Alanis Morissette

As a teenager, she suffered from eating disorders - both bulimia and anorexia. She went to therapy to deal with these issues, and eventually learned that she had chronic depression. She was also plagued by anxiety attacks, which often happened when she was watching movies. She was prescribed medication, but never stayed on it, since she didn't like they way the pills made her feel.

Alanis has explored relationships with women. Here's what she said on the matter: "I never had any intentions of having my lifelong partner be a woman, but stranger things have happened. I was open-minded to it, but fortunately - or unfortunately - I realized I was heterosexual. In moments I wish it weren't the case."

Alanis is from Ottawa, Canada. She moved to Los Angeles in 1994 to work with Glen Ballard, who helped her write and produce her album Jagged Little Pill. She is just the second artist from Ottawa to have significant chart success in America; the first was Paul Anka.