The musician and visual artist Anohni was born in Chichester in 1971. She moved to California with her family aged 10 and to Manhattan in 1990 to study experimental theatre at NYU, getting involved in the New York performance scene and later forming Antony and the Johnsons. The band’s self-titled debut album came out in 2000 and their follow-up, I Am a Bird Now, won the Mercury prize in 2005. After a decade-long hiatus, during which she released solo work and was nominated for an Academy Award, the band have reformed as Anohni and the Johnsons. Their sixth album, My Back Was a Bridge for You to Cross, is out now.
