Cerys Elizabeth Matthews, MBE (/ˈkɛrɪs/; born 11 April 1969) is a Welsh singer/songwriter, author and broadcaster, a founding member of Welsh rock band Catatonia.Matthews programmes and hosts a music show on BBC Radio 6 Music, has made documentaries for television as well as BBC Radio 2 and 4 and has been a presenter for The Culture Show and The One Show. She writes a column for Songlines, and has written for The Guardian, The Times and Grazia, and is author of 'Hook, Line and Singer ' published by Penguin and children's stories Tales From The Deep and Gelert, A Man's Best Friend, (2014).
Red Owen Abbott, Glenys Pearl y Felin Riddle, Johnny Tupelo Jones Riddle
Parents
Philip Matthews, Pauline Matthews
Star Sign
Aries
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Quote
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There's somebody down the road from me, I can't believe how rude she is. The other day she told me to cut my lawn! 'Long grass could kill a child,' she said. Presumably they fall over and it lodges in their eye. Death by grass - can't be very common.
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I once dressed up as a mountain when I was in Spain. It was for some fancy dress do. It was awful though - nobody knew what I was! I had my face painted green and I had green hair and I had sheep stuck all around my thighs! Mountains don't come without sheep, do they?
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I've got nothing against pornography - except all the bad knickers.
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Fact
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She was awarded the MBE (Member of the Order of the British Empire) in the 2014 Queen's Birthday Honours List for her services to music. She is a singer, broadcaster, and author in London, England.
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At her parents' home in Pemborkeshire, South Wales with her husband Seth and their new baby Glenys Pearl y-Felin [August 2003]
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Taking part in UK reality show 'I'm A Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here!' in Australia. [November 2007]
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Gave birth to her second child, christened Johnny Natchez Jones Riddle August 2005. It was a home birth at their Nashville estate.
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Daughter, Glenys Pearl
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Named her daughter, Glenys Pearl y Felin
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Was FHM 36th `Sexiest Woman in the World' 1999
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Won 'SKY's Lungs of the Year' 1998
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BBC Radio 1's 21st Best Female Vocalist of the Millenium
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Speaks fluent Welsh and English, also has a firm grasp of French, Spanish and Catalan
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Gave birth to a baby girl on August 10, 2003, weighing 6lbs. 10ozs
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Lead singer of the Welsh pop band Catatonia.
Soundtrack
Title
Year
Status
Character
Live Forever! 90's Britpop
2015
TV Movie writer: "Mulder and Scully"
Dancing on Ice
2014
TV Series performer - 1 episode
Britain's Favourite Christmas Songs
2011
TV Movie documentary performer: "Baby, It's Cold Outside" - as Cerys
American Psycho II: All American Girl
2002
Video writer: "Dead From the Waist Down"
A Small Summer Party
2001
TV Movie writer: "Bulimic Beats"
This Way Up
2001
TV Series performer - 1 episode
Care
2000
TV Movie writer: "Road Rage" - uncredited
Stars in Their Eyes
2000
TV Series writer - 1 episode
Looking for Alibrandi
2000
writer: "Dead from the Waist Down"
Charmed
2000
TV Series writer - 1 episode
EastEnders
2000
TV Series writer - 1 episode
Red Alert with the National Lottery
1999
TV Series performer - 1 episode
Watership Down
1999
TV Series performer - 1 episode
Fanny and Elvis
1999
performer: "The More I See You"
Net Aid
1999
TV Special writer: "Mulder and Scully", "Do You Believe in Me?"
An Audience with Tom Jones
1999
TV Special performer: "What's new pussycat", "Baby It's cold outside"
Catatonia: The Home International
1999
TV Movie writer: "Game On", "Valerian", "Karaoke Queen", "Road Rage", "Mulder and Scully"
The Lakes
1999
TV Series writer - 1 episode
Jools's Hootenanny
1998
TV Series performer - 1 episode
L.A. Without a Map
1998
writer: "My Selfish Gene"
The Beggar Bride
1997
TV Series writer: "You've Got a Lot to Answer For" - uncredited
$13 Million
