Born: Kathleen Colleen Troccoli in New York, NY, USA Notably, Kathy auditioned for the role of Eva Perón in the film version of [http://imdb.com/title/tt0116250/|Evita], competing against well-known pop singer [http://www.musicbrainz.org/showartist.html?artistid=89|Madonna]. She finally lost the role to Madonna after three call-back auditions.