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A highly versatile artist, Cher is an American singer and actress who started her amazing career as one half of Sonny and Cher in the 1960s. She has since reached international fame with an array of top 10 hits and screen roles as well as winning an Oscar for her lead role in Moonstruck.
Born in El Centro, California, Cher rose to stardom as part of a singing act with Sonny Bono in the 1960s, hitting No. 1 with the single тАШI Got You BabeтАЩ. Yet she soon established a successful solo career of her own as well, having chart-toppers including тАШGypsies, Tramps and ThievesтАЩ, тАШHalf-BreedтАЩ and тАШDark LadyтАЩ.
Cher began her acting career in the 1980s, starring in films like Silkwood (1983), Mask (1985), Suspect (1987), and The Witches of Eastwick (1987). Following her widely acclaimed performance in the movie classic Moonstruck, released in 1987, Cher won her first Academy Award for Best Actress.
With her attention now back on music, the тАШ80s and early тАШ90s saw her showing off her rock tracks with albums such as тАШCherтАЩ and тАШHeart of StoneтАЩ, the latter of which contained the top ten hits тАШIf I Could Turn Back TimeтАЩ and тАШJust Like Jesse JamesтАЩ. She scored another top 40 hit with her mainstream pop cover of тАШThe Shoop Shoop Song (ItтАЩs in His Kiss)тАЩ, off the soundtrack for Mermaids. Yet it was her 1998 album Believe that not only placed the singer firmly in dance/electronica territory, but also inspired an enduring trend of music producers relying on vocoders and even earned a Grammy for best dance recording.
In 2003, NBC aired one of her live performances as Cher: тАШThe Farewell TourтАЩ. The program was nominated for six 2003 Emmy Awards and won three, including: тАШOutstanding variety, music or comedy specialтАЩ; тАШOutstanding camerawork, video for a miniseries, movie or a specialтАЩ; and тАШOutstanding costumes for a variety or music programтАЩ.
Despite previously announcing plans to retire from live performances, she returned to the stage with her Las Vegas show entitled Cher at the Colosseum at Caesars Palace in 2008, and had performed 192 shows by the end of the series, in 2011. She also released Closer to the Truth in September 2013 and Dancing Queen in 2018.
She speaks passionately on subjects ranging from ecological issues to gender discrimination to protection of species to using social media for campaigning (she has just under 4,000,000 Twitter followers herself).
She is internationally recognised as a leading authority on animal welfare, humanitarian issues, womenтАЩs rights, LBGT issues, inclusion and US politics. She is an excellent presenter and speaks on leadership, motivation, womenтАЩs rights, politics, health and her own hugely fascinating life.
