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| Born | Rain Joan of Arc Bottom November 21, 1972 Crockett, Texas, U.S. |
| Occupation(s) | Actress, musician |
| Years active | 1991–present |
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Rain Joan of Arc Phoenix ( née Bottom; born November 21, 1972) is an American actress, musician, and singer. She is the older sister of Joaquin, Liberty and Summer Phoenix and younger sister of River Phoenix.
Phoenix was born Rain Joan of Arc Bottom in Crockett, Texas, the second child of John Lee Bottom and Arlyn Sharon (née Dunetz). Her mother was born in New York to Jewish parents from Russia. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] Her father was from California. [2] Before Phoenix was born, her mother moved to California, meeting Phoenix's father while hitch-hiking. They married in 1969 and joined The Children of God cult working as missionaries in South America. It was there, at the age of three, that Phoenix (accompanied by elder brother River on guitar) first began to sing. They would perform on the streets of Caracas, Venezuela, while handing out Children of God flyers to passers by. The family set out for California in order for the children to enter the entertainment industry. In West Los Angeles, Phoenix and her siblings would perform on the streets for crowds of people. Arlyn took a job at NBC and eventually secured all five Phoenix children with an agent.
Phoenix sang with brother River as an audience warm up act on the show Real Kids (1982). Various bit parts followed in TV shows, including an episode of Amazing Stories in 1986 (billed sometimes as Rainbow Phoenix) and Family Ties in 1987. Also in 1987, Phoenix landed a part in the feature film Maid to Order alongside Ally Sheedy.
At 15, Phoenix returned to her roots in music and formed the band Aleka's Attic with her then 17-year-old brother River. River, along with bass player Josh McKay, wrote music and lyrics while Rain sang backup. The band secured gigs in and around their home town of Gainesville, Florida. By this time, River's career had taken off and so the band was often put on hold for River's demanding schedule. In 1988, Aleka's Attic were signed to a development deal with Island Records and in 1989 released the track "Across The Way" on a benefit album for the animal rights group PETA. In 1991, they made a tour of east coast clubs and colleges. At this time, Phoenix joined her brother River on the set of his tenth movie, My Own Private Idaho . She met director Gus Van Sant, to whom River suggested she would be perfect for a role in his upcoming project, a film adaptation of Tom Robbins's cult novel Even Cowgirls Get the Blues . She was cast as head cowgirl Bonanza Jellybean, alongside Uma Thurman.
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A few months after the completion of Even Cowgirls Get the Blues, Phoenix flew to Los Angeles with her brother Joaquin to meet River during a break from Dark Blood. On the evening of October 30, 1993, they set out, joined by River's girlfriend Samantha Mathis, for a night at the Los Angeles club The Viper Room. It would be the last evening Phoenix would spend with her brother River; he died later that night from, according to the coroner's report, "acute multiple drug intoxication," namely an overdose of heroin and cocaine, a concoction called a "speedball."
Phoenix dealt simultaneously with the loss of her older brother and the media attention that followed. Aleka's Attic, by that time consisting of a different line-up, had been working on an album that River had been funding himself. The album was near completion so Phoenix began the long process of mixing and producing the scraps of recordings. The album was never released.
In 1994, Phoenix joined R.E.M. in the studio to record backup vocals on the song "Bang and Blame", to be released on the 1994 album Monster , an album dedicated to River. In 1995 Phoenix joined the Red Hot Chili Peppers as a backup singer on their One Hot Minute tour. Chili Peppers bassist Flea, who appeared in My Own Private Idaho, was close friends with River, and was there the night he died. The band wrote their song "Transcending" as a tribute to River. She also features in the video for R.E.M.'s "At My Most Beautiful."
In 1997, Phoenix joined the punk/new wave band The Causey Way, which also included her younger sisters Summer and Liberty. They disbanded in 2001 after the release of two albums and two EPs.
Phoenix returned to acting in 1998 with parts in I Woke Up Early the Day I Died (1998), O (2001), Harry and Max (2004) and Hitch (2005).
