Madonna Louise Veronica Ciccone was born 15th of 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 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 has 6 brothers and sisters, among them Christopher Ciccone. Their mother died of cancer in dec. 1963, when Madonna was only 5 years old.
Madonna was a high school cheerleader. She graduated from Rochester Adams High School in 1976, she studied at the North Carolina School of the Arts and wom a scholarship to study modern dance and drama for three semesters at the University of Michigan.
She was married to actor Sean Penn from 1985 to 1989.
Her daughter, Lourdes Maria Ciccone Leon, was born on October 14th 1996. Her father is actor/fittness instructor, Carlos Leon. The name Lourdes is a tribute to her mother, who wanted to visit Lourdes (France) to see the Virgin Mary (The Madonna), but died before doing so.
She married Director Guy Ritchie in 2000. They have a son, Rocco Ritchie, who was born by emergency C-section on August 11th 2000. Rocco´s Godparents are Sting and his wife Trudie Styler.
In October 2006, Madonna and husband Guy Ritchie, adopted one-year-old David from Malawi.
Madonna´s first best selling children´s book, “The English Roses”, was published in September 2003.
Madonna has an IQ of 140
