She has Scottish ancestry from both her mother and father. investment banker, a vice president for Plough, Inc and Textron, and venture capitalist. Her paternal grandfather, Robert England Grant, Sr. She has one younger sister, Caroline Grant, and one brother, Charlie. Elizabeth Woolridge Grant was born in New York City on Jto Robert England Grant, Jr., a Grey Group copywriter turned entrepreneur, and Patricia Ann "Pat" (née Hill), a former Grey account executive turned high school teacher. Other significant collaborations include on The Weeknd's Starboy (2016) and Børns' Blue Madonna (2018). Alongside her records, Del Rey's has contributed to a variety of film soundtracks including The Great Gatsby (2013), Maleficent (2014), and Big Eyes (2014), the last having gained her a Golden Globe nomination.
She has received nominations for the Grammy Award for Best Pop Vocal Album for both Paradise and Lust for Life. Since, Del Rey has released the US Billboard 200 number-one albums Ultraviolence (2014) and Lust for Life (2017) along with top-ten releases Paradise (2012) and Honeymoon (2015). Her major label debut Born to Die (2012) proved a success, spawning her first top-ten single on the Billboard Hot 100 with the Cedric Gervais remix of "Summertime Sadness". She would then sign with Interscope and Polydor later that year. Following numerous projects including her debut studio album and the unreleased Sirens, Del Rey's breakthrough came after the viral success of her single "Video Games" in 2011. Raised in Upstate New York, Del Rey moved to New York City in 2005 to embark on her music career. Her music has been noted by critics for its stylized cinematic quality, its preoccupation with themes of tragic romance, glamour, and melancholia, and its references to pop culture, particularly 1950s and 1960s Americana. Elizabeth Woolridge Grant (born June 21, 1985), known professionally as Lana Del Rey, is an American singer and songwriter.