American singer, songwriter, harpist and pianist best known as the co-founder, lead vocalist, and sole constant member of the rock band Evanescence. Alongside her contributions with the band, Lee has also participated on other musical projects including Nightmare Revisited and Muppets: The Green Album from Walt Disney Records.
She possesses a mezzo-soprano vocal range and has a recognizable fashion style, marked by her occasional use of gothic make-up and taste for Victorian-styled clothing.
She has performed collaborations with artists such as Korn, Seether, and David Hodges. Lee composed the soundtrack to the films War Story (2014) and Indigo Grey: The Passage (2015) with cellist Dave Eggar, and the song “Speak to Me” for the film Voice from the Stone (2017).
Lee received the Songwriter Icon Award from the National Music Publishers Association in 2008. In 2012, she won Best Vocalist at the Revolver Golden Gods Awards and was also named Rock Goddess of the Year at the Loudwire Music Awards. She was awarded Best Film Score by the Moondance International Film Festival for Indigo Grey: The Passage in 2015. Lee is also the American chairperson for the international epilepsy awareness foundation Out of the Shadows.
Lee was in a relationship with the lead singer Shaun Morgan from the band Seether from 2003 to 2005.
She married Josh Hartzler, a therapist and long-term friend at 1 PM on 6 May 2007 in Little Rock, Arkansas [1]. The couple’s first child, a son, Jack Lion Hartzler, was born at 7:51 AM on 24 July 2014.
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