# Theo Kogan
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{{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](/source/Quito%2C_Ecuador)[{{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}}]
| occupation = Singer, songwriter, actress, model
| genre = [Riot grrrl](/source/Riot_grrrl), [hardcore punk](/source/hardcore_punk), [electronic](/source/Electronic_music)
| label = [Go Kart](/source/Go_Kart_Records), Dark Daddy, [Blast First](/source/Blast%26nbsp%3BFirst), Safe House
| associated_acts = [Lunachicks](/source/Lunachicks)
[Theo and the Skyscrapers](/source/Theo_and_the_Skyscrapers)
| website =
}}
'''Theo Kogan''' (born December 23, 1969) is an American singer, songwriter, model, and actress,[{{cite journal |last=Alexander |first=Jenn |title=Theo and the Skyscrapers |journal=Prick Magazine|date=October 2007|url=http://www.prickmag.net/theoskyscrapersfeature.html}}] best known as the vocalist of the all-girl [punk](/source/Punk_rock) band [Lunachicks](/source/Lunachicks).[{{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}}] She also sang in the [dance](/source/Dance_music)/[electronic](/source/Electronic_music) band [Theo & the Skyscrapers](/source/Theo_%26_the_Skyscrapers).[{{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 }}] 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.[{{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}}]
==Early life==
Kogan was born by C-section to Jewish American parents in [Quito, Ecuador](/source/Quito%2C_Ecuador), in December 1969. Her itinerant family moved to [Brooklyn](/source/Brooklyn), New York City, when she was six months old. She grew up around musical family members: her aunt was in the [National Symphony](/source/National_Symphony) and her uncle played [timpani](/source/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.[{{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](/source/Lunachicks) |author2=Jeanne Fury |publisher=Hachette Books |isbn=978-0306874482}}]
==Career==
Kogan has had roles in movies such as ''[Zoolander](/source/Zoolander)'', ''[Rock Star](/source/Rock_Star_(2001_film))'', ''[In the Cut](/source/In_the_Cut_(film))'',[{{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}}] ''[Bringing Out the Dead](/source/Bringing_Out_the_Dead)'',[{{cite book|author=Thompson, David|year=2004|page=300|title=Scorsese on Scorsese: Revised Edition|publisher=Faber & Faber|isbn=0571220029}}] and ''[High Times' Potluck](/source/High_Times'_Potluck)''.[{{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}}] She has also appeared on ''[Law & Order: Special Victims Unit](/source/Law_%26_Order%3A_Special_Victims_Unit)'',[{{Cite web|url=http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0463107/|title=Theo Kogan|website=IMDb.com|accessdate=September 18, 2020}}] She has done voice over work for ''[Live Freaky! Die Freaky!](/source/Live_Freaky!_Die_Freaky!)''[{{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 }}]
Kogan has modeled in ad campaigns for [Calvin Klein](/source/Calvin_Klein),