Madonna
Acting
🎂 1958-08-16
Madonna (born Madonna Louise Ciccone; August 16, 1958) is an American recording artist, actress and entrepreneur. Born in Bay City, Michigan, she moved to New York City in 1977 to pursue a career in modern dance. After performing in the music groups Breakfast Club and Emmy, she released her debut album in 1983. She followed it with a series of albums in which she found immense popularity by pushing the boundaries of lyrical content in mainstream popular music and imagery in her music videos, which became a fixture on MTV. Throughout her career, many of her songs have hit number one on the record charts, including "Like a Virgin", "Papa Don't Preach", "Like a Prayer", "Vogue", "Frozen", "Music", "Hung Up", and "4 Minutes". Critics have praised Madonna for her diverse musical productions while at the same time serving as a lightning rod for religious controversy. Her career was further enhanced by film appearances that began in 1979, despite mixed commentary. She won critical acclaim and a Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in Motion Picture Musical or Comedy for her role in Evita (1996), but has received harsh feedback for other film roles. Madonna's other ventures include being a fashion designer, children's book author, film director and producer. She has been acclaimed as a businesswoman, and in 2007, she signed an unprecedented US $120 million contract with Live Nation. Madonna has sold more than 300 million records worldwide and is recognized as the world's top-selling female recording artist of all time by the Guinness World Records. According to the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), she is the best-selling female rock artist of the 20th century and the second top-selling female artist in the United States, behind Barbra Streisand, with 64 million certified albums. In 2008, Billboard magazine ranked Madonna at number two, behind only The Beatles, on the Billboard Hot 100 All-Time Top Artists, making her the most successful solo artist in the history of the Billboard chart. She was also inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in the same year. Considered to be one of the "25 Most Powerful Women of the Past Century" by Time for being an influential figure in contemporary music, Madonna is known for continuously reinventing both her music and image, and for retaining a standard of autonomy within the recording industry. On May 4, 2024, with a free concert which was live streamed at the Copacabana Beach in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, in front of 1.6 million people, Madonna broke the record for the most attended stand-alone concert by any artist, and the all-time highest attended concert by a female artist.
Cast credits(176)
Self - Guest
2014
Self - Guest
2007
Self
2007
Self - Host
1975
Self - Cameo (uncredited)
1975
Self - Musical Guest
1975
1964
Self
1964
Self
1982
Liz
1998
Self
1997
Self
1984
Self
2003
Self
1981
Self - Performer
1956
Self
1987
Self (Clip) (archive footage)
1987
Verity (uncredited)
2002
Self (archive footage)
2003
Self
1965
Princess Selenia (voice)
2006
Self (archive footage)
2002
Self (archive footage)
2020
Amber Leighton
2002
Self (archive footage)
2020
Self (archive footage)
2012
Mae Mordabito (CF)
1992
Self (archive footage)
2022
Eva Perón
1996
Self
2025
Self (archive footage)
2020
Elspeth
1995
Winner
1995
Rebeca Carlson
1993
Self
2025
Self (archive footage)
2017
Star
2001
Self
2001
Self - Panelist
2010
Self
1992
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
2024
Susan
1985
Self (archive footage)
2024
Gloria Tatlock
1986
Breathless Mahoney
1990
Self (archive footage)
2011
Self - Singer (archive footage)
2024
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2025
Singer
1985
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2011
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2014
Self - Presenter (archive footage)
2020
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2013
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2010
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2022
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2011
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2020
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2023
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2012
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2015
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2018
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1993
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2020
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2005
Self - Performer
2021
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1976
Self - Vocalist
2000
Marie
1991
Star
2001
Self
1991
Nikki Finn
1987
Self (uncredited)
2008
Bruna
1985
Self
2001
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1991
Abbie Reynolds
2000
Self
1999
Self (archive footage)
2021
Singing Telegram
1995
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2023
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2021
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2019
Self (segment "Celebrity Nude")
1988
Self - Lead Vocals & Guitar
2006
1998
2013
Self - Guitar, Ukulele & Vocals
2016
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2021
Self
2001
Self / Narrator (voice)
2013
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2024
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1993
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2025
2007
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1998
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2022
Self - Guitar and Vocals
2013
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2019
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2013
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1991
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2004
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1998
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1987
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2021
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1993
Boss #3
1996
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2009
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2012
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2010
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2017
Self - Singer (archive footage)
2019
Sarah Jennings
1993
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2019
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2003
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1998
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2004
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1999
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2022
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1997
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2025
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2017
Herself
1990
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1990
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2008
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2018
self (archive footage)
2018
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1993
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2009
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2002
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1988
Self - Performer
2012
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2016
Hortense Hathaway
1989
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2016
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2016
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1990
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2005
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2012
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2019
2010
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2021
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1990
2016
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1990
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
2002
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2008
2022
Self / Narrator (voice)
2008
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2020
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2013
2001
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1992
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2007
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2006
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1985
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1986
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1985
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2013
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2012
Self (archive footage)
2024
Herself
2007
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2006
The Egg Girl
1974
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2018
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1986
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2004
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1996
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2015
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