Cher Biography

Cher, Born Cherilyn Sarkisianis a long-time American #1Billboard Hot 100 and Grammy Award winning recording artist, Emmy Award winningtelevision personality, multiple Academy Award, Golden Globe, and Cannes FilmFestival award winning actress, director, record producer and dedicatedphilanthropist.With a career spanning over six decades and referred to as theGoddess of Pop, she has won an Academy Award, a Grammy Award, an Emmy Award,three Golden Globes and a Cannes Film Festival Award among others for her workin film, music and television.She is the only person in history to havereceived all of these awards.Cher began her career as a backup singer andlater came to prominence as one half of the pop rock duo Sonny & Cher withthe success of their song "I Got You Babe" in 1965.She subsequentlyestablished herself as a solo recording artist, and became a television star in1971 with The Sonny and Cher Comedy Hour, a variety show for which she won aGolden Globe.A well received performance in the film Silkwood earned her anomination for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress in 1984.In thefollowing years, Cher starred in a string of hit films including Mask, TheWitches of Eastwick, and Moonstruck, for which she won the Academy Award forBest Actress in 1988.In addition to her return to the big screen in 'Burlesque',Cher also recorded two new songs for the film, 'Welcome to Burlesque' and 'YouHaven't Seen the Last of Me'.The latter of the two has had success in the Clubscene, peaking at the #1 spot on Billboard's Dance/Club Play Songs chart.Thisfact gives Cher the title of only singer with #1 in every decade since the 60'son at least one Billboard chart.'You Haven't Seen the Last of Me' went on towin the 2011 Golden Globe Award for Best Original SongAs of 2010, Cher isdating the American comedy writer, Ron Zimmerman.They were first seen togetherin public in August 2010, having been dating for around six months.