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Madonna

Birth name: Madonna Louise Veronica Ciccone

Birth date: 16.08.1958

The remarkable hyper ambitious, Material Girl who never stops re-inventing herself has sold tens of millions of CDs to adoring fans world wide, however her film career has consistently drawn scathing or laughable reviews from film critics, and her films have generally often only experienced tepid success at the box office. Born Madonna Louise Veronica Ciccone on August 1958 in Bay City, Michigan she moved to New York in the late 1970s and studied with renowned choreographer Alvin Ailey, joined up with the Patrick Hernandez Revue, formed a pop/dance band called "Breakfast Club" and then began working with then boyfriend Stephen Bray on recording several disco oriented songs. NY producer / DJ Mark Kamins passed her demo tapes onto Sire Records in early 1982......and the rest, as they say, is history. The 1980s was Madonna's boom decade, and she dominated the music charts with a succession of multi-million selling albums, plus her musical and fashion influence on young women was felt right around the globe. Madonna first appeared on screen in two low budget films marketed to a teenage audience titled A Certain Sacrifice (1985) and Vision Quest (1985). However, she scored a minor cult hit with Desperately Seeking Susan (1985) starring alongside spunky Rosanna Arquette. Madonna's next effort with then husband & fellow actor Sean Penn titled Shanghai Surprise (1986) was wholly savaged by the critics, although the resilient actress managed to improve critical reception with her next two films, the off beat Who's That Girl? (1987) and the quirky Damon Runyon inspired Bloodhounds of Broadway (1989). The big budget and star filled Dick Tracy (1990) had Madonna portray bad girl "Breathless Mahoney" flirting with Warren Beatty, but it failed to fire at the box office. Taking a much more earthy role, Madonna was much more entertaining alongside Tom Hanks and Geena Davis in the highly enjoyable A League of Their Own (1992) about female baseball players during WWII, but then she drew the critics's wrath once again with the boring whodunit Body of Evidence (1993), that was an obvious attempt to cash in on the success of the sexy Sharon Stone thriller Basic Instinct (1992). Several other minor screen roles followed, then Madonna starred as Eva Peron in the fairly well received screen adaptation of the hugely successful musical Evita (1996). The Material Girl stayed away from being in front of the cameras for several years, until she returned to co-star in the lukewarm romantic comedy The Next Best Thing (2000), followed by the woefully bad Swept Away (2002), and then Madonna was totally miscast as a vampish fencing instructor in the 007 adventure Die Another Day (2002).

