Courtney Michelle Love (born Courtney Harrison); American singer, guitarist, songwriter, and actress (born July 9, 1964). Her career spans four decades, and she was a prominent figure in the alternative and grunge scenes of the 1990s.

As the lead vocalist and rhythm guitarist of the alternative rock band Hole, which she founded in 1989, she became well-known. Love’s unrestrained live performances, provocative lyrics, and highly publicized personal life following her marriage to Kurt Cobain, frontman of Nirvana, have attracted attention from the general public. She was named by NME as one of the 30 most influential singers in alternative culture in 2020.

Courtney Love grandparent: Meet Paula Fox

American author Paula Fox wrote novels for adults and children as well as two memoirs. In 1978, she received the Hans Christian Andersen Award, the highest international honor given to children’s book authors, in recognition of her accomplishments as a writer.

Love was born in San Francisco to countercultural parents and spent her childhood traveling, but she spent most of her life in Portland, Oregon, where she played in a number of bands that only lasted a short time and was active in the local punk scene.

She spent a year living in Dublin and Liverpool after a brief stint in a juvenile detention facility before returning to the United States to pursue an acting career.

Before forming the band Hole in Los Angeles with guitarist Eric Erlandson, she made supporting appearances in the Alex Cox films Straight to Hell (1987) and Sid and Nancy (1986).