Lili Haydn

Biography

Lili Haydn is an American rock violinist, vocalist, actress, and composer. As a child, she pursued a career as an actress; at age eight she discovered the violin and began to focus on classical music. By the time Haydn was 15, she had played with the Los Angeles Philharmonic. After graduating from Brown University with a BA in political science, Haydn started composing original songs and became one of the most requested session violinists around Los Angeles. By the time she signed with Atlantic in 1997, she had embraced a variety of genres, having played with Quwaali musician Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, Porno for Pyros, Tracy Chapman, The Jayhawks, Brandy, Tony! Toni! Tone!, No Doubt, Tom Petty and more. In addition, she has played with, sung with, and opened for Sting, Josh Groban, Herbie Hancock, Jimmy Page and Robert Plant, Matchbox 20, Seal, and George Clinton, who calls her "the Jimi Hendrix of the violin".

Known For

Acting

1983

Easy Money

as

Belinda Capuletti

1982

Making Love

as

Little Sister

1987

Not Quite Human

as

Jenny Beckerman

1998

Jack Frost

as

Lili (Violin)

Californication

as

Herself

Mrs. Columbo

as

Jenny Columbo

Saturday Night Live

as

Self - Musical Guest

Hart to Hart

as

Marilee

Great Performances

as

Self

The New Gidget

as

Gail Mitchell

Production

Crew

Directing