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Filmography

# The Devil Wears Prada (2006) (performer: "Jump", "Vogue") # Cheaper by the Dozen 2 (2005) (performer: "Holiday") # "Smap x Smap" - Episode dated 19 December 2005 (2005) TV Episode (writer: "Hung Up") (performer: "Hung Up") # "Wetten, dass..?" - Wetten, dass..? aus Mannheim (2005) TV Episode (writer: "Hung Up") (performer: "Hung Up") # MTV Europe Music Awards 2005 (2005) (TV) (writer: "Hung Up") (performer: "Hung Up") # "Reunion" - 1986 (2005) TV Episode (performer: "Papa Don't Preach") # 20 centímetros (2005) (writer: "True Blue") ... aka 20 Centimeters (International: English title) # Ice Princess (2005) (writer: "Ray of Light") (performer: "Ray of Light") ... aka Une princesse sur la glace (Canada: French title) # Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason (2004) (performer: "Material Girl") ... aka Bridget Jones 2 (UK: informal title) ... aka Bridget Jones: L'âge de raison (France) # 13 Going on 30 (2004) (performer: "Crazy for You") ... aka Suddenly 30 (Australia) # Live to Tell (2003) (writer: "Live to Tell") # "Cold Case" - Churchgoing People (2003) TV Episode (performer: "Live to tell") # Totally Gay! (2003) (TV) (performer: "Hollywood") ... aka VH-1's Totally Gay! (USA: complete title) # Confidence (2003) (writer: "Erotica") (performer: "Erotica") ... aka Confidence: After Dark (UK) ... aka En toute confiance (Canada: French title) # Die Another Day (2002) (performer: "DIE ANOTHER DAY") ... aka D.A.D. (USA: promotional abbreviation) # Crossroads (2002/I) (writer: "Open Your Heart") (performer: "Open Your Heart") # "Queer as Folk" ... aka Q.A.F. (USA: informal alternative title) ... aka Queer as Folk USA (UK) - Episode #1.8 (2001) TV Episode (performer: "Don't Tell Me") # 100 Greatest Number One Singles (2001) (TV) (performer: "Prayer") # The Next Best Thing (2000) (writer: "Time Stood Still") (performer: "Time Stood Still", "American Pie") (producer: "Time Stood Still") # Madonna: The Video Collection 93:99 (1999) (V) (writer: "Bad Girl", "Rain", "Secret", "Take a Bow", "Human Nature", "Frozen", "Ray of Light", "Drowned World/Substitute for Love", "The Power of Good-Bye", "Nothing Really Matters", "Beautiful Stranger") # Deep Blue Sea (1999) (writer: "El Paradiso Rico") # Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me (1999) (performer: "BEAUTIFUL STRANGER") ... aka Austin Powers 2: The Spy Who Shagged Me (USA: video title) # Never Been Kissed (1999) (writer: "Like a Prayer") (as Madonna Ciccone) (performer: "Like a Prayer") # The Corruptor (1999) (writer: "Candy Perfume Girl") (performer: "Candy Perfume Girl") # Red Corner (1997) (performer: Video clip of "Fever") # 976-WISH (1997) ("Material Girl") # Evita (1996) (performer: "Eva And Magaldi", "Eva Beware of the City", "Buenos Aires", "Another Suitcase In Another Hall", "Goodnight And Thank You", "Charity Concert", "I'd be Surprisingly Good for You", "Hello and Goodbye", "Peron's Latest Flame", "A New Argentina", "Don't Cry For Me, Argentina", "On the Balcony of the Casa Rosada 2", "High Flying, Adored", "Rainbow High", "Rainbow Tour", "The Actress Hasn't Learned the Lines (You'd Like To Hear)", "Partido Feminista", "Waltz for Eva and Che", "You Must Love Me", "Eva's Final Broadcast", "Lament", "Don't Cry For Me, Argentina" (end title version)) # Safe (1995) (writer: "Lucky Star") (as Madonna Ciccone) (performer: "Lucky Star") # "Friends" - The One Where Rachel Finds Out (1995) TV Episode (performer: "Take a Bow") # Sex, Love & Intimacy (1995) (performer: "Erotica") # A Low Down Dirty Shame (1994) (writer: "SIDEWALK TALK") ... aka Mister Cool # Postino, Il (1994) (performer: "If You Forget Me") ... aka Facteur, Le (France) ... aka The Postman (USA) # With Honors (1994) (writer: "I'll Remember (Theme from 'With Honors')") (performer: "I'll Remember (Theme from 'With Honors')") (producer: "I'll Remember (Theme from 'With Honors')") # A League of Their Own (1992) (performer: "THIS USED TO BE MY PLAYGROUND") # Madonna: Truth or Dare (1991) ("Express Yourself", "Oh Father", "Like a Virgin", "Promise to Try", "Holiday", "Live to Tell", "Vogue", "Causing a Commotion", "Family Affair/Keep it Together") ... aka In Bed with Madonna (Australia) (UK) ... aka Truth or Dare # Nothing But Trouble (1991) (writer: "Get Over") (producer: "Get Over") # My Own Private Idaho (1991) (performer: "Cherish") # A fuego lento (1991) ("Sooner or later") # Madonna: The Immaculate Collection (1990) (V) (writer: "Lucky Star", "Papa Don't Preach", "Open Your Heart", "La Isla Bonita", "Like a Prayer", "Express Yourself", "Cherish", "Oh Father", "Vogue", "Vogue") # Texasville (1990) (performer: "Material Girl") # Dick Tracy (1990) (performer: "SOONER OR LATER (I ALWAYS GET MY MAN)", "MORE", "WHAT CAN YOU LOSE") # "Midnight Caller" - Do You Believe in Miracles? (1990) TV Episode (performer: "Santa Baby") # Pahiram ng isang umaga (1989) (performer: "Material Girl") ... aka On Borrowed Time (International: English title) # Running on Empty (1988) (writer: "Lucky Star") (performer: "Lucky Star") # Who's That Girl? (1987) (performer: "WHO'S THAT GIRL", "CAUSING A COMMOTION", "LOOK OF LOVE", "CAN'T STOP") # At Close Range (1986) (writer: "LIVE TO TELL") (performer: "LIVE TO TELL") # Yesterday, Today & Tomorrow (1986) (performer: "Like A Virgin") # Desperately Seeking Susan (1985) (writer: "INTO THE GROOVE") (performer: "INTO THE GROOVE") # Vision Quest (1985) ("Crazy For You", "Gambler") ... aka Crazy for You # The Wild Life (1984) (performer: "BURNING UP") # "Children in Need" (1980) TV Series (performer: "Hung Up") # Tukso layuan mo ako (????) (performer: "Express Yourself") # Hindi mo ako kayang tapakan (????) (performer: "Angel")