Great Babe and Singer Anastacia Lyn Newkirk was born in on September 17, 1973, Chicago, Illinois 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.
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