Inside Article
Joanna Newsom is a multi-talented personality who has succeeded multi-instrumentalist, actor, singer, and songwriter. She has cemented her name from the song’ Bridges and Balloons’ and the albums like The Milk-Eyed Mender, Have One on Me, and Divers. Besides that, she amazed her fans from her acting skills in the TV show, Portlandia.
Joanna Newson was born in Nevada County, California, the United States in 1982. Her birthday falls on every 18th of January and belongs to the Capricorn zodiac sign. She holds the American nationality and mixed ethnicity.
Net Worth, Income, and Salary
Joanna’s journey in music began by joining a local band, ‘The Pleased’ when she was in college. Then, she dropped out and moved to her hometown, where she joined Nervous cop, an experimental music band in 2002. From there, they released their self-titled album.
During that time, Joanna had a hard time finding the right music label. But, she dropped the two Eps named Yarn and Glue and Walnut Whales. Though the Eps was not revealed publicly, her tehen-boyfriend, Noah Georgeson, worked on promoting her work. Eventually, Joanna’s Eps helped her impress the musician Will Oldham who helped her contract with Drag City record label.
Since then, Joanna has released albums – The Milk-Eyed Mender(2004), Ys(2006), Have One on Me (2010), and Divers(2016).
Besides music, Joanna made her entry into the entertainment industry from the movie Sky Crawlers in 2008. Then, she made an appearance in MGMT-Kids, Portlandis, and many more.
As of 2002, Joanna’s net worth remains around $5 million.
Married, Husband and Children
Joanna is a married woman whose husband is a well-known actor and comedian, Andy Samberg. The couple first started dating in 2008. After being together for five years, they took their relationship further into the engagement. Then, on the 21st of September 2013, they got married in Big Sur, California.
On the 8th of August 2017, Joanna and Andy surprised the world by welcoming their first baby daughter. However, the couple hasn’t gushed their baby name in public.
Parents, Family, and Siblings
Joanna was born in Newsom to parents – William and Christine. Joanna’s family raised her with a brother named Pete and a sister named Emily. As a child, her parents didn’t lead them to listen to the radio or watch Television. However, she got exposed to music at an early age due to her parents. Her father played the guitar, whereas her mother was a trained pianist who played the autoharp, the hammered dulcimer, and congo drums.
Joanna went to study at Waldorf school, where she studied theatre and learned to recite and memories long poems. After finishing high school, she enrolled at Mills College to study composition and creative writing.
Body Measurements: Height and Weight
Joanna’s body measures at 32-26-30 inches, where her dress size is 6(US) and shoe size is 8(US). She has a average height of 5 feet 4 inches and weighs around 56kgs. She has blonde hair colour with green eyes.
