Lang performed several times on "The Super Dave Osborne Show" starting in 1987. In 1988 k.d. lang and The Reclines appeared on "Austin City Limits". Lang played the lead in the 1991 drama film "Salmonberries", and also co-starred with Ewan McGregor and Ashley Judd in "Eye of the Beholder" (1999). She appeared as Dita Tommey in the 1997 miniseries, "The Last Don". She had an uncredited role as a lounge singer, performing the song "Love for Sale", in 2006's "The Black Dahlia". She has also made guest appearances on the sitcoms "The Larry Sanders Show", "Dharma & Greg", and the famous coming out episode of "Ellen". She appeared on the Christmas special of "Pee Wee's Playhouse", where she performed the song "Jingle Bell Rock". She also made a guest appearance on the "Garbage" episode of "The Jim Henson Hour", and in 2008 appeared on Rove McManus' live hour show "Rove".