Alanis Morisette

She was in a relationship with actor/ comedian Dave Coulier. But the relationship did not evolve any further.

She then dated Canadian actor Ryan Reynolds for two years. They took the relationship forward by getting engaged in 2004. However, in 2007, they parted ways.

In 2010, she finally went into the wedlock with rapper Mario ‘Souleye’ Treadway. The couple was blessed with their first child on Christmas 2010.

Alanis Morisette was born to Georgia Mary Ann and Alan Richard Morissette in Ottawa, Canada. While her mother was a teacher by profession, her father was a high school principal. She has two siblings.

Young Morisette belonged to French, Canadian, Irish and Hungarian ancestry, and had a Catholic upbringing.

Academically, she completed her elementary schooling from Holy Family Catholic School, after which she attended the Immaculata High School and Glebe Collegiate Institute to complete her high school education.

Musically inclined since early age, she started learning piano at the age of six and by ten had self-composed her first song, ‘Fate Stay With Me’. However, the song remained unreleased.

After her stint at music, she tried her hand at acting and appeared in five episodes of the television show, ‘You Can’t Do That’. With the money earned from her acting, she funded her debut track, which despite the efforts remained shelved.

It was in 1991 that she finally made a breakthrough signing up a two-album deal with the MCA Records Canada. Together, they released her self-titled debut album, ‘Alanis’. She co-wrote every track of the album with producer Leslie Howe.

‘Alanis’ was well received and reached the platinum status. The singles, ‘Too Hot’, “Walk Away’ and ‘Feel Your Love’ not just topped at the charts but won her a couple of nominations and an award in the category of best Promising Female Vocalist.

The success of her first album led her to release her second album subsequently, titled ‘Now Is The Time’. Unlike its predecessor, ‘Now Is The Time’ met with little commercial success. However, its singles, ‘An Emotion Away’, ‘No Apologies’ and ‘Changer is Never a Waste of Time’ did manage to get into the top 40 list.

Over her long illustrious career, she has been a recipient of numerous awards including two American Music Awards, seven Grammy Awards, twelve Juno Awards and three MTV Music Awards. Overall, she has to her credit 23 awards from 50 nominations.