Cheryl Cole singer-songwriter, dancer, model, celebrity

Early lifeCole was born in Newcastle upon Tyne, England and grew up 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