Music
Lady Gaga
Singer, songwriter and actor
Born 1986
Photo: The White House · Public domain
«Don't you ever let a soul in the world tell you that you can't be exactly who you are.»
Lady Gaga has sold more than 170 million records, won an Academy Award for the song Shallow, and was nominated for another as an actor. She trained as a musician and writes or co-writes almost everything she performs.
Key achievements
- Academy Award for Best Original Song, Shallow, 2019
- Thirteen Grammy Awards and over 170 million records sold
- Founded the Born This Way Foundation for youth mental health
Universities
New York, Greenwich Village
Admitted at seventeen to the Tisch School of the Arts, one of twenty students accepted early, and left after a year to write music.
Facts
- She began playing the piano at four and had written her first ballad by thirteen.
- She was one of twenty students admitted early to the Tisch School, the only such cohort that year.
- She founded the Born This Way Foundation, which funds mental health support for young people.
Photographs
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