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Catherine Elizabeth Deeley (born 23 October 1976) is an English television presenter and actress. From 1998 to 2002, she hosted the

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children's show ''

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,'' for which she won a BAFTA Children's Award, and its spin-off chart show '' CD:UK'' from 1998 to 2005. In 2003, she hosted the talent competition show ''

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and became the presenter of the talent show ''

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,'' hosting until 2005''.'' Since 2006, Deeley has been the host of ''

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'' in the United States, for which she has been nominated five times for a

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. Since 2003, Deeley has been a patron of London's

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for sick children. In December 2009, she was made a

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ambassador.

Early life

Deeley was born on 23 October 1976 at

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in West Bromwich, West Midlands, and grew up in Birmingham in nearby

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and

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. She attended Grove Vale Junior School and Dartmouth High School in Great Barr, where she played the

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in the Sandwell Youth Concert Band. She then joined

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in Sutton Coldfield.

Career

At age 14, Deeley entered a regional edition of a

...
competition for ''

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'', in which she reached the national finals. She was signed as a model under her nickname of "Cat" to make it easier for clients to re-book her. She left full-time fashion modelling in 1997, following changes in her contract with Storm. She moved on to co-present the

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chart show, ''Hitlist UK'', with close friend

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. From 1998 until 2002, she was co-host with

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of the Saturday morning children's programme '' SM:TV Live'' and hosted its spin-off programmes '' CD:UK'' (1998–2005) and ''CD:UK Hotshots''. On ''SM:TV Live'' she often acted as an apparently slightly unwilling assistant whenever the show featured a guest appearance by a magician, participating in a number of different illusions including being sawn in half in a version of the illusion called

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. In 2001, she won a

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award and appeared in an episode of the

...
's ''

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''. In 2002, Deeley appeared in a television advert for Marks and Spencer. Other programmes she hosted include ''

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'', ''

'', '' The 2004 Brit Awards'' and ''

'', as well as a weekly broadcast on London's Capital FM and

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series ''Roadtripping'', both with former MTV colleague

. In March 2003, it was announced that Deeley would take over from

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as host of the kids series of ''Stars in Their Eyes''. Following Kelly's departure from the main series in March 2004, Deeley became host of the main show until its demise in December 2006. In 2003, Deeley interviewed

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for a television special about her one-off concert, ''

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'', which was broadcast in the United Kingdom on

on 22 November and in Australia on

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on 24 November. In 2005 she played herself in an episode of '' Little Britain'', provided the voice of "Loretta Geargrinder" in the UK version of the film ''

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'' replacing

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, and presented a countdown of

's 50 Greatest Shows alongside

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as part of

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. In 2006, she began hosting the second season of American reality show ''

'', replacing newsreader

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, who was pregnant. Deeley again interviewed

for another television special which was broadcast in the United Kingdom on

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on 16 July, in Australia on Channel Nine on 17 July, and BBC America on 9 September. Deeley was a guest reporter on

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's ''

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''. She presented

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's ''New Year's Eve Special'' from

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in 2006 and 2007. Cat Deeley

On 1 July 2007, Deeley was one of many presenters at the

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, a tribute concert to the late

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, with proceeds from the concert going to Diana's charities, as well as to charities of which her sons Princes William and Harry are patrons. The event, watched by an estimated 500 million people, was held at

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. In September 2007, Deeley presented ''Soundtrack to My Life'', a music series produced by Hamma & Glamma Productions for ITV London that looks at the work and influences of an eclectic band of musicians. In January 2006, a new season of ''

'' started its auditions, with Deeley in the role of host. She has been the host of the show ever since. In 2011, Deeley was nominated for a

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for Outstanding Host for a Reality or Reality-Competition Programme. Other projects of Deeley's include presenting the third season of ''Soundtrack to My Life'' and playing herself as host of comedian

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's ''

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''. In 2009, Deeley guest hosted the United States syndicated version of ''

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'' (for

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), and appearing on BBC America's broadcast of ''Gordon Ramsay's F Word''. In the same year, Deeley hosted the television version of the electronic game '' 20Q'' for GSN. In January and February 2010, Deeley hosted ''

'' in the UK. Also, in February 2010, she filled in for a holidaying Vieira as host on the morning TV show ''

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''. On 31 March 2010, Deeley filled in for

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on the morning talk show ''

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''.

