Britta Phillips (born June 11, 1963) is an American singer-songwriter, musician, record producer, and actress.
Phillips has also been a film, television, and voice actress, including a co-starring role in the 1988 music comedy-drama film Satisfaction and multiple voice acting roles on the Adult Swim animated television series Moral Orel and Mary Shelley's Frankenhole.
[1] Her father, Peter, was a musician, songwriter, jingle composer, and a former music teacher of Paul Simon;[2] he also worked on several Broadway plays.
Their song "Knives From Bavaria" (from Sonic Souvenirs) appears in the Olivier Assayas film, Clean, starring Maggie Cheung.
In 1988, she co-starred in the teen rock band movie Satisfaction, which also starred Justine Bateman, Julia Roberts, Liam Neeson, Trini Alvarado, and Scott Coffey; the film is primarily known today as Julia Roberts' first credited big-screen role.
Also in 1988, she guest-starred on the cult TV show Crime Story, in the episode "Always a Blonde"; she played a former homecoming queen turned high-class escort in Las Vegas, Nevada.
[15] In 2006, she married musician and Luna bandmate Dean Wareham during the recording sessions for their album Back Numbers.