Alanis Morissette

Born to a French Canadian father Alan Richard Morissette and a Hungarian mother Georgia Mary Ann Feuerstein. Twin brother named Wade. Released two albums in Canada prior to first release in U.S.

Has an older brother, Chad, and a twin brother, Wade.

When her first debut single "Fate Stay With Me" and the "Alanis", and "Now Is The Time" albums were released in Canada she was known only as "Alanis". She was advised to go just by her first name to not cause any name confusion with Alannah Myles , another Canadian singer who was popular at the time.

Attended Glebe Collegiate Institute in Ottawa, Ontario.

Has met Maverick Records boss Madonna only a few times. When Jagged Little Pill hit the 1 million sales mark, Madonna gave Alanis platinum nail polish to celebrate. In March 1999, Madonna gave her a $49,000 Tiffanys bracelet for her success.

Phoned Mother Teresa the night before she died wanting to volunteer, but she was sleeping. Not wanting to wake her, Alanis said she would call back at a later time.

8 March 1996 was named "Alanis Morissette Day" in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada by the then mayor.

Financial backer of Broadway musical Jane Eyre, spring 2001.

Madonna had to meet with Alanis and exert pressure on her not to quit Maverick Records over her disappointing sales -and Maverick marketing- of latest album (May 2001).

Began playing the piano at the age of 6.

After playing God in the movie Dogma , she was asked if she had ever read the Bible. She said she had, but found it to be "patriarchal and sexist."

Her album "Under Rug Swept", released on 26 February 2002, included 13 new songs and topped the Billboard 200 chart.

When MP3 sponsored one of her concert tours, she was offered $50,000 in cash. Instead, she chose to take it in the form of company stock. When MP3 went public, the value of her shares went into the millions of dollars.

Alanis admitted to US Weekly that "Hands Clean" from her Under Rug Swept album is about an affair that she had with a 29-year-old man when she was just fourteen years old. Their relationship lasted 5 years.

Twin brother Wade is a yoga instructor.

Is 12 minutes younger than her twin brother.

Is the youngest artist (at the age of 21) to ever win an "Album of the Year" Grammy.

Has sold over 60 million albums worldwide, making her one of the most successful female artists of all time.

Attended the 2003 Canadian Juno Music Awards with actor Ryan Reynolds.

Has won 16 Juno Awards (five in the years 1996 and 2000), eight Grammy Awards including "Album of the Year" and "Song of the Year" for "You Oughta Know" in 1999, and four American Music Awards.

Replaced Emma Thompson as God in the film Dogma

Was born at the Riverside Hospital in Ottawa, Ontario.

To celebrate their one year anniversary, Alanis and boyfriend Ryan Reynolds wear matching rings on their fourth fingers of their right hands (May 2003).

Ranked #53 on VH1s 100 Greatest Women of Rock N Roll

Spoke German when she was a child, but eventually forgot it later in her life.

Will host the 2004 Juno Awards, the Canadian equivalent to the Grammy Awards, which will take place in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada on 4 April.

Will be performing at an event featuring the The Dalai Lama to build support for his Tibet China Negotiation Campaign. The event will take place in her hometown of Ottawa, Canada (24 April 2004).

While hosting the 2004 Juno Music Awards in Edmonton, Canada, she wore a nude-colored body suit with lifelike nipples and pubic hair to make a statement about censorship and Janet Jackson s breast-baring Superbowl incident. The audience roared with laughter upon realizing that her nudity was fake.

Dating Van Wilder actor Ryan Reynolds since 2002. They have homes together in Los Angeles and Vancouver, B.C.

Attended "Glebe Collegiate Institute" located in Ottawa, Ontario.

Became engaged to her boyfriend of two years, Canadian actor Ryan Reynolds , in June 2004.

Shares a birthday with model Heidi Klum and actress Teri Polo.

Plans on becoming an American citizen but will still keep her Canadian citizenship.

Wrote and recorded her album "Jagged Little Pill", basing it on her relationship with then-beau Dave Coulier and her entire upbringing.

Has publicly stated her opposition to George W. Bush invasion and occupation of Iraq.

Became a U.S. citizen on 11 February 2005. She now considers herself a Canadian-American.

Will be inducted into the Canadian Walk of Fame on 5 June 2005 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

"Jagged Little Pill" sold over 43 million copies, making it the biggest selling debut album of any artist in history.

