Cherry Seaborn Biography

As a field hockey player, Cherry Seaborn played at both Duke University and Durham University. She won the British University championship in 2012, and 2013, as part of the Durham field hockey team. She currently plays part-time and was seen playing a home game for the Harleston Magpies Hockey Club in April 2023.

Cherry Seaborn first met Ed Sheeran at Thomas Mills High School in the UK where they were both students. Both parted ways when Ed Sheeran dropped out of school to pursue a professional music career and Seaborn moved to North Carolina to study at Duke University. In 2015, there was speculation that she was dating Sheeran when the two were spotted together at a Mets game that year. The same year, they were spotted at Taylor Swift’s party. Swift shared a photo of the duo kissing which fueled the rumors that they were dating. Sheeran and Seaborn were also seen together with Calvin Harris, partying with him in Vegas.

On January 20, 2018, Ed Sheeran surprised his fans and followers when he announced his engagement to his high school sweetheart. The “Perfect” singer posted a picture of the two on one of his social media handles where he disclosed that they were engaged. He also stated that they were very much happy and in love.

In January 2018, the couple got married. In August 2020, they welcomed their first child, a daughter named Lyra. In May 2022, they welcomed their second daughter named Jupiter. In 2023, Ed Sheeran, in an interview, revealed that Seaborn was diagnosed with a tumor when she was pregnant with Jupiter. Due to medical complications, she could not be treated until she had given birth.

Cherry Seaborn was born on May 6, 1992, in Suffolk, England. She studied at Thomas Mills High School and later attended Durham University in the United Kingdom. In 2013, she moved to North Carolina where she enrolled at Duke University to pursue her Master’s degree.