Birth name: Cheryl Ann Tweedy
Born: 30 June 1983 (1983-06-30) (age 26)
Origin: Newcastle upon Tyne, England 
Married to: Ashley Cole


Prior to Girls Aloud, Cheryl was interested in dancing, joining the Royal Ballet’s summer school. She won many modelling competitions and appeared in several TV adverts.

As a solo star, she initially sang additional vocals on Black Eyed Peas’ will.i.am’s ‘Heartbreaker’ track and appeared in the video after taking streetdancing classes during the filming of Passions of Girls Aloud TV series.

Her debut solo album, 3 Words was released on 26th October 2009, preceded by the single, ‘Fight For This Love’. Both went to Number One in the UK charts, with the single becoming the fastest-selling single of 2009.

Cheryl became a judge for the fifth series of The X-Factor, replacing Sharon Osbourne on the panel and mentoring Alexandra Burke to become the winner in 2008. In 2009, she repeated her role and was the star of her own one-off TV show, Cheryl Cole’s Night In.

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