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Born | Catherine Elizabeth Deeley 23 October 1976 West Bromwich, England |
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Years active | 1997–present |
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Children | 2 |
Catherine Elizabeth Deeley (born 23 October 1976) is an English television presenter. She is currently the main co-presenter for ITV's This Morning, alongside Ben Shephard.[1][2]
Deeley began her career as a co-presenter of the ITV children's show SMTV Live (1998–2002), for which she won a BAFTA Children's Award, and its spin-off chart show CD:UK (1998–2005). In 2003, she co-presented the talent show Fame Academy on BBC One and became the presenter of the ITV talent show Stars in Their Eyes. Following the final series of Stars in Their Eyes in 2006, Deeley began hosting the reality competition show So You Think You Can Dance in the United States, for which she has been nominated five times for a Primetime Emmy.[3]
Since 2003, Deeley has been a patron of London's Great Ormond Street Hospital for sick children. In December 2009, she was made a UNICEF UK ambassador.[4]