Stephanie Mathis

**Stephanie BiBi Phoenix** known as Stephanie Mathis (b. September 14, 1993) is an American singer-songwriter. She's a member of British-American three-piece girl group UPB3AT along with Caroline Messon and Louisa Campbell.

## Early Life

Stephanie was brought up in the UK after being adopted by a British family she resigned in South Shields, Newcastle for a few years before moving permanently to Chelmsford, Essex, UK. She is the graduate of Kings Primary School in Chelmsford, Essex and attended The Boswells School also in Chelmsford, Essex for five years, where she excelled in both academic and performance subjects. Mathis attended Chelmsford College, where she received at BTEC Extended Diploma in Business. She was planning to go to college in late 2011 but she happened to get through on The X Factor which stopped all her plans on going to Law School.

## Artistry and Influences

Stephanie has admitted she is very into rock music and old classic's from the 60's, 70's 80's 90's and early 2000's. She cites she cites Kelly Clarkson, Lana Del Rey, Greenday, Coldplay, Avril Lavigne, Britney Spears, Whitney Houston, Shania Twain, Michael Jackson and Kurt Cobain from the American rock band Nirvana as her musical influences. She has many more but these are some of her main ones.

## Personal Life

### **Family**

The parent's of Stephanie are : Actor River Phoenix and Actress Samantha Mathis. Her father River passed away when she was one month old on the 31st October 1993. Her mother is now married to a financial director called Tony who decides to stay out of the limelight he became Stephanie's stepdad in 2015. From her mother and Tony’s marriage she has a half brother called Mason who was born in 2016.

### Relationships

* As of 2023 Stephanie has been in a relationship with Actor Pedro Pascal.
* Stephanie's longest relationship was with her School of Rock co-star Kevin Clark whom she had been in a relationship with since April 2013, they had a son together in 2020 called Jude. Kevin passed away on the 26th May 2021 after after being hit by a car while cycling in Avondale, Chicago. Stephanie has made several tributes to her partner over the last few days on her social media's. Her and Kevin dated for 8 years, but knew each other for 18 years.
* She had a brief encounter with Harry Styles while being on The X Factor UK in 2011, they both denied it ever being a relationship and described it "flirty banter".
* She dated Tokio Hotel’s Tom Kaulitz from January 2012 till October 2012 after the relationship ended on mutual terms but they remained close friends as she labelled Tom as “her best friend and such a kind person”. After their breakup in 2012 they remained in contact and she attended his wedding to Heidi Klum in 2019.

### Pets

Stephanie has 2 dogs. A Pomeranian which she refers to him as H and a French bulldog called Travis. She also has a family dog called Annie she is a rescue that her lives with her mom and stepdad in New York.

Annie

## Trivia

Facts

* She is known to be only member that is part of the LGBTQ+ community as she is openly bisexual. (The other girls support LGBTQ+ rights)
* Stephanie is the youngest of the group.
* She is the only American member, but has a British background from living in the UK throughout her childhood.
* Her zodiac sign is Virgo (sign of the virgin), the 6th sign of the Zodiac.
* Stephanie's Vocal Type is "Spinto Soprano"
* Her favorite genre of music is Rock & Pop, she's very interested in the old classic's.
* She passed her driving test the second time.
* Her Chinese astrology sign is 1993 Rooster.
* She never wanted to become a singer she wanted to go into actor at a young age.
* Stephanie was born on a Tuesday.
* She hates wearing dresses and say's she will only wear a dress if a special occasion comes up.
* Stephanie has said she doesn't have any fashion influences and just put's on whatever she feel's comfortable in but she has said her style can sometimes be similar to Brenda Walsh from 90210.
* She voted for President Biden in the 2020.
* She is the only member in UB3AT to have a child.
* Her favorite color is purple.
* Stephanie has a strange type of OCD, she said everything has to be in alphabetical order and if it's not she will go crazy.
* She prefers Subway to McDonalds or KFC, as it's healthier.
* She loves to cook meals.
* Her first celebrity crush was Zack Morris from Saved By The Bell.
* Her first acting role was in the 2003 movie School of Rock she played the backup singer Marta.
* Her audition song for X Factor was "Gloria" by Laura Branigan.
* Stephanie's favorite song off of Salute is Little Me, because this song is a song that is one to make you love yourself more.
* She is the one to write most of the song's on the albums, with the input of Caroline & Louise.
* Her favorite food is "whatever her mom or boyfriend cooks, because they are the best cooks she knows" .
* She had her first kiss when she was 13.
* She's is against strict diets "you should be able to eat what you love without getting judged as long as whatever your eating is healthy and the correct portions, it is perfectly fine".
* If Stephanie could be any princess from Disney's movies she would be Aurora (sleeping beauty), quoting that she love's to sleep and she has blonde hair so what could be better.
* She can play drums but has not played them in years despite her boyfriend being a drummer.
* Stephanie was in a school group with some of her friends called "Cherri Bomb" she was the singer and drummer it was part of a talent show but they always used to open assembly's, this is the first time Steph wrote a song and that song was called "Too Many Faces".
* She is the cleanest of the group.