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Birth Name: Anatsacia Newkirk
Date of Birth: September 17, 1973
Place of Birth: Chicago, Illinois, USA
Eye Color: Brown
Height: 5 ' 2 "
Family:
Father: Robert
Mother: Diane
Brother: Brian
Sister: Shawna
Anastacia Newkirk great Singer was born into a showbiz family: her father was a singer and her mother an actress in Broadway musical theatre. She developed a love and respect for performing early on in her life. Her maternal grandmother even nicknamed her "Stage" when she was a little girl, because she already had such star quality. Anastacia moved back to Manhattan at the age of 14 (after having been raised by her mother following her parents' divorce), she attended the Professional Children's School. She says that every student there seemed to be in show business already but her; indeed, as among her classmates were actors Christian Slater and River Phoenix. Anastacia soon became interested in dance despite being diagnosed with the intestinal disease Crohn's Disease. During the early '90's, she appeared regularly on Club MTV and in two Salt N Pepa videos, Everybody Get Up and Twist and Shout. One of the first producers that Anastacia worked with was O.G. Pearce, who produced her song One More Chance. Her debut album Not That Kind (released 2000) was a huge success reaching the top 10 in eight countries in Europe, Asia and Oceania. The album is in a category of its own blending pop, R&B, dance, rock. The song I'm Outta Love was a top 10 song on the US dance charts, while Not That Kind only reached the lower parts of the Billboard 200. Anastacia has a tattoo of the Egyptian symbol of eternal life surrounded by the sun on the small of her back. In January 2003, Anastacia discovered she had breast cancer while preparing for breast reduction surgery due to orthopedic reasons. She immediately successfully completed a course of treatment. She subsequently established a fund through the Breast Cancer Research Fund to promote awareness of breast cancer amongst younger women. | 
