31-year old model-actress-musician Anni Krueger [1][2][3][4][5][6] (Brief Breasts), Lisanne Begin [1][2][3][4][5] (Nude), Inga Lekhanova (Brief Breasts), Diane Lane, Emily Rudd & Amanda Peet in The Romanoffs [S1E4]
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Anni Krueger (born December 21, 1987 in Waterloo, Iowa) is a multi-faceted performing artist now residing in New York, based out of Woodstock, NY. She works as a professional singer, actor, and model.
She studied piano and dance throughout her entire childhood and was involved in multiple theatre productions.
As a singer, Anni works in studio on TV/commercial projects most recently contributing vocals for the past two seasons of Comedy Centralās Inside Amy Schumer. She performs live as a vocalist with the Simi Stone Band. She is also currently writing her debut solo album.
Anni has been acting since she was 7, starting out in regional theatre productions and has since landed national commercials and roles in feature films.
Anni turned to modeling as another outlet for her creative cravings and has been cast in campaigns for Clairol, Bacardi, and, of course, Face Stockholm.
In 2006, she moved out east to further pursue her music career. Since coming to New York, Anni has worked with many accomplished musicians including David Sancious (Bruce Springsteen, Sting, Aretha Franklin), Shannon Jones (Bad Boy Records, Christina Aguilera), Josh Eppard (Weerd Science, where she is featured on several tracks for the upcoming release of Sick Kids(2009)), Coheed and Cambria), Joey Eppard (3), Roman Klun (Sarah McLaughlin), Tony Dofat (Mary J. Blige, Sean “P Diddy” Combs), Daniel Grimsland, Billy Riker, Chris Gartmann, and Jerry Marotta (Indigo Girls, Elvis Costello).
She has also contributed to records with Tony Levin (Peter Gabriel), Steve Gadd (Paul Simon, James Taylor, Art Garfunkel), Robby Dupree, and many more.
In late 2007, Anni joined a band call Counterfeit Disaster, where she and Josh Eppard met and began to write material for the band. Counterfeit Disaster continued to tour and book gigs across the Northeast until their split in early 2008.
In August 2008, Anni Krueger was selected as one of the 100 Artists of the Hudson Valley and featured in InsideOut Magazine.
Presently, Anni is performing in New York City with the Roman Klun Band which features Tony Levin, Aaron Comess, Daniel A. Weiss, and Andrew Carillo. (Joan Osbourne).
Meet & Greet: Anni Krueger
Anni Krueger has always been interested in the arts. She says the Hudson Valley is a much better place for artists than her hometown of Waterloo, Iowa. She moved here when she was 18.
The middle child of parents who were performers, Anni was active in the performing arts from an early age. She began dancing at age three, and had her first role in a theatrical production at six. Since then, she has worked in many areas of the entertainment industry, from setting up and breaking down mics in a studio to singing with Levon Helm at one of his midnight rambles. She is also a model, having done national shoots for Parent and American Baby magazines, though locals may know her best as the face of Dig boutique.
When sheās not playing with her four-year-old son, Fenwick, Krueger spends much of her time using the Internet to build a wider audience for her musical pursuits. Sheās currently recording her first full-length solo album, which she describes as mainstream pop, but in the future she wants to pursue an edgier, more rock sound. Though she asserts āI am not a rock star,ā she says that she is proud that she has been able to make money doing what she loves most, which is making music.
What makes Saugerties unique?
The huge amount of artists. Itās special to me because I feel more at home here than I did where I grew up. Where I grew up it was all about sports and there wasnāt much of an appreciation for the arts. I love that you can go anywhere and find music. Anyone you talk to is a producer or a writer or a filmmaker. Everyone that Iāve ever met is somewhat arts-involved.
What profession other than your own would you like to attempt?
My fiancĆ© designs furniture and I think itās amazing. Iām super-impressed by the amount of skills you have to have to be able to build things. I was always good at math but not good in the sense that I could figure out how to make a chair without it breaking or falling over. I spend some time in his studio with him when heās building and I really love to learn about that. Iād like to develop as many skills as possible in my lifetime. Iād like to be better at the hands-on side of being creative.
What quality do you admire most in others?
Perseverance; people that donāt procrastinate, because Iām a huge procrastinator. I guess because Iām a perfectionist Iām always waiting for the right time for everything, so people that can just go out and get things done without hesitation impress me.
Do you have any heroes?
Musically, thereās a lot of artists that I admire for just making it happen for themselves. My parents, obviously. They both dropped out of college and still found awesome jobs. We had a great childhood. We werenāt the richest family in town but I donāt remember having a struggle, so I admire them for that and I hope I can provide that for Fenwick. Thatās a hard thing when you have artists as parents. You have to fulfill your need to create and at the same time put food on the table. I want to be my own hero for my child just like my parents.
What is your idea of a perfect Saturday?
Sitting on the couch with a cup of coffee all day. If I canāt sit on the couch with a cup of coffee in my own home, then Iād like to be sitting on a couch with a cup of coffee in a studio doing music. Either way Iām happy, as long as thereās coffee involved.
What is your idea of happiness?
Doing what you love and making a living doing it. I donāt really have much of a drive for anything else.
What is your main fault?
That Iām a perfectionist. I always want things to be done right but I put too much pressure on myself. Iām starting to become more comfortable with just hearing my voice back on a recording. Itās a very personal thing to record yourself singing. Itās part of you. Itās taken several years to be comfortable and confident in myself. There are so many incredible singers and itās hard not to compare yourself to them.
What is your favorite motto?
I donāt have one that I live by, but for me itās ādo what you love to do. Donāt settle.ā
Which characters in history do you most admire?
Womenās rights activists. Even in the music industry you see live bands and theyāre so male-dominated. Iām sure thereās just as many good female guitar players.
What is your present state of mind?
Happiness with an underlying note of stress. Thereās constant stress. Whether itās thinking of where Fenwickās going to go to school or whether Iām going to have a job this month. The work I do is so inconsistent and thatās why I spend so much time online trying to network and make connections with people. But Iām really happy about where I am in life in general.
