Biography
Wendy Melvoin is an American composer, guitarist and singer-songwriter. Born on 26 January 1964 in Los Angeles, she began her career in the early 1980s as a member of Prince and the Revolution, contributing guitar and vocals to albums including Purple Rain (1984).
With Lisa Coleman she forms the duo Wendy & Lisa (also known as Girl Bros.), which has released several albums and worked extensively in film and television scoring. Their credits include the score for the series Heroes (2006–2010) and its spin-off Heroes Reborn (2015), as well as Crossing Jordan (2001–2007), Dangerous Minds (1995) and later series such as Outer Range (2022) and Wine Country (2019).
Melvoin and Coleman have received ASCAP awards for their television work and an Emmy for the main title theme of Nurse Jackie.
