| Celebrated Name: | Liz Phair |
| Real Name/Full Name: | Elizabeth Clark Phair |
| Gender: | Female |
| Age: | 54 years old |
| Birth Date: | April 17, 1967 |
| Birth Place: | New Haven, Connecticut, U.S. |
| Nationality: | American |
| Height: | 1.57 m |
| Weight: | 55 kg |
| Sexual Orientation: | Straight |
| Marital Status: | Divorced |
| Husband/Spouse (Name): | Jim Staskauskas ( M. 1995 Div. 2001) |
| Children/Kids (Son and Daughter): | Yes (James Nicholas Staskauskas) |
| Dating/Boyfriend (Name): | N/A |
| Is Liz Phair Lesbian?: | No |
| Profession: | Singer, Songwriter |
| Salary: | N/A |
| Net Worth in 2024: | $10 Million Approx. |
| Last Updated: | January 2024 |
Elizabeth Clark Phair is a renowned singer and a songwriter born in America. She is widely known as Liz Phair. Liz is known for her songs, which represent extreme realities about relationships and life. Her lyrics contain hard but real, actual content about sex and relationships. She is a very famous and successful singer who made her debut album in 1993 and is still active.
Maybe you know about Liz Phair very well, but do you know how old and tall is she and what is her net worth in 2024? If you do not know, we have prepared this article about details of Liz Phair’s short biography-wiki, career, professional life, personal life, today’s net worth, age, height, weight, and more facts. Well, if you’re ready, let’s start.
Early Life & Biography
Liz Phair took birth in New Haven, Connecticut, U.S. She was raised as an adopted child. She didn’t know anything about her biological parents. Her mother, Nancy Phair, was a Professor and a Historian by profession. In contrast, her father, John Phair, was the head of the research department of Infectious diseases at Northwestern Memorial Hospital. Her siblings included an older brother, who also was an adopted child.
Liz, from her birth, never considered her adoption being unfateful, as she was raised well and had the right family. Her family shifted to Illinois, Chicago, when she was aged nine. She completed her high school in 1985 from New Trier High School. After her high school, she did her graduation in 1990 from Oberlin College in Oberlin, Ohio, with a Bachelor’s degree in Art History. From her schooling days, she grabbed her recognition in student yearbooks and also was part of the cross country team.
Personal Life
Liz Phair was raised in a family as an adopted child, but she considered her parents her very own and never went in search of her biological parents. Taking a peek into her personal life, Liz dated Jim Staskauskas in 1994. Jim was a film editor. The couple dated for a year before getting married on 11 March 1995. The couple gave birth to a son on 21 December 1996. The name of her son is James Nicholas Staskauskas. The couple parted ways amd got divorced in 2001. After her divorce, she left Chicago and shifted to California.
Age, Height, and Weight
Being born on April 17 1967, Liz Phair is 54 years old as of today’s date 8th January 2024. Her height is 1.57 m tall, and her weight is 55 kg.
Career
Liz Phair started her glorious career with her debut album in 1993. Her debut album was ‘Exile in Guyville.’ The move to make a single turned to 18 songs of this album. All the songs from the album were widely heard and loved by all. Following this, she came back again with her second album, ‘Whip-Smart’ in 1994, which shot her to fame, and she started to grab attention worldwide.
She brought a different flavor in the genre of rock and pop music. Her strong and compelling lyrics where vulgar became critically acclaimed. After her initial success, she started appearing in different TV shows, and radio shows to promote her albums. One of her television stints includes her appearance on the show, ‘120 minutes’, which was broadcast on MTV.
She performed songs live like “Supernova,” “Never Said,” “Cinco de Mayo” at these shows till early 1995s. Liz made her third album named ‘Whitechocolatespaceegg’ in 1998 after a gap of three years. This album didn’t get the expected response as the previous albums of her career. After this, her career hit a downfall as she couldn’t grab the considerable response she expected from her work.
Even after making her fourth album under a new label, Capitol Records in 2003 changed the scenario. Her fifth and final album for Capitol Records, ‘Somebody’s Miracle’ which got mixed reviews and was not worth a shot even. After all this, she planned on focusing on composing for Television shows, and in 2009, she wrote the theme song for NBC’s The Weber Show.
She has composed songs for many other shows. In an attempt to relive and revive her most loved albums, Exile in Guyville and Whip-Smart, she made many North-American tours. She started the tours in 2018 and continued doing it till the summer of 2019. Liz is yet to release her seventh album named, Soberish, in 2024.
Awards & Achievements
Liz Phair has achieved a lot in her glorious career. The most iconic Album of her career, Exile in Guyville, made her win the Album of the year award by Spin’s Readers’ poll Awards in 1993. She has also received Grammy nominations for her songs ‘Supernova’ and ‘Don’t have time’ from the Album, Whip-Smart in 1994, and 1995 respectively. She was listed among the Top Television Composer and also won the award for her works on the show, ‘90210’ and ‘Super Fun Night’ in 2009 and 2014, respectively.
Net Worth & Salary of Liz Phair in 2024
Liz Phair is an American singer and composer who has an estimated net worth of $10 million approximately as of January 2024. Her primary source of income is from her compositions and albums she has sold in her career. Her salary cannot be estimated.
Liz Phair started her career with grand success with her all-time loved album, Exile in Guyville. She had significant setbacks in her career, but she overcame every setback and returned strongly. Her new venture of a blend in Indie rock and pop music brought a unique profile, which is excellent inspirational work. Her explicit content in her lyrics showed how confident and secure a character she holds. She is and always will be loved for her ventures in music.