Alex Cartañá (born Alexandra R. Cartañá-Marks, 7 April 1981) is a Spanish/British singer-songwriter and actress. Cartañá first came to fame in 2003 as the featured artist and co-writer of the hit dance record "Shake It (Move A Little Closer)", which peaked at #16 in the UK Singles Chart.
Cartañá was born to a British mother Spanish father. She was raised on the Island of Majorca, Balearic Islands, Spain in the city of Palma. Cartañá spent her aca...
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Alex Cartañá (born Alexandra R. Cartañá-Marks, 7 April 1981) is a Spanish/British singer-songwriter and actress. Cartañá first came to fame in 2003 as the featured artist and co-writer of the hit dance record "Shake It (Move A Little Closer)", which peaked at #16 in the UK Singles Chart.
Cartañá was born to a British mother Spanish father. She was raised on the Island of Majorca, Balearic Islands, Spain in the city of Palma. Cartañá spent her academic years between English and Spanish educational systems, making her fully Bilingual from a toddler. Although able to speak a third language Catalan, Cartañá will very rarely be heard speaking it, due to the imposition of its usage at school, which she was strongly opposed to.
Cartañá’s academic career began in a small Farming, rurally-located British school in Majorca - The Academy – English Preparatory School, at 11 years of age, she moved to a strict Spanish Catholic School in the centre of Palma - Colegio San Cayetano. By the age of 17...
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