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Burke in 2011, image via Featureflash / Shutterstock.com
Birth Name: Alexandra Imelda Cecelia Ewen Burke
Place of Birth: Islington, London, England, U.K.
Date of Birth: 25 August, 1988
Ethnicity: Irish, Jamaican [African, Indian], Dougla
Alexandra Burke is a British singer, songwriter, and actress. She won the fifth series of U.K. television talent show The X Factor .
She is the daughter of David Burke and soul and R&B singer Melissa Bell (Melissa Cecelia Ewen Bell). Her maternal grandparents were Jamaican, with African and Indian ancestry. She has two children with her partner, Irish professional footballer Darren Randolph.