Biography for Madonna Date of Birth 16 August 1958 , Bay City, Michigan, USA Birth Name Madonna Louise Veronica Ciccone Nickname Nonnie Maddy Mo The Material Girl Madge Esther (Kabalah name picked up herself from "Zohar" or "Bible") M (What she and her friends call her) Height 5' 4½" (1.64 m) Mini Biography The remarkable, hyper-ambitious Material Girl who never stops re-inventing herself, Madonna has sold over 300 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 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 wi...