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Madonna

Age: 51
Height: 5' 4 1/2"

Birth Place: Bay City, Michigan, USA
Born: Aug. 16th, 1958

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Madonna's Main TV Roles

Show	Character(s)
Access Hollywood	Madonna
Celebrities Uncensored	Madonna
Top of The Pops 2 (UK)	Madonna
Becoming	Madonna
Tonight with Jonathan Ross (UK)	Madonna

NOTE: Complete List of Works can be found at IMDB

BIOGRAPHY:

The remarkable, hyper-ambitious Material Girl who never stops re-inventing herself, Madonna has sold tens of millions of records and CDs to adoring fans worldwide. Her film career, however, is another story. Her performances have consistently drawn scathing or laughable reviews from film critics, and the films have usually had tepid, if any, success at the box office. Born Madonna Louise Veronica Ciccone in 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 began working with then boyfriend Stephen Bray (I) on recording several disco-oriented songs. New York producer / DJ Mark Kamins passed her demo tapes to 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, and her musical and fashion influence on young women was felt around the globe.

Madonna first appeared on screen in two low-budget films marketed to a teenage audience: 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 Sean Penn (I), Shanghai Surprise (1986), was savaged by critics, although the resilient star managed to somewhat improve her standing with her next two films, the offbeat Who's That Girl (1987) (although she did receive decidedly mixed reviews, they weren't as negative as those of her previous effort) and the quirky Damon Runyon-inspired Bloodhounds of Broadway (1989). The big-budget and star-filled Dick Tracy (1990) had her playing bad girl "Breathless Mahoney" flirting with Warren Beatty, but the epic failed to catch fire at the box office. Taking an earthier role, Madonna was much more entertaining alongside Tom Hanks and Geena Davis in the highly enjoyable A League of Their Own (1992), a story about female baseball players during WWII. However, she again drew the wrath of critics with the boring whodunit Body of Evidence (1993), an obvious (and lame) attempt to cash in on the success of the sexy Sharon Stone (I) thriller Basic Instinct (1992).

Several other minor screen roles followed, then Madonna starred as Eva Per�n in Evita (1996), a fairly well received screen adaptation of the hugely successful Broadway musical. The Material Girl stayed away from the movie cameras for several years, returning to co-star in the lukewarm romantic comedy The Next Best Thing (2000), followed by the painful Swept Away (2002). If those films weren't bad enough, she was woefully miscast as a vampish fencing instructor in the James Bond adventure Die Another Day (2002).

TRIVIA:

Wanted to play the role of Ginger in _Casino (1995)_ (qv), but the role was given to 'Sharon Stone (I)' (qv) instead.
High school cheerleader.
In 2003, three different action figures were made of her likeness based on her character, Susan, from the movie _Desperately Seeking Susan (1985)_ (qv).
One of the very few friends she has kept from the old days is her former makeup artist, 'Debi Mazar' (qv), who is now an actress.
(11 November 2004) Inducted into the UK Music Hall of Fame for her outstanding contribution to British music and integral part of British music culture.
Considered for the role of Catwoman in _Batman Returns (1992)_ (qv), which eventually went to 'Michelle Pfeiffer' (qv).
Won Best Solo Dance Artist at the 17th International Dance Music Awards held at the Winter Music Conference in Miami. (March 2002)
A fan of the book "Gone with the Wind".