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China Forbes (born April 29, 1970) is an American singer and songwriter who has been the lead singer of the band Pink Martini since 1995.
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- Life and career
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Life and career
The daughter of Peggy (née Woodford) and Donald Cameron Forbes, China Forbes was born and raised in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Her father was of French and Scottish descent, and her mother is African-American. She attended Phillips Exeter Academy ('88), then studied visual arts at Harvard University, where she met Thomas Lauderdale, a classically trained pianist. They became friends and met regularly to play music together. At Harvard, she won the Jonathan Levy Prize for acting.
After graduating in 1992, Forbes worked as an actress for several years, performing Off-Broadway in New York City. She then became a musician, forming a band and recording a solo album. She sang the song "Ordinary Girl" for the television series Clueless and "Que Sera Sera" over the credits for the movie In the Cut. While living in Portland, Oregon, Lauderdale asked her to sing with Pink Martini, a band he had assembled to play at political fundraisers. After three years commuting from New York, she moved to Portland in 1998 to work full-time with the band. Forbes and Lauderdale co-wrote the band's hit "Sympathique (Je ne Veux Pas Travailler)" among many other band orgininals.
Apart from her work with Pink Martini, she has released solo albums, including Love Handle (November 1995) and '78 (Heinz2008) which includes her song "Hey Eugene" in its original version. She is featured on Michael Feinstein's album The Sinatra Project, singing a duet of "How Long Will It Last?" She recorded two songs in French with Georges Moustaki for his album Solitaire.
On June 21, 2011, Pink Martini announced that Forbes was taking an extended leave of absence for at least one year for surgery on her vocal cords. She made a full recovery and was back on stage with the band within 5 months. Forbes is thanked in the liner notes to 1969, the band's album with Japanese vocalist Saori Yuki.
She is a cousin of U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and indie-rock musician Ed Droste of Grizzly Bear. Her sister is Maya Forbes, a screenwriter and director. Maya's movie Infinitely Polar Bear (2014) was inspired by events from childhood.
Discography
With Pink Martini
With others