- Born
- Birth nameMadonna Louise Ciccone
- Nicknames
- Nonnie
- Maddy
- Mo
- The Material Girl
- Madge
- Esther
- M
- The Queen of Pop
- Dita
- Buzzbomb
- Lola Montez
- Queen of Reinvention
- Lil' Booty
- Veronica Electronica
- Mrs. Ritchie
- Dumbo
- Queen of Controversy
- High Priestess of Pop
- First Lady of Pop
- Madame X
- Emmy
- Kit Moresby
- The Mouth
- Height5′ 0½″ (1.54 m)
- The remarkable, hyper-ambitious Material Girl who never stops re-inventing herself, Madonna has sold over three hundred million 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 Ciccone in August 1958 in Bay City, Michigan, she moved to New York in 1978 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 on recording several disco-oriented songs. New York producer/D.J. Mark Kamins passed her demo tapes to Sire Records in early 1982 and the rest is history. The 1980s was Madonna's boom decade, and she dominated the music charts with a succession of multimillion-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 an adolescent audience: A Certain Sacrifice (1979) 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, 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 A League of Their Own (1992), a story about female baseball players during W.W.II. However, she again drew the wrath of critics with the sexy whodunit Body of Evidence (1993). Several other minor screen roles followed, then Madonna starred as Eva Perón in Evita (1996), a fairly well received screen adaptation of the hugely successful Broadway musical, for which she received a Golden Globe for Best Actress. 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). After finally admitting that her acting days were over, Madonna began a directing career in 2008 with the barely remembered Filth and Wisdom (2008) and a year later she reunited with Madonna: Truth or Dare (1991) director Alek Keshishian to develop a script about the relationship between the Duke of Windsor and the Duchess of Windsor that led to his abdication in 1936: the result, a movie named W.E. (2011), starring James D'Arcy and Andrea Riseborough as the infernal but still royal couple, was released in 2011 to lukewarm critics but it gathered one Oscar nomination for costumes and won the Golden Globe for Best Original Song for "Masterpiece".- IMDb Mini Biography By: [email protected]
- SpousesGuy Ritchie(December 22, 2000 - November 21, 2008) (divorced, 2 children)Sean Penn(August 16, 1985 - September 14, 1989) (divorced)
- ChildrenMercy James CicconeStella CicconeEstere Ciccone
- ParentsMadonna Louise Fortin
- RelativesAnthony Ciccone(Sibling)Martin Ciccone(Sibling)Paula Ciccone(Sibling)Christopher Ciccone(Sibling)Melanie Henry(Sibling)
- Wore cone-shaped bras during her Express Yourself and Vogue performances
- For each of her albums she has a different look
- Gap between her front teeth
- Jean Harlow-styled short, bleach-blonde hair
- Muscular and toned arms
- Was fired from her job as an elevator operator at Terrace on the Park for having sex with a waiter in the elevator. She only worked there two weeks.
- Was first introduced to her husband Guy Ritchie by Sting & Trudie Styler at their Country Estate. Trudie Styler and Sting were later made godparents of their first born son Rocco Ritchie.
- In October 2013 she received a lifetime ban from the Alamo Drafthouse theatre chain after texting incessantly during a screening of 12 Years a Slave (2013).
- In 2017, delivery company FedEx refused to give Madonna her package for a week, believing she was an impostor.
- Her daughter Lourdes was named as a tribute to Madonna's mother, who wanted to visit Lourdes, France, where the Virgin Mary, the Madonna, appeared in 1858, but died before doing so.
- [in the Los Angeles Times, October 1994] When I'm hungry, I eat. When I'm thirsty, I drink. When I feel like saying something, I say it.
- Children always understand. They have open minds. They have built-in shit detectors.
- [in Interview magazine, June 1993] I think that everyone should get married at least once, so you can see what a silly, outdated institution it is.
- [from her book "Sex"] A lot of people are afraid to say what they want. That's why they don't get what they want.
- [to David Letterman in March 1994] Listen, all you do is talk about my sex life on your show, so now you don't want to talk about my sex life when I'm on your show?!
- Evita (1997) - $1,000,000
- Body of Evidence (1993) - $2,500,000 (plus percentage of gross and wardrobe)
- Dick Tracy (1990) - $35,000
- Shanghai Surprise (1986) - $1,000,000
- Desperately Seeking Susan (1985) - $80,000
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