--- name: "Karen O" canonical: "https://film.one/person/karen-o" fi1m_id: "karen-o" imdb_id: "nm1760393" tmdb_id: 1187023 wikidata_id: "Q494676" roles: ["Composer"] born: "22 November 1978" reviewed_on_fi1m: 2 average_fi1m_score: 82 average_over: 2 updated: "2026-09-17T23:03:23.953963+00:00" licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL." --- # Karen O ## Identity Karen O - **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/karen-o - **Type:** Person - **Fi1m ID:** karen-o - **IMDb ID:** nm1760393 - **TMDB ID:** 1187023 - **Wikidata ID:** Q494676 - **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karen_O, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q494676, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1760393/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1187023 Composer. Born 22 November 1978 in Busan, South Korea. ## Details - **Work:** Composer - **Born:** 22 November 1978, Busan, South Korea - **Active:** 2009–2013 - **Also known as:** Karen Lee Orzolek, Karen O. - **Academy Awards:** 1 Oscar nomination - **Fi1m score by decade:** 2000s 80 (1), 2010s 84 (1) - **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karen_O, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q494676, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1760393/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1187023 ## Streaming the US now - **Hulu:** [*Where the Wild Things Are*](https://film.one/film/where-the-wild-things-are.md) (80) For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country. ## Biography Karen O, born Karen Lee Orzolek, is an American singer, songwriter and composer. She is the lead vocalist of the rock band Yeah Yeah Yeahs. She composed and performed the soundtrack for the film *Where the Wild Things Are* (2009), released as an album by Karen O and the Kids. She has also contributed to other film soundtracks and provided a voice for an episode of the television series *Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job!* (2007). Orzolek was born on 22 November 1978 in South Korea and raised in New Jersey. She has been married to director Barnaby Clay since 2011. *Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.* ## On Fi1m (2) - *Her* (2013), Fi1m 84, Songs — [page](https://film.one/film/her.md) - *Where the Wild Things Are* (2009), Fi1m 80, Original Music Composer, Music — [page](https://film.one/film/where-the-wild-things-are.md) ## Complete filmography (6) Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page. - *Yeah Yeah Yeahs: Hidden in Pieces* (2026), Music, Musician - *Where Is Anne Frank* (2021), Original Music Composer - *Shot! The Psycho-Spiritual Mantra of Rock* (2017), as The Model - *Her* (2013), as Songs — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/film/her.md) - *Where the Wild Things Are* (2009), Original Music Composer — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/film/where-the-wild-things-are.md) - *Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job!* (2007), series, as Singer (voice) ## Gallery - ![Example of work by costume designer and artist Christian Joy](https://film.one/media/person/100508/gallery-2bcce8b11b15.jpg) Example of work by costume designer and artist Christian Joy — Christianisjoy, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/1f/Costume_by_Christian_Joy.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled) - ![Karen O performing with her band Yeah Yeah Yeahs at Bumbershoot '09 (2009)](https://film.one/media/person/100508/gallery-c4c6df3d6561.jpg) Karen O performing with her band Yeah Yeah Yeahs at Bumbershoot '09 (2009) — Karen_O_Bumbershoot.JPG: Jonathon Kulaas-Crial derivative work: Liquidluck (talk), CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f2/KarenO-2.jpg/1280px-KarenO-2.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) - ![Karen O of Yeah yeah yeahs at tim festival](https://film.one/media/person/100508/gallery-848360e9392a.jpg) Karen O of Yeah yeah yeahs at tim festival — DaigoOliva, contributor to flickr, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f0/KarenO2.jpg/1280px-KarenO2.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) - ![Bush Hall redecorated for Karen O's Crush Songs tour. (2014)](https://film.one/media/person/100508/gallery-7d2483d084d6.jpg) Bush Hall redecorated for Karen O's Crush Songs tour. (2014) — Paul Hudson, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f5/Karen_O%27s_Crush_Palace.jpg/1280px-Karen_O%27s_Crush_Palace.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) - ![Karen O, singer from Yeah Yeah Yeahs, during Tim Festival, Brazil, São Paulo (2006)](https://film.one/media/person/100508/gallery-15066b5cafbe.jpg) Karen O, singer from Yeah Yeah Yeahs, during Tim Festival, Brazil, São Paulo (2006) — Richard Phillip Rücker from São Paulo, Brasil, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/2c/Karen_O%2C_Tim_Festival.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled) - ![Singer Karen O from Yeah Yeah Yeahs at Tim Festival 2006, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (according to photographer's note; for sure they had a [another?] performance a](https://film.one/media/person/100508/gallery-af3d9e3d0bdb.jpg) Singer Karen O from Yeah Yeah Yeahs at Tim Festival 2006, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (according to photographer's note; for sure they had a [another?] performance a — photographer: DaigoOliva, contributor to Flickr., CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/57/Karen_O.jpg/1280px-Karen_O.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) ## Awards ### Academy Awards — 0 won, 1 nominated - 2014: Best Original Song (nominated), for *The Moon Song* *From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.* --- © Fi1m Ltd. 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