Christa Päffgen (German pronunciation: [ˈkʁɪsta ˈpɛfɡn̩]; 16 October 1938 – 18 July 1988), [1] [2] [3] known by her stage name Nico, was a German singer, songwriter, actress, and model. Nico had roles in several films, including Federico Fellini's La Dolce Vita (1960) and Andy Warhol's Chelsea Girls (1966).

Apr 8, 2022 · At El Quixote, a Spanish restaurant attached to the Chelsea Hotel, Nico struck the Black singer and activist Emmaretta Marks in the face with a glass or a bottle; the wound needed multiple...

Aug 7, 2018 · Nico, 1988 tells the story of the Velvet Underground singer who left for a solo career — one weighed down by her addiction to heroin — and depicts the last, tumultuous year of her...

Jul 4, 2021 · O n 17 July 1988, the German singer-songwriter Nico was in Ibiza suffering from a bad headache. Despite the blistering heat, she decided to cycle into town in search of cannabis, hoping it...

Oct 16, 2024 · Instead of narrowing it down to a single spot, here are 20 of the best Nico songs that traverse the entire spectrum of the German iconoclast’s unflagging assault on artistic complacency. Listen...

Apr 19, 2018 · A new biopic covering her later years, Nico, 1988, is part of an ongoing reconsideration of her art and life following the Velvet Underground.

Jul 18, 2024 · In 1981 Nico, former Fellini muse, Warhol superstar and voice of The Velvet Underground, was washed up, addicted to heroin and living in Manchester. Singing sombre lullabies for the dead, she clawed her way out of the dark until tragedy struck one last time. Thirty six years on from her death, friends and collaborators remember her again.

Nico, born as Christa Päffgen, was a German actress, model, singer, songwriter and musician. She was known for her roles in numerous films, including Andy Warhol's ‘Chelsea Girls’ and Federico Fellini's ‘La Dolce Vita.’

Nico (born Christa Päffgen; 16 October 1938 – 18 July 1988) was a German singer, songwriter, actress, and Warhol Superstar. She is featured on the first album by the New York rock band The Velvet Underground, The Velvet Underground & Nico. She was born in Cologne. She grew up in Brandenburg and Berlin. She made seven studio albums.

Model and singer Nico was born in Cologne, Germany in 1938. She was a part of the Andy Warhol "scene" in the 1960s. A member of The Velvet Underground experimental rock band (with John Cale), circa 1967, she made several solo albums during the 1970s.