What is Alaska (singer)'s full name?
Olvido Gara Jova
Alaska (singer) nickname(s):
Alaska, Olvi, Olvido Gara
Alaska (singer) date of birth:
June 13, 1963
How old is Alaska (singer)?
61
Where was Alaska (singer) born?
México, D. F.
How tall is Alaska (singer)?
5' 1" (155 cm)
How much does Alaska (singer) weigh?
127 lbs (57.6 kg)
Alaska (singer) body shape:
Average
What color are Alaska (singer)'s eyes?
Brown - Dark
What color is Alaska (singer)'s hair?
Multi-colored
Alaska (singer) distinctive features:
Long straight hair, Goth makeup
Is Alaska (singer) gay or straight?
Straight
What religion is Alaska (singer)?
Atheist
What is Alaska (singer)'s ethnicity?
White
What is Alaska (singer) nationality?
Spanish
What is Alaska (singer)'s occupation?
Singer
Alaska (singer) claim to fame:
Alaska y los pegamoides
What genre is Alaska (singer)'s work?
Electronic, synthpop, dance-pop, house, pop
Short Biography
Alaska (born Olvido Gara Jova, June 13, 1963 in Mexico City) is a Spanish-Mexican singer, DJ, and TV personality famous in Spain and Latin America. She was one of the main characters in the La Movida Madrileña, the cultural and artistic movement that followed the end of the Franco dictatorship in Spain. This movement in which music, arts, cinema and fashion erupted and collided to confirm the actual society Spain had become under Franco. She has participated since the late 1970s in several groups of different success: Kaka de Luxe 1977, Alaska y los Pegamoides 1980, Alaska y Dinarama 1983, and since 1989, the Spanish electropop band, Fangoria. Today, Alaska continues to perform and has become an icon of 1980s Spain.