Cat Power

Power in 2019, photo by Prphotos.com

Birth Name: Charlyn Marie Marshall

Place of Birth: Atlanta, Georgia, U.S.

Date of Birth: January 21, 1972

Ethnicity: English, other

Cat Power is an American singer, songwriter, musician, model, and actress. She is also known as Chan Marshall and Chan.

Cat is the daughter of Myra and Charlie Marshall, who is a blues musician and pianist, from Alabama. She was raised partly in Greensboro, North Carolina, Bartlett and Memphis, Tennessee, and throughout Georgia and South Carolina. Cat has a son.

She is sometimes described as having Native American roots on her mother’s side.

Cat’s paternal grandmother’s name is Lena.

Cat’s maternal grandfather’s surname was Russell.