Anoushka Shankar

Composer

Birthday June 9, 1981

Birth Sign Gemini

Birthplace England

Age 42 years old

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About

Acclaimed musician whose father was the Indian sitar player Ravi Shankar. Her fourth album "RISE" from 2005 garnered a Grammy nomination for Best Contemporary World Music.

Before Fame

She was 13 when she performed publicly for the first time and was 16 when she signed with Angel Records.

Trivia

She authored 2002's "Bapi: The Love of My Life," a biography about her father.

Family Life

She married British director Joe Wright , with whom she had her first child in 2011.

Associated With

Her paternal half-sister Norah Jones also garnered great fame as a musician and appeared on her album "Breathing Under Water" in 2007.