Lady Gaga Competed With 4 Famous Singers to Star in 'A Star Is Born' Role, Including 1 the Studio Couldn't Afford

Lady Gaga won her first Oscar playing up-and-coming singer/songwriter Ally Maine alongside Bradley Cooper in 2018′s A Star is Born. Interestingly, she beat out several other famous pop stars to book the role. A Star is Born signified the first time that Mother Monster took the lead in a blockbuster. She landed a nomination for