovespring International as a homeless woman named Lucinda, three episodes ofFX'sNip/Tuck, playing a lesbian named Poppy, and themockumentary-documentaryPittsburgh as herself. Morissette appeared in eight episodes ofWeeds, playing Dr. Audra Kitson, a "no-nonsense obstetrician" who treats pregnant main characterNancy Botwin.[137] Her first episode aired in July 2009. In early 2010, she returned to the stage, performing a one-night engagement inAn Oak Tree, an experimental play in Los Angeles. The performance was a sell-out. In April 2010, Morissette was confirmed to be in the cast of season six ofWeeds again portraying Dr. Audra Kitson.[138]
Morissette also starred in a film adaptation ofPhilip K. Dick's novelRadio Free Albemuth. She plays Sylvia, an ordinary woman in unexpected remission fromlymphoma. She stated that she is "...a big fan of Philip K. Dick's poetic and expansively imaginative books" and that she "feel[s] blessed to portray Sylvia, and to be part of this story being told in film".[139] She appeared as Amanda, a former bandmate of main character Ava Alexander (played byMaya Rudolph), in one episode ofNBC'sUp All Night[140] on February 16, 2012. Rudolph officiated as minister for her wedding with both performing the explicit version of their hit hip hop song "Back It Up (Beep Beep)". In 2014, she played the role of Marisa Damia, the lover of architect and designerEileen Gray, in the filmThe Price of Desire, directed byMary McGuckian.[141] In 2021, she was featured as a recurring character on adult-animation showThe Great North.
Morissette is an advocate and educator in the areas of spiritual, psychological, and physical wholeness,[142] with a focus on addiction recovery, trauma healing, women's empowerment, and holistic education for children.[143][144][145] Her work spans a range of activities, including performances, written works, interviews, and public speaking engagements, as well as leading workshops and teachings.[146][147][148][149] Throughout her career, she has collaborated with influential figures such asOprah Winfrey,Arianna Huffington,Neale Donald Walsch, Richard Schwartz, Gabor Maté, Peter Levine, Dan Siegel, andMarianne Williamson. She has also facilitated workshops at notable institutions such as UCLA, the Omega Institute, Esalen, and 1440 Multiversity, both in-person and online.[150]
In 2008 Morissette contributed a recording of "Versions of Violence" for the albumSongs for Tibet: The Art of Peace to promotepeace. She contributed to1 Giant Leap, performing "Arrival" withZap Mama and she has released an acoustic version of her song "Still" as part of a compilation from Music for Relief in support of the2010 Haiti earthquake crisis.
In May 2018, the American Repertory Theater (Cambridge, Massachusetts) premieredJagged Little Pill, a musical with music by Morissette and Glen Ballard, lyrics by Morissette, book byDiablo Cody, and directed byDiane Paulus.[151]Jagged, a documentary film about Morissette andJagged Little Pill by filmmakerAlison Klayman, premiered at the2021 Toronto International Film Festival before airing onHBO as part of theMusic Box series of documentary films about music history.[152]
In October 2015,Conversation with Alanis Morissette features conversations with different individuals from different schools and walks of life discussing everything from psychology to art to spirituality to design to health and well-being, to relationships (whether they be romantic or colleagueship or parent with children relationships).[153] The monthly podcast is currently available to download oniTunes and free to listen to on YouTube. In January 2016, she began a short-livedadvice column inThe Guardian newspaper.[154]
Morissette was raised in a devoutCatholic family in Canada.[155] She became aUS citizen in 2005, while retaining her Canadian citizenship.[156] She has been a practisingBuddhist for many years.[157]
Throughout her teen years and 20s, Morissette had depression and variouseating disorders. She recovered from them and started to eat a healthier diet.[158] In 2009, she ran a marathon promoting awareness for theNational Eating Disorders Association.[159] In a 2024 interview, she told theNew York Times that she works out with 15-to-20 pound kettle weights while on tour.[160]
In the 2021 documentaryJagged, Morissette said men committedstatutory rape offences against her when she was 15 years old.[161][162]
Over seven years, Morissette's business manager, Jonathan Schwartz, stole over $5 million from her. He confessed to doing so in April 2017 and was sentenced to six years in prison.[163]
Morissette dated actor and comedianDave Coulier for a short time in the early 1990s.[168]
Morissette met actorRyan Reynolds atDrew Barrymore's birthday party in 2002, and they began dating soon afterwards.[169] They announced their engagement in June 2004.[170] In February 2007, representatives for them announced they had decided to end their engagement.[171]
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