- Her family had to leave the Soviet Union because of the discrimination Jewish people faced.
- Her first two English words were "garbage" and "sneakers.".
- Moved to the Bronx from Moscow and had to leave the family piano behind.
- She performed the song The Call in The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian (2008), as part of the film's finale sequence. Spektor wrote this song especially for the film.
- Gave birth to her 1st child at age 34, a son in March 2014. Child's father is her husband, Jack Dishel.
- Father is a violinist and mother is a music teacher.
- Spektor went to college at SUNY Purchase in New York.
- Master and Margarita is one her favorite books.
- Lives in New York City.
- Was an opening act for The Strokes on their first Tour.
- Once spent a summer working at a Butterfly farm in Luck, Wisconsin.
- Signed by Sire Records.
- Performed a Duet with The Strokes, "Modern Girls & Old Fashioned Men", on the B-Side of their single "Reptilia".
- (December 18, 2011) Married her boyfriend of 6 years Jack Dishel after a 16-month-long engagement.
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