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Celia is a character in the book "The House of the Scorpion".
I remember a song that used the name Celia. It's called "Celia's Dream" by Slowdive.
Celia is the name of Clovis' girlfriend in the Namco arcade game Dragon Buster. She is a princess whom Clovis has to rescue.
Celia is the name of a Portuguese (European) speech synthesiser developed by Acapela Group.
Celia Briar is a Celtic harpist from New Zealand based in the UK.
Celia Cruz is a Cuban singer with her most famous songs being, “Quimbara” and “Rie y Llora”.
Celia de Fréine is a poet, playwright, screenwriter and librettist who writes in Irish and English. Celia de Fréine was born in Newtownards, County Down. At an early age she moved with her family to Dublin, maintaining strong links with her extended family in the North. She was educated at University College Dublin and Lancaster University. She has worked as a Civil Servant and as a teacher and now divides her time between Dublin and Connemara.
Famous bearer of this name is model Celia Kay.
There is a song by Simon and Garfunkle called Cecilia. You know the one, Oh Cecelia, you're breaking my heart...
A famous fictional Celia is Mike's girlfriend in the Disney Pixar movie "Monsters, Inc." I can't believe someone hasn't mentioned her. She is a one-eyed secretary with snakes for hair. I like the name, it's very pretty.
Celia Hills (also known as Otonashi Haruna) is a character in Inazuma Eleven.
Celia de Bohun/Celia Marsden is the protagonist of Anya Seton's novel Green Darkness.
There is a YA novel titled 'Feeling Sorry for Celia' by Jaclyn Moriarty.
Celia Fiennes (1662-1741), a plucky unmarried lady from a noble English family, who between 1684 and 1703 travelled the length and breadth of England sidesaddle on her horse, and wrote about her impressions of the localities she saw.
Celia Bowen was one of the main characters in Erin Morgenstern's beautifully written 2011 novel 'The Night Circus.'
Celia Ammerman was a contestant on the 12th season of "America's Next Top Model".
Celia Keenan-Bolger is an American stage actress. She was nominated for a Tony for her role in The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, and played Éponine in the 2006 Broadway revival of Les Misérables.
This name has been ruined for me ever since reading "The Lady's Dressing Room" by Jonathan Swift, where the girl Celia is described in the most disgusting ways.
Celia Bradley was a child character from the Disney movie, The Apple Dumpling Gang.
Celia (also Cecilia, Latin Sancta Caecilia) is the patron saint of musicians and church music. Her saint day is 22nd November.
Celia Rees is a novelist who has written timeless novels such as 'Witch Child', 'Sorceress' and 'Pirates'. She is a truly talented author, and her books are really well written.
A couple of other literary bearers: a character in _Capulets and Montagues_ a famous early 17th century play by Lope de Vega, which, as the name suggests, is a different take on the Romeo and Juliet story. Also, in George Eliot's famous novel _Middlemarch_, the heroine's (Dorothea) sister is called Celia. However, I've never come across a Celia who plays a major role. Has anyone?
William Shakespeare used this name in his comedy 'As You Like It'.
The late Celia Cruz was one of the most popular singers in the history of Latin music.

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