Cerys Matthews (pronounced ) (born 11 April 1969) is a Welsh singer and songwriter. She is best known as the lead singer of the Welsh rock band Catatonia, for her 1999 Christmas duet with Tom Jones and her 2007 appearance on I'm a Celebrity Get Me Out of Here. Biography The daughter of a surgeon, Matthews was brought up in Swansea and Pembrokeshire and is a fluent Welsh speaker. She has cited her childhood heroes as being Pippi Longstocking and The Wombles due to their love of recycling. She attended St Michael's School in Llanelli, and learned to play the guitar at the age of 9 - teaching herself blues and rude Irish folk songs. After a stint in Spain as a nanny, where she learned to speak Spanish and Catalan, Matthews worked for Pembrokeshire County Council. She later moved back to Cardiff and became involved with the local music scene, meeting boyfriend Mark Roberts. She currently resides in Wales with her 2 children Glenys Pearl,four

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