On 9 January 2011, Deeley made a small guest appearance in the Disney Channel sitcom ''

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'', where she portrayed a vice principal who is, in secret, a dancer and a host. In April 2011, Deeley presented an episode of

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's ''Icon'' and chatted to ''

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'' voice actress

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. In the same month, she also contributed to the network's coverage of that year's

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which was hosted by tabloid journalist

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. In June 2011, Deeley launched her own "behind-the-scenes" web series called ''In the Dressing Room with Cat Deeley'', produced by Deeley, Yahoo! and Collective Digital Studio. On 18 August 2011, she appeared on ''

'', as a fill-in for Kelly. On 26 January 2012, she again co-hosted ''Live with Regis and Kelly'' with

. On 14 March 2012, she appeared as a guest judge on ''

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'' Cycle 18. She hosted

's celebrity dating game show '' The Choice'', which premiered on 7 June 2012 and ended on 12 July 2012 in the United States. In 2011, Deeley presented the series ''Royally Mad'' for

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, and in 2012, she presented the launch show for ITV's

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appeal on the Friday before the Soccer Aid match. In June 2014, she once again presented the launch show for Soccer Aid that year. From 2014 until 2016, Deeley appeared as a panelist on the syndicated game show '' Celebrity Name Game'' hosted by

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. In 2017, Deeley played Maskface in ''

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'' miniseries ''The Missing Crown Jewels''. On 31 May 2017, Deeley presented the game show ''Big Star Little Star'', based on the British game show ''

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'', for the

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in the United States. In October 2017, Deeley began presenting the talent contest '' Sing: Ultimate A Cappella'' for

in the United Kingdom. In 2018, Deeley appeared on ''

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'' Season 1 Episode 3, as a guest judge. A reunion show for ''

'', where Deeley and

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went back to where the original show was filmed and producers rebuilt the old set. It aired on 26 December 2020 as ''The Story of SM:TV Live''. In January 2021, Deeley made her

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debut sitting in on ''The Saturday Show.'' She has regularly provided cover, sitting in for presenters including Steve Wright and

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. She reunited with her ''Chums'' cast mates

for a television special on the fifth episode of series seventeen of ''

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'' on 20 March 2021 which reenacts and picks up the cliffhanger from the wedding episode 20 years ago. In April 2021, Deeley presented ''

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'' as a guest host over the Easter holidays, joining again for the May spring bank holiday broadcast. Deeley's first book, a

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for children titled ''The Joy in You'', was published by

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on 15 September 2020. It is co-written with Laura Baker and illustrated by Rosie Butcher. A

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review of the book concluded "The message is wholehearted and positive, but the cloying execution doesn't stand out." As an actress, Deeley appeared as herself in the sixth episode of '' Life's Too Short''. She also appeared in the second episode of ''

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'' as herself in January 2012. Her breakthrough as a lead actress came in the 2015

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TV series '' Deadbeat'', playing a celebrity medium named Camomile White. Also in 2015, Deeley voiced a version of herself in an episode of ''

'' entitled "

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Philanthrophy

Since 2003, Deeley has been a patron of London's

. She is also an active supporter of

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. In 2007, she took part in a UNICEF benefit show in Los Angeles during which magician

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sawed her in half using his antique Buzz Saw illusion. In 2008, she visited a number of UNICEF projects in the

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, including their Soccer Aid 2 project in

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. In December 2009, she was made a

ambassador.

Personal life

Deeley describes her religious affiliation as

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, although she was not christened. Deeley was married to businessman Mark Whelan for five years, divorcing in 2006. Deeley married comedian and television presenter

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on 30 September 2012 in Rome. They have two children. During her first few years hosting ''So You Think You Can Dance'', Deeley was described as "an approachable sex symbol" in a ''

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'' article published on 4 July 2010.

Filmography

Television

Film

References

External links

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