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Lady Gaga is an American singer, songwriter and actress.
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Her really name is Stefani Joanne Angelina Germanotta.
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Her parents are Cynthia Louise (néeBissett) and Internet entrepreneur Joseph Germanotta, they both have Italian ancestry.
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Lady Gaga also also has more distant French-Canadian roots.
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Lady Gaga was born on March 28, 1986 at Lenox Hill Hospital in Manhattan, New York City, to a Catholic family.
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Started to attend a private all-girls Roman Catholic school.
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At age 11, she started to attend a private all-girls Roman Catholic school - the Convent of the Sacred Heart.
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Gained admission to a music school, Tisch School of the Arts.
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In 2003, at age 17, Gaga gained early admission to Collaborative Arts Project 21, a music school at New York University (NYU)'s Tisch School of the Arts, and lived in an NYU dorm.
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Withdrew from school to focus on her music career.
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She withdrew from school during the second semester of her sophomore year, in 2005, to focus on her music career.
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A talent scout recommended her to music producer, Rob Fusari.
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Rob Fusari and Gaga began dating.