{{short description|American singer (born 1969)}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=December 2020}} {{Infobox musical artist | name = Theo Kogan | image = Theo Kogan (cropped).jpg | caption = Kogan live in 2005 with Theo & the Skyscrapers | background = solo_singer | birth_name = | alias = | birth_date = December 23, 1969 | birth_place = Quito, Ecuador<ref name="Fallopian Rhapsody"/> | death_date = | years_active = 1987–present<ref>{{cite journal |last=Foad |first=Lisa |title=Pride stage: Theo And The Skyscrapers |journal=Xtra! |date=June 22, 2006 |url=http://www.xtra.ca/public/Toronto/Pride_stage_Theo_And_The_Skyscrapers-1800.aspx}}</ref> | occupation = Singer, songwriter, actress, model | genre = Riot grrrl, hardcore punk, electronic | label = Go Kart, Dark Daddy, Blast First, Safe House | associated_acts = Lunachicks<br />Theo and the Skyscrapers | website = }}
'''Theo Kogan''' (born December 23, 1969) is an American singer, songwriter, model, and actress,<ref name=prick>{{cite journal |last=Alexander |first=Jenn |title=Theo and the Skyscrapers |journal=Prick Magazine|date=October 2007|url=http://www.prickmag.net/theoskyscrapersfeature.html}}</ref> best known as the vocalist of the all-girl punk band Lunachicks.<ref name=eby>{{cite book|author=Eby, Margaret|year=2012|title=Rock and Roll Baby Names: Over 2,000 Music-Inspired Names, from Alison to Ziggy|url=https://archive.org/details/rockrollbabyname0000ebym|url-access=registration|publisher=Gotham|isbn=978-1592406951}}</ref> She also sang in the dance/electronic band Theo & the Skyscrapers.<ref name=gwgirl>{{cite web |url = http://www.guitarworld.com/gw-girls-theo-kogan |title = GW GIRLS: Theo Kogan |author = Guitar World Staff|publisher = guitarworld.com |date = April 6, 2009 |accessdate= January 22, 2013 }}</ref> She also had her own cosmetics line, Armour Beauty, and now works as a professional makeup artist for the TV, advertising, fashion and cosmetics industries.<ref name=prick /><ref name=eby /> She is married to Sean Pierce, the guitarist of Theo & the Skyscrapers and the Toilet Böys.<ref name=trigger>{{cite journal |last=Pelegano |first=Justin Quinn |title=Theo Kogan |journal=Trigger Magazine |date=February 16, 2006 |url=http://www.triggermagazine.com/2006/02/theo-kogan.html}}</ref>
==Early life== Kogan was born by C-section to Jewish American parents in Quito, Ecuador, in December 1969. Her itinerant family moved to Brooklyn, New York City, when she was six months old. She grew up around musical family members: her aunt was in the National Symphony and her uncle played timpani in jazz bands. Her father conducted symphonies and created computer programs, teaching music to children. Her mother was a secretary who became art director at ''Diversion'' magazine before becoming a therapist. Her ancestry includes Jewish immigrants from Russia, Ukraine, Poland and Romania several generations before her.<ref name="Fallopian Rhapsody"/>
Growing up, she was inspired by the Beatles, the Rolling Stones as well as female musicians such as Debbie Harry, Chaka Khan, Donna Summer, Joan Jett, Chrissie Hynde and Pat Benatar. Kogan attended Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School where she formed the Lunachicks.<ref name="Fallopian Rhapsody">{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ehIBEAAAQBAJ&pg=PT34 |pages=34–35 |title=Fallopian Rhapsody: The Story of the Lunachicks |date=2021 |author1=Lunachicks |author2=Jeanne Fury |publisher=Hachette Books |isbn=978-0306874482}}</ref>
==Career== Kogan has had roles in movies such as ''Zoolander'', ''Rock Star'', ''In the Cut'',<ref>{{cite book|author=McHugh, Kathleen Anne|page=[https://archive.org/details/janecampion00mchu/page/167 167]|year=2007|title=Jane Campion (Contemporary Film Directors)|publisher=University of Illinois Press|isbn=978-0252074479|url-access=registration|url=https://archive.org/details/janecampion00mchu/page/167}}</ref> ''Bringing Out the Dead'',<ref>{{cite book|author=Thompson, David|year=2004|page=300|title=Scorsese on Scorsese: Revised Edition|publisher=Faber & Faber|isbn=0571220029}}</ref> and ''High Times' Potluck''.<ref>{{cite book|author=Edison, Mike|year=2009|title=I Have Fun Everywhere I Go: Savage Tales of Pot, Porn, Punk Rock, Pro Wrestling, Talking Apes, Evil Bosses, Dirty Blues, American Heroes, and the Most Notorious Magazines in the World|page=265|publisher=Faber & Faber|isbn=978-0865479036}}</ref> She has also appeared on ''Law & Order: Special Victims Unit'',<ref name=gwgirl /> ''Third Watch'' and ''The Jon Stewart Show''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0463107/|title=Theo Kogan|website=IMDb.com|accessdate=September 18, 2020}}</ref> She has done voice over work for ''Live Freaky! Die Freaky!''<ref name=trigger /> Kogan can also be seen in ''Screen Test'', a Broadway musical directed by Rob Roth which her band Theo and the Skyscrapers composed the music for.<ref name=newyorktimes>{{cite journal |author=New York Times |title=Spare Times |journal=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2008/01/11/arts/11wspare.html?_r=4&oref=slogin&oref=slogin& |date=January 11, 2008 }}</ref>
Kogan has modeled in ad campaigns for Calvin Klein,<ref name=eby /> Rimmel, and Kenneth Cole.<ref name=eby />
== Filmography ==
=== Film === {| class="wikitable sortable" |+ !Year !Title !Role !Notes |- |1999 |''Terror Firmer'' |Theodora |Also music supervisor |- |1999 |''Bringing Out the Dead'' |Prostitute | |- |2000 |''Hair Burners'' |Florencia Josephine Manetti | |- |2001 |''Zoolander'' |Cool Tattoo Girl | |- |2002 |''Tadpole'' |Woman in Bar | |- |2002 |''The New Generation'' |Moby | |- |2002 |''High Times' Potluck'' |Jade | |- |2003 |''In the Cut'' |Baby Doll Bartender | |- |2004 |''Rock Star'' |Heaven Scent | |- |2006 |''Live Freaky! Die Freaky!'' |Hadie | |- |2009 |''Falling Awake'' |Bartender | |}
=== Television === {| class="wikitable sortable" !Year !Title !Role !Notes |- |2001 |''Third Watch'' |Female Teen |Episode: "The Relay" |- |2003 |''Law & Order: SVU'' |Club Girl |Episode: "Grief" |}
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== *[https://www.theokoganmakeup.com/ Theo Kogan Makeup] *[https://web.archive.org/web/20161013202742/http://armourbeauty.com/ Armour Beauty] Archived October 13, 2016, at the Wayback Machine *{{IMDb name|0463107}} *[http://www.myspace.com/theo Theo & The Skyscrapers] on Myspace
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