Cheryl Ann Cole

Born on June 30, 1983
Cheryl Ann Cole is an English singer, and member of the band Girls Aloud. Cole is also a judge on the British reality TV show The X Factor since 2008.She is the wife of Chelsea and England footballer Ashley Cole.

At age 12 Cole signed to a management agency, Aim Development, based in CVC Studios Clara Vale near Newcastle alongside other acts such as 3NM and Xscape, and performed on stage at the Metro Centre's MetroLand, which has recently been closed due to low costom.

She auditioned for "Popstars: The Rivals" in 2002, singing S Club 7's 'Have You Ever'. She was the first person to be chosen for the band.

On 10 June 2008, it was announced that Cole would be replacing Sharon Osbourne as a judge for the fifth series of The X Factor.

In an interview with Cosmopolitan Magazine on August 9, 2008, a week before the 2008 series of The X Factor aired on ITV1, Cole's fellow judge Dannii Minogue believed that she could bring a new side to the talent show, saying: "One week Cheryl was talking about urban music and telling Simon Cowell, 'This is what the show needs; this is where you’ve been going wrong.' “ Cheryl's performances on the show have been praised by many television critics , and her status as a sex symbol has reportedly attracted more men to the show

In July 2006 Cole signed a deal worth a reported £200,000 to become the face of Coca-Cola Zero for its UK launch.

Lily Allen has a song about her called "Cheryl Tweedy", which is exclusively available as a bonus track on the Japanese edition of her 2006 CD Alright, Still.
Cole was also featured in will.i.am's new music video for the single Heartbreaker and sings backing vocals on the track

Cole co-presented the August 25, 2006 episode of The Friday Night Project along with Kimberley Walsh and Sarah Harding, where she did impressions of Sharon Osbourne and Big Brother 7 winner Pete Bennett.

Cole appeared on Comic Relief Does The Apprentice in 2007 to raise money for Comic Relief.

Cole is a strict vegetarian, and was criticised by Gordon Ramsay on his show The F-Word when she asked for a vegetarian meal, saying "Didn't you get the message? Vegetarians aren't welcome here."

On 11 January 2003, Cole was involved in an altercation with a nightclub toilet attendant, Sophie Amogbokpa, in "The Drink" nightclub in Guildford . Cole was subsequently charged with racially aggravated assault (she had allegedly called Amogbokpa a "Jigaboo" among other racial slurs) and assault occasioning actual bodily harm. During her trial Cole claimed she acted in self defense (claiming she had been punched first) and denied using racially abusive language. The judge sentenced her to 120 hours of community service and ordered to pay her victim £500 in compensation, as well as £3,000 prosecution costs