Tess Daly
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 Daly at the 2008 BAFTA Television Awards |
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| Born | Helen Elizabeth Daly 27 April 1969 Derbyshire, England |
| Residence | Fulmer, Buckinghamshire, England |
| Nationality | British |
| Ethnicity | White British |
| Occupation | Television presenter |
| Years active | 1990-present |
| Television | Strictly Come Dancing |
| Spouse | Vernon Kay (2003—present) |
| Children | Phoebe Elizabeth Kay Amber Isabella Kay |
| Parents | Vivian Daly (deceased) Sylvia Daly (née Bradley) |
Helen Elizabeth "Tess" Daly (born 27 April 1969)[citation needed] is an English television presenter. She is married to the presenter Vernon Kay.
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[edit] Early life
Daly was born in Derbyshire[1] to Vivian (1932[1]-2003), who died of emphysema, and Sylvia Daly[2] [3] and grew up in Birch Vale near New Mills, Derbyshire. She attended Hayfield Primary School and New Mills Secondary School. She has a younger sister, Karen.
[edit] Career
In 1990, Daly appeared in two Duran Duran videos for the songs "Serious" and "Violence of Summer (Love's Taking Over)", both from the album Liberty. She also appeared in the video for The Beloved's 1993 song "Sweet Harmony".[citation needed]
After working as a model, her first television appearance was in 2000, when she hosted the 'Find Me a Model' competition on Channel 4's The Big Breakfast. Since then, she has presented shows including Singled Out, Smash Hits TV, SMTV Live, Back To Reality, the first series of Make Me a Supermodel (with Dave Berry) and Strictly Come Dancing, which she has co-hosted with Bruce Forsyth in all nine series to date. Daly missed a couple of episodes in Season 2 due to being pregnant with her first daughter. Natasha Kaplinsky, the first series winner, took her place but she later returned. She was a possible contender to replace Samantha Harris as the co-host of the American version, Dancing With the Stars.[citation needed]
Recently, she has also hosted This Time Tomorrow, the National Lottery show for BBC1. On 14 November 2008, she presented Children in Need with Terry Wogan and Fearne Cotton. Daly won the special version of Strictly Come Dancing against Wogan, where she was partnered with Anton du Beke. She co-hosted the Royal Variety Performance 2008 on 11 December, broadcast on 17 December 2008.
She is the face of lingerie company La Senza in the UK and appeared in their Steal the Show Christmas 2009 campaign.[4]
[edit] Personal life
Daly married Vernon Kay on 12 September 2003, at St Mary's Catholic Church in Horwich, Bolton.[5] They have two children, Phoebe Elizabeth Kay, who was born in Westminster, London,[1] in 2004, and Amber Isabella Kay, born in 2009, also born in London. In January 2007, they co-presented the second series of Just the Two of Us on BBC One. They live in Fulmer, Buckinghamshire.[6]
[edit] References
- ^ a b c Births 1761-2006
- ^ I laughed on the TV - but inside I was so broken up
- ^ Deaths 1796-2006
- ^ Tess Daly steals the show at La Senza, Bras.co.uk, 2 November 2009
- ^ The sun shone, the bride wore white ....and so did the groom, Bolton Evening News, 13 September 2003
- ^ Perfect country life a short hop from the M25
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