Topic: Shirley Manson

Shirley Ann Manson (born August 26, 1966) is a Scottish musician and actress, best known internationally as the lead singer of the Madison, Wisconsin-based alternative rock band Garbage. For much of her international career Manson commuted between her home city of Edinburgh to the United States to record with Garbage but since 2006, she has been based in Los Angeles. Manson quickly gained media attention for her forthright opinion, quirky looks and unique fashion sense.

She began her musical career in the early 1980s, performing backing vocals and keyboards for Scottish band Goodbye Mr. Mackenzie before being signed in 1993 as a solo artist, recording as Angelfish. After seeing Manson in an Angelfish video on MTV, Garbage invited Manson to record with the band for one album, the multiple Grammy Award nominated Garbage. Manson recorded a further three studio albums and toured worldwide as the frontperson of Garbage, racking up 12 million record sales over ten years.

In 2006, Manson began to write and record solo material after Garbage was put on "hiatus" and in 2008 was cast in her first professional acting role on the second and final season of Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles as series regular Catherine Weaver, a liquid metal T-1001 Terminator.