Phoenix formed the band Papercranes in 2003 as lead singer and lyricist. Their self-titled EP was released in 2004 and their first album, Vidalia, in 2006. In 2010, Papercranes signed with Manimal Vinyl and in 2011 they released their second album Let's Make Babies in the Woods. In 2012 came their third and final release – a concept record Three followed by a multi-platform artist residency entitled I.You.We.Three. Guest musicians include Phoenix's younger sisters Summer and Liberty, as well as actor Dermot Mulroney, Libby Lavella, Norm Block, Jenny O, Kirk Hellie and Flea of the Red Hot Chili Peppers, who also was a guest musician on tracks for Aleka's Attic in the '90s.
In 2013, Phoenix along with Frally Hynes formed the galactic country band Venus and the Moon, which included Chris Stills. The band released a self-titled 7-inch double-A side vinyl in 2014 and, in 2015 , a record titled Brother, Son, which wasrecorded on her late brother River's 4-track recorder, mixed by [[Dave Way], and produced by Phoenix.
In February 2019, Time Gone marked Phoenix's first release as a solo artist, with the single "Time Is the Killer" featuring R.E.M.'s Michael Stipe. The vinyl also contained two previously unreleased tracks by Aleka's Attic, "Where I'd Gone" and "Scales & Fishnails". It was released on Kro Records in collaboration with Phoenix's own LaunchLeft imprint.
Her first solo record, titled River, was slated for release on Halloween 2019 via LaunchLeft. The first single "Immolate" was released on what would have been River's 49th birthday, August 23, 2019. [7] The record boasts eight tracks and includes a new piano version of "Time is the Killer" featuring Michael Stipe as well as a song entitled "Lost in Motion" co-written by Kirk Hellie and Phoenix's late brother River. The record was produced by Kirk Hellie, mixed by Dave Way and mastered by Dave McNair.
Phoenix, together with her brother Joaquin Phoenix, is on the board of directors for the Lunchbox Fund, a non-profit organization that provides a daily meal to students of township schools in Soweto, South Africa. Phoenix also serves on the board of the River Phoenix Center for Peacebuilding, which was founded by her mother and stepfather. Phoenix also works closely with the artists charity the Art of Elysium.
In 2010 Rain created the non-profit Gift Horse Project, which brought together well-known and emerging artists in the service of charity. In 2011, Gift Horse Project released a compilation record to benefit the Lunchbox Fund with artists such as Bright Eyes, Albert Hammond JR, Cobra Starship, Joseph Arthur, Jenny O, Jonathan Wilson, and many more.
LaunchLeft evolved out of Gift Horse Project, taking the ethos of "artists helping artists" to the for-profit sector. LaunchLeft has produced large events for various non-profit organizations, namely the Art of Elysium (Genesis 2014) and the Bernie Sanders Campaign ("Feel the Bern" the Red Hot Chili Peppers + "Berniechella" 2016).
LaunchLeft is now a podcast hosted by Rain and Summer Phoenix where "famed creatives launch the next wave of music rebels."
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| 1986 | Amazing Stories | Doris | Episode: "The Doll" |
| 1987 | Family Ties | Ashley Berkhart | Episode: "Band on the Run" |
| Maid to Order | Brie Starkey | ||
| 1993 | Even Cowgirls Get the Blues | Bonanza Jellybean | |
| 1995 | To Die For | Tambourine player in band | Uncredited |
| 1998 | I Woke Up Early the Day I Died | Bartender #1 | |
| 1999 | R.E.M.: At My Most Beautiful | Cellist | Video short |
| $pent | Kimberly | ||
| Façade | Terra | ||
| 2001 | The Sleepy Time Gal | WROD Receptionist | |
| O | Emily | ||
| Stranger Inside | Kit | TV movie | |
| 2004 | Harry + Max | Nikki | |
| The Disappearance of Andy Waxman | Holly | Short | |
| 2005 | Hitch | Kate | |
| 2005 | Kids in America | Singer | |
| 2010 | Three Thousand Six Hundred and Fifty Days | Cora | Short |
| 2014 | Low Down | Kitty | |
| 2015 | Always Worthy | Vicki | |
| 2015 | Forever | Julie | |
| 2016 | Water Colors | Ditsa | Short |
| 2021 | Violet | Rita | |
| 2023 | Fuzzy Head | The Whistler | |
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