• Name: Anastacia Lyn Newkirk
• Date of birth: 17th September 1968
• Born in: Illinois, Chicago
• Height: 5'3
• Eye colour: Brown
• Lives: Beverly Hills
• She has her own musical style which she calls 'Sprock', a mixture of soul, pop and rock
• She was a former dancer on Club MTV
• Her mother was a Broadway actress and father was a singer on the East Coast
• She wanted to be an archaeologist when she was growing up
• Her favourite colours are natural, earthly colours, though this can change
• She has suffered from Crohn's disease, an inflammation of the intestines, since she was 13 years old, and has a four-inch scar on her stomach as a result of an operation she had to remove her small intestine. She calls it her 'war wound'.
• She had to wear glasses since she was 7 years old until 2005 when she had Lasik surgery
• Her second album Freak of Nature was titled that because her mother called her that when she was growing up
• She was fired from her job as a receptionist in a beauty salon in LA because she was too loud
• Her late grandmother nicknamed her Stage, because she could see the potential in her even at such a young age
• Her name means 'she who will rise again' in Greek
• She considers London her second home
• She has 3 tattoos, one in between her shoulder blades with wings which says 'Forever', an Ankh and sun on her lower back which signifies eternal life, and her ex-husband's initals on her neck
• She was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2003 when she went to get a breast reduction, she went for a routine mammogram and the doctor found a malignant lump.
• She was a classmate of late River Phoenix
• She graduated from the Professional Children's School of Manhattan
• She favorite drinks are Sambuca and Bailey's on the rocks and red wine
• She once suffered from an umbilical hernia because of her powerful singing
• Her favourite food is Asian
• Her favourite TV shows are 24, Alias, CSI: Miami and Will & Grace
• She has been in the 'Twix' advert & 'Dr. Pepper' (Be you, with Cyndi Lauper) commercials
• She has sold more than 20 million albums without US support
• She has vowed never to do a nude photoshoot and has turned down offers from magazines
• She would love to appear on the cover of Vogue
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