Lera Lynn (born December 5, 1984) is an American singer, songwriter, musician, and actress.

Early life

Born in Houston, Texas, Lynn was raised in

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. She has a

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from the

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. Before attending the university, she briefly attended

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Career

Lynn's first LP, ''Have You Met Lera Lynn'', was released in 2011. In 2014, she released an EP entitled ''Lying in the Sun'' and also began creating music for the second season of the crime drama series ''

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''. Working with songwriter and music producer

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, the two collaborated with singer-songwriter

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at Burnett's home in

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with two of the resulting tracks being included on Cash's 2018 album ''

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''. After approving the musical tracks, series creator

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cast Lynn as a recurring character who performs the songs in a

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frequented by the main characters. Her 2016 album ''Resistor'' was reviewed in ''

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Discography

* ''Have You Met Lera Lynn'' (2011) * ''Lying in the Sun'' (2014) * ''The Avenues'' (2014) * ''

: Music From the HBO Series Soundtrack'' (2015) * ''Resistor'' (2016) * ''Plays Well With Others'' (2018) * ''On My Own'' (2020) * ''Something More Than Love'' (2022)

References

External links

leralynn.com (official website)

Lera Lynn at Allmusic
Living people American women country singers American country singer-songwriters University of Georgia alumni Singers from Houston 1984 births Singer-songwriters from Texas 21st-century American singers 21st-century American women singers Country musicians from Texas {{US-singer-songwriter-stub