Cheryl Cole
Cheryl Cole aka Cheryl Ann Tweedy (born 30 June 1983) is an English singer, songwriter, dancer, model, and television personality.
Cheryl was born in Newcastle upon Tyne, England and grew up in poverty on council estates in the districts of Walker and Heaton. She is the fourth of five children of Joan Callaghan, and the eldest child of Gary Tweedy. Cole’s parents never married each other; they separated when she was 11. She has a brother, Garry (born 1987, Newcastle) and three elder maternal half-siblings: Joseph, Gillian and Andrew.
She rose to fame in 2002 after becoming a member of pop group Girls Aloud through ITV’s reality television programme Popstars: The Rivals. They have become one of the few UK reality television acts to achieve continued success, amassing a fortune of £25 million by May 2009.