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My Take
What I love about Anderson-Lopez is how she writes lyrics that little kids belt out at full volume while the melodies still hold up for grown-ups. "Let It Go" became inescapable for a reason: it nails that big emotional release a lot of people were craving. Pairing with Robert Lopez gives her this rare double EGOT-adjacent pedigree, and "Remember Me" from Coco proves Frozen wasn't a fluke. She makes craft look effortless, but anyone who has tried to write a singable hook knows it is anything but. A genuinely modern Disney songbook architect.
Overview
Kristen Anderson-Lopez is an American songwriter and composer born in New York City in 1972. Together with her husband Robert Lopez, she co-wrote the songs for Disney's Frozen, including the global hit "Let It Go," which won the Academy Award for Best Original Song in 2014. She won a second Academy Award in 2018 for "Remember Me" from Coco, and her work has also been recognized with a Grammy Award and a Critics' Choice Movie Award.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Kristen Anderson-Lopez
- Name (Japanese)
- クリステン・アンダーソン＝ロペス
- Reading
- くりすてん・あんだーそん＝ろぺす
- Born
- March 21, 1972 (age 54)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Aries / Rat
- Origin
- New York, New York, United States
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- Private
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- Composer / Voice actor / Screenwriter / Songwriter / Music producer
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Private
- University
- Williams College
Awards & achievements
- 2015 Grammy Award for Best Song Written for Visual Media
- 2013 Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Song
- 2014 Academy Award for Best Original Song
- 2018 Academy Award for Best Original Song
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
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7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.