Biography from Wikipedia; photo from ilonline.com

theOscarSite Bio: Preven is a US songwriter and musician, originally from New York. She began playing classical music at age 5, but gave that up as a teenager. She is a Harvard graduate and began writing songs while a student there. She was the lead singer in the LA bands Ednaswap and Annetenna, the former band name coming to her in a dream, but is best known for her songwriting. With songwriting partner Scott Cutler, she wrote the Ednaswap song "Torn" that was later covered by Natalie Imbruglia; wrote "Sanctuary" for Madonna; and wrote and produced Sinéad O'Connor's "No Man's Woman"; and "Listen", cowritten and sung by Beyoncé Knowles in the 2006 film DREAMGIRLS. Sinéad O'Connor also covered "The State I Am In," which was initially written for Ednaswap.

· Achievement in Music Written for Motion Pictures (Original Song) 2006: "Listen" - Lyric - from DREMGIRLS