Ali Hewson Ali Hewson Alison Hewson (née Stewart; born 23 March 1961) is an Irish activist and businesswoman. She is the wife of singer and musician Paul Hewson, known as Bono, from the rock group U2. Raised in Raheny, she met her future husband at age 12 at Mount Temple Comprehensive School, and married him in 1982. She was awarded a degree in politics and sociology from University College, Dublin (UCD) in 1989. The couple have four children together and live at residences in Ireland, France, and the United States. She has inspired several U2 songs, most famously "Sweetest Thing." Hewson became
Sherrie Hewson and was a contestant in the sixteenth series of Channel 5 television show "Celebrity Big Brother". She reached the final on Day 29, and finished in sixth place. In February 2016, Hewson won the role of Mrs. Slocombe, in a remake of the BBC's 1970's and 1980's sitcom "Are You Being Served?" taking over the part made famously by the late Mollie Sugden. In August 2016, Hewson announced that she was to leave "Loose Women" after 14 years. In 2018, she took part in ITV's "100 Years Younger in 21 Days". In March 2008, Hewson won BBC reality show "Murder