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Camilla Sacre-Dallerup (born 6 April 1974) is a
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,
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,
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and former
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.


Dance career

Dallerup was born in Aalborg, where she started dancing at the age of two and a half when her mother took her to her first class. She won the Danish Junior Championships at the age of 12. Dallerup later moved to
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,
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, where she lived and competed with
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, who also became her fiancé. In 2003, Dallerup and Cole were placed third in Latin American at the UK Closed Championships, and in the top 12 of the world professionals at the Open British Championships. From 2004,
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has been her professional dance partner and they were placed second in Latin American at the 2005 UK Closed Championships and in the semi-final of the International Championships at the Royal Albert Hall in 2004. In September 2007, Dallerup and Cole represented the UK in the inaugural
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.


''Strictly Come Dancing''

Dallerup is best known to a wide audience for her appearances on the
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's dance competition, '' Strictly Come Dancing'', on which she appeared as a professional dancer in the first six series from 2004 to 2008. She won the show for the first time in 2008, partnering Holby City actor Tom Chambers. She subsequently revealed she would not be returning to the show for the 2009 series. She did however go on tour with ''Strictly Come Dancing'' in early 2009 with 2008 partner Tom Chambers. In January/February 2015, Camilla was a judge with
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and Tom Chambers on the ''Strictly Come Dancing'' Live UK tour where Tom and Camilla recreated their winning dance from 2008. On 5 October 2009, on '' BBC Breakfast'', she announced she would not compete in further series of ''Strictly Come Dancing''.


Other television

In 2005, Dallerup co-hosted the
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show '' Dance Factory'' with Nigel Clarke and
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. During her time as
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' partner on '' Strictly Come Dancing'', she made multiple appearances on '' Blue Peter''. In 2008, she appeared as a contestant on the second series of ''
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'', finishing in third place. On 1 September 2007, Dallerup represented the UK, the host nation, at the first
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, placing fifteenth out of sixteen couples with 18 points. In 2009, she was a judge on '' Skate Nation'' for BBC Two and
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. In November 2009, Dallerup entered the Australian
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as a contestant on the ninth series of the British
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series '' I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here!''. Dallerup quit the show after being severely weakened by exhaustion and lack of food. In 2010, she was a guest on ''
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'' on Sky1. In 2014, she won an episode of ''
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'' on
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.


Other work

Dallerup joined a modelling agency at a very early age in Denmark. In 2006, she was the face and legs for
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stockings. She has acted as the head judge on the New Zealand version of '' Dancing With The Stars'' since its seventh season in 2018.


Acting

*2011: Dallerup played the part of Elaine in
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's stage adaptation of the film ''Calendar Girls'' opposite her husband,
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. *In
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she has played: **2011: Genie, ''Aladdin'' in Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire. **2012: Fairy Godmother in ''Cinderella'',
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, Shropshire. **2013: Fairy Godmother in ''Cinderella'',
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, East Riding of Yorkshire. **2014–15: Fairy Godmother in ''Cinderella'',
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Pavilion, West Sussex.


Life coaching career

Sacre-Dallerup founded her own life coaching and mindful living business Zenme and lives in
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. She is the author of books, ''Strictly Inspirational'' (2015), a self-help book and autobiography, and ''Reinvent ME'', a second self-help book, both published by Watkins Publishing. and is a life coach, hypnotherapist and meditation teacher.


Personal life

Dallerup had danced and lived with
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for six years before the first series of ''Strictly''. Dallerup married ''
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'' actor
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on 29 July 2010 in a ceremony in Ibiza and the couple live between Los Angeles and
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in Surrey.


References

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