Nickname:	Laroutcha
Known for:	Artificial Intelligence: AI / The Eurovision Song Contest / Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within
Birth name:	Lara Crokaert
Birthday:	9 January 1970, Etterbeek, Belgium
Height:	5' 4¼" (1.63 m)
Available Photos	23

On her self-titled album, Lara takes the credit of having written 90 percent of the songs, a feat not many artists can boast. We're here to show she's more than Celine Dion, the artist she's often compared to. With singles such as "Till I Get Over You" and "Broken Vow", Lara shows that she can break into the North American audience the same way she has taken the rest of the world by storm.

Has released 10 albums: 'Lara Fabian' (1991), 'Carpe Diem' (1994), 'Pure' (1996), 'Live'(1999), 'Lara Fabian' (1999), 'Nue' (2001), 'Live'(2002),'En toute intimite'(2003), 'A Wonderful Life' (2004),'9'(2005). Her father is Belgian and her mother is Italian Opted for Canadian nationality Had a long-term relationship (7 years) with Rick Allison who used to be her producer; after that she was engaged to the co-star of the musical comedy Notre-Dame de Paris, singer Patrick Fiori Has her look-alike puppet in the French show Guignols de l'info, Les. Family: mother Luisa, father Pierre; she's an only child. Her favorite movies are: "The Fifth Element" and "The English Patient". Her favorite actor is Mel Gibson, and her favorite actress is Juliette Binoche. She writes songs. Favorite food: Cherry and white chocolate. She studied law (children's criminology) in case she could not become singer. Before that, she would have liked to become a nursery nurse, because she loves children. She was engaged to French singer Sébastien Lorca. Now (2004), she's engaged to musician Jean-Félix Lalanne. Her father was a guitarist for Petula Clark Her childhood idol was Barbra Streisand. After seeing Yentl at fourteen years old she promised herself that one day she would sing the songs of the soundtrack on the stage. She did. At one of her concerts some fans put up a huge surprise for her: as a result the six thousands spectators sang - together with her band and her backing vocalists - one of her major hits, "Je t'aime" (I love you) which was re-written for the occasion in "On t'aime" (We love you). Her father is Flemish of Irish ancestry, her mother is Sicilian and she has an Andalusian aunt; so she grew up speaking four languages: French, Italian, English and Spanish. Gave birth to her first child, a girl named Lou, on November 20, 2007. Father is fiancé Gerard Pullicino.

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