Aileen Quinn

What gets me about Aileen Quinn is the strange double crown she earned at the same moment: the title role in 1982's Annie, two Golden Globe nominations, and then a Razzie for the very same performance. That tells me less about her and more about how brutally critics treated a child carrying a giant musical. I notice she didn't vanish into the child-star cautionary tale either; she went on to Drew University and kept singing, voicing, and dancing. The official site for her band, Aileen Quinn and the Leapin' Lizards, suggests someone who made peace with that iconic role rather than running from it.

Name (English)

Aileen Quinn

Name (Japanese)

アイリーン・クイン

Reading

あいりーん・くいん

Born

June 28, 1971 (age 55)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Cancer / Boar

Origin

Yardley, Pennsylvania, United States

Occupation

singer / voice actor / actor / dancer

University

Drew University

Awards & achievements

• Young Artist Award for Best Leading Young Actress in a Feature Film
• 1983 Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Supporting Actress

• Official sitehttps://www.aileenquinnandtheleapinlizards.com/
• Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/aileenquinnandtheleapinlizards/
• Xhttps://x.com/aileenquinn
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aileen%20Quinn
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%A2%E3%82%A4%E3%83%AA%E3%83%BC%E3%83%B3%E3%83%BB%E3%82%AF%E3%82%A4%E3%83%B3
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q552945

Tags

• Pennsylvania
• singer
• voice actor
• actor

Last updated

2026-06-02

Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.