Is fluent in French.

Was engaged to Ryan Reynolds from 2004 to 2006.

She was first considered for the character of "Becky" in the original incarnation of Clerks II , and would have involved Randal falling in love with her as opposed to Dante, like in the present version.

On "You Cant Do That on Television" in 1986, Alanis was green slimed on her first episode and cream pied on the "Enemies and Paranoia" episode.

(4 June 2007) Performed the US and the Canadian national anthem at Game 4 of the 2007 Stanley Cup Finals between the Anaheim Mighty Ducks and the Ottawa Senators.

Became an ordained minister with the Universal Life Church.

During her live performance at The 38th Annual Grammy Awards , CBS infamously censored some of the lyrics of "You Oughta Know" (28 February 1996).

When making her first album, she suffered from anorexia and bulimia nervosa due to professional pressure and managerial demands, so she subsequently had to began therapy.

Two music videos that made it on VH1s 100 Greatest Videos: "Ironic" was #18 and "Thank U" was #66.

(July 2003) Embarking on a European tour.

(October 2006) Guests as Poppy, the anesthesiologist lesbian lover of Roma Maffia s Liz in the TV show "Nip/Tuck" . She will be on the show for three episodes.

(January 2004) Finishing up work on her sixth full-length album. It will be called "So-Called Chaos" and it will be released on May 18, 2004.

(June 2005) Just released the 10th year acoustic version of her worldwide famous album "Jagged Little Pill".

Her favorite song is Ave Maria.

Gave birth to her 1st child at age 36, a son named Ever Imre Morissette-Treadway on December 25, 2010. Childs father is her husband, Souleye.

Gave birth to her 2nd child at age 42, a daughter named Onyx Solace Morissette-Treadway on June 23, 2016. Childs father is her husband, Souleye.

Her former manager Jonathan Todd Schwartz embezzled $7 million from her and other celebrities.[May 2017].

Ran a marathon promoting awareness for the National Eating Disorders Association.[2009].

That what we judge in someone else, we are really judging in ourselves.

I am what I am Are you what you are or What?,A brave action is often followed by grief. Do not let my resistance to grief stop the brave action.

I see the whole concept of Generation X implies that everyone has lost hope.

I did commit to myself that I would not jump back into being the workaholic that I can be before I gave myself an honest opportunity to create the marriage of my dreams and to create the beginning of the family of my dreams, and that took a hot second.

In my opinion, I think sarcasm and humor in a song, without turning it into a novelty song, is really charming.

My son was five months old, and I built a makeshift studio in my living room so that I could do the attachment parenting approach and write the record at the same time. That was fortuitous, that we could build that in the house.

I thought the more famous I became, the more friendships I would have, but the opposite was true.

Only traumatised people want to be famous.

As a teen, I was both anorexic and bulimic.

Canada has a passive-aggressive culture, with a lot of sarcasm and righteousness. That went with my weird messianic complex. The ego is a fascinating monster. I was taught from a young age that I had to serve, so that turned into me thinking I had to save the planet.

And if I had a preference, it would be to be able to not be in the studio until 4 in the morning.

For four to six months at a time, I would barely eat. I lived on a diet of Melba toast, carrots, and black coffee.

A good man often appears gauche simply because he does not take advantage of the myriad mean little chances of making himself look stylish. Preferring truth to form, he is not constantly at work upon the facade of his appearance.

Courage and willingness to just go for it, whether it is a conversation or a spontaneous trip or trying new things that are scary - it is a really attractive quality.

I was so ready to become a mom. Actually, I was ready secondarily to become a mom. I was so ready to have the intimacy and commitment of marriage.

Do I appreciate the idea of jealousy, revenge and all these so-called dark qualities? Yes. Do I write these songs in order to engage in some public war with someone? No.

Beauty is now defined by your bones sticking out of your decolletage. For that to be the standard is really perilous for women.

I try to keep a low profile in general. Not with my art, but just as a person.

My greatest environments in which I can grow, or grow up, is in personal romantic relationships with a man.

When I was younger, I was terrified to express anger because it would often kick-start a horrible reaction in the men in my life. So I bit my tongue. I was left to painstakingly deal with the aftermath of my avoidance later in life, in therapy or through the lyrics of my songs.

My own approach has always been to push intense emotions down and attempt to deal with them later. When I was younger, I was terrified to express anger because it would often kick-start a horrible reaction in the men in my life.