Madonna
Madonna Louise Veronica Ciccone
Hometown Family Her mother died of cancer when
Madonna was 5 yearsold. Madonna was the oldest daughter
of 8 children. Her 7 sisters lived with
different relatives because their parents
weredivorced before her mother died. Later her father married his
housekeeper, JoanGustafson. At the filmingof Shanghai Surprise, in 1986,
Madonna met her later husband Sean Penn, but theygot divorced in 1989. On 14thOctober 1996 she gave birth to her
daughter Lourdes Maria. Thefather is her former fitness trainer
Carlos Leon. On 11th August2000 she got her second child,
her son Rocco Ritchie. The father is the EnglishproducerGuyRitchie.They got married on 22ndDecember of
the same year. At first she had to go to a
monastery, but because of the early death ofher mother, she could change
and visited a strict catholic high school. She was a very good pupil. Shewas allowed to dance as a
young girl and continued at school. Dance After leaving high school
Madonna completed a dance education at theUniversity of But her carrier as a dancer was
not really successful and she had to leada rather unpretentious life. A trip to After her returnto Michigan Madonna founded "The
Breakfast Band" together with DanGilroy. Her solo
career started in1983. Sire Records published herfirst single Everybodyfor only 5000 dollar. The single was sold 250.000 times and became
the thirdplace in the dance charts. Inthe same year her first album
was published and the irresistible ascent to astar and idol for millions of
people began. In the years1983-2004 she published other successful hits like Don't tellme, What it feels like for a girland
American life. Her
first appearance as an actress was in 1985. She was given apart in
Desperately Seeking Susanbut the movie was notreally a
big success. Her furthermovies like Shanghai Surprise
in1986, Who's That Girl in 1987, Dick
Tracy in 1990 and Body Of Evidence in 1993 were
also criticizedby the media. Her onlysuccess was Evita in 1996, a film of
a musical by Andrew LloydWebber. She inventsher style again and again by
changing her clothes andhairstyle. Madonna alsoknows how to
provoke people. Her great video-clip of What it feels like for agirl was forbidden by MTV,
because Madonna drives a sports car and the journeyends in a crash. But in
her songs she also deals with serious themes, forexample, religion. But she writes about love and her life, too. With her songsshe wants to pass on her experience to other
people and to express herfeelings.
Date of Birth
16. August 1958
School
Wayto success
Music
Movies
Image
Hometown
Family
Her mother died of cancer when Madonna was 5 years old.
Madonna was the oldest daughter of 8 children.
Her 7 sisters lived with different relatives because their parents were divorced before her mother died.
Later her father married his housekeeper, Joan Gustafson.
At the filming of Shanghai Surprise, in 1986, Madonna met her later husband Sean Penn, but they got divorced in 1989.
On 14th October 1996 she gave birth to her daughter Lourdes Maria.
The father is her former fitness trainer Carlos Leon.
On 11th August 2000 she got her second child, her son Rocco Ritchie.
The father is the English producer Guy Ritchie. They got married on 22nd December of the same year.
At first she had to go to a monastery, but because of the early death of her mother, she could change and visited a strict catholic high school.
She was a very good pupil.
She was allowed to dance as a young girl and continued at school.
Dance
After leaving high school Madonna
completed a dance education at the
But her carrier as a dancer was not really successful and she had to lead a rather unpretentious life.
A trip to
After her return to Michigan Madonna founded "The Breakfast Band" together with Dan Gilroy.
Her solo career started in1983. Sire Records published her first single Everybody for only 5000 dollar. The single was sold 250.000 times and became the third place in the dance charts.
In the same year her first album was published and the irresistible ascent to a star and idol for millions of people began. In the years 1983-2004 she published other successful hits like Don't tell me, What it feels like for a girl and American life.
Her first appearance as an actress was in 1985. She was given a part in Desperately Seeking Susan but the movie was not really a big success.
Her further movies like Shanghai Surprise in1986, Who's That Girl in 1987,
Dick Tracy in 1990 and Body Of Evidence in 1993 were also criticized by the media.
Her only success was Evita in 1996, a film of a musical by Andrew Lloyd Webber.
She invents her style again and again by changing her clothes and hairstyle.
Madonna also knows how to provoke people. Her great video-clip of What it feels like for a girl was forbidden by MTV, because Madonna drives a sports car and the journey ends in a crash. But in her songs she also deals with serious themes, for example, religion. But she writes about love and her life, too. With her songs she wants to pass on her experience to other people and to express her feelings.
