Kate Diaz ( née Heavenor; born 2 August 1980, in

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) is a Scottish actress and television presenter. She is best known for her work presenting live children's television on

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. Since 2006 she has been the principal at Southgate and Enfield

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. Heavenor grew up in

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. She attended

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, an independent school for girls, and trained at the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama.

Television

While still studying Heavenor began her career at BBC Scotland co-presenting Saturday morning children's television show ''The Crew Room'' for

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. She went on to present Sunday morning children's programme ''

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'' and the technology series ''

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'' at BBC Scotland. She relocated to

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to pursue her television work and presented ''

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'' on the Disney Channel before spending six years presenting on

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. Her work includes ''

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'', a live flagship children's programme, and science show ''

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''. Heavenor's natural aptitude for

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saw her go on to present CBBC's live ''

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Show'' from the

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, '' Children in Need'' live from Inverness and as a daily continuity presenter on CBBC. After leaving CBBC she continued in live television, co-presented ''It's a Girl Thing'' on

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, ''Daily Play'' for the National Lottery and ''Live Roulette'' from 2008 to 2010 on SuperCasino. In 2001 Heavenor voiced the

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in the

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show '' Captain Abercromby''.

Theatre

Heavenor performed in several

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s, playing the title role in ''Cinderella'' at the

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in 2003, Snow White in ''Snow White and the Seven Dwarves'' at the White Rock Theatre,

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, in 2004, and Fairy Crystal in ''Snow White & the Seven Dwarfs'' at Southport Theatre in 2006. In December 2022 Heavenor played the principle role of Alice Beineke in Springers AODS production of ''The Addams Family Musical'' at the Brentwood Theatre,

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Personal life

Heavenor had a son in December 2010 and a daughter in early 2015. Her father is a retired dentist and inventor known for developing a novel ergonomic handle design.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Heavenor, Kate Scottish television presenters Living people 1980 births Mass media people from Glasgow