Alison Elizabeth Margaret Goldfrapp (born 13 May 1966) is an English singer-songwriter with the duo Goldfrapp.

Alison was born in Enfield, London, the youngest of six children. She was raised in Alton, Hampshire where she went to Alton College. At age 19, she moved to Belgium to work as a singer for a theatrical composer and, on her return to England, attended Middlesex University's School Of Art, where she studied Fine Art.

After acquiring her degree, from Middlesex, she toured internationally with British rapper Tricky, appearing on his album "Maxinquaye". Her mainstream success began when she started collaborating with film composer Will Gregory, under the name Goldfrapp.

Goldfrapp (with cropped peroxide blonde hair) made an early acting appearance in "Your Night Tonight", the 1988 graduation film of colleague Paul Gilbert. Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.