Cerys Matthews
Cerys Matthews was born in Cardiff on 11 April 1969.
Cerys went to Bryn-y-Mor primary school near Swansea, and she was called 'Squeaky' at school because of her high voice.
The family moved to Pembrokeshire and after finishing school she became a nanny in Barcelona, before returning to Wales, where she met Mark Roberts.
They created the band Catatonia. Cerys Matthews told The Observer that:
"I got the name for my band Catatonia from Aldous Huxley's The Doors of Perception. I really did think it meant 'nirvana'. Later someone told me it meant a stupor, which says so much really."
Catatonia formed in 1992 and had hits with songs including "Road Rage" and "Mulder and Scully", but they split up in 2001.
Catatonia's split was partly provoked by Cerys Matthews having problems and she went into rehab.
In May 2003, Cerys Matthews released her debut solo album, Cockahoop, which was recorded in Nashville, where Cerys Matthews had moved to.
Over there, she married musician Seth Riddell and they had two children, Glenys Pearl Y-Felin and Johnny Tupelo Jones. Cerys Matthews arrived at her wedding on a tractor.
However, the marriage ran into problems and Riddell and Matthews divorced with Cerys Matthews returning to Pembrokeshire on October 3, 2007.
Cerys Matthews released the mini-album Awyren = Aeroplane, recorded entirely in Welsh, and before long, she was chosen to be one of the celebrities on I'm A Celebrity Get Me Out Of Here.
Cerys did well on I'm A Celebrity Get Me Out Of Here only just missing out on being in the last three. She was the eighth person to leave the jungle.
Cerys was caught up in controversy in I'm A Celebrity Get Me Out Of Here due to her closeness with Marc Bannerman, which continued after the series finished.
The News of the World had photos of Marc and Cerys on their meet up soon after their departure from the jungle.
Cerys Matthews and Marc Bannerman broke up in February 2008.
BBC Wales has a good special section on Cerys Matthews.
