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Cherry Healey
Born
Cherry Kathleen Chadwyck-Healey

(1980-12-05) 5 December 1980 (age 43)
NationalityBritish
EducationCheltenham Ladies' College
OccupationTelevision presenter
Years active2009–present
Spouse
Roly Allen
(m. 2010)
Children2
WebsiteOfficial website

Cherry Kathleen Healey (born Cherry Kathleen Chadwyck-Healey, 5 December 1980) is a British television presenter, frequently featuring in self-titled lifestyle documentaries on the BBC.

Early life

Healey is descended from the Chadwyck-Healey baronets; her father Nicholas is a son of the 4th Baronet. She has three brothers. She attended Cheltenham Ladies' College until 1999.[1] She has a Degree in Drama Education / Drama for Social Change from Central School of Speech and Drama.

Career

Best known for her work with light-hearted documentaries on BBC Three, including studies on drinking, childbirth, body issues, dating, and money,[2] Healey frequently relates documentaries to her own life both during the programmes and on her blog on the BBC website.[3] She presented a mini-series called Britain's Favourite Supermarket Foods on BBC One.

Since 2015, Healey has presented the E4 spin-off The Jump: On the Piste.

From 2013 until 2015, Healey appeared in TV commercials shown in the United States and Canada, for Cottonelle toilet paper, in which she approached random people and asked them to use Cottonelle and "go commando" - meaning without underwear - to demonstrate how effectively Cottonelle cleaned them.[4]

Healey has also written for several publications including Grazia, You Me Baby magazine, and Cellardoor online.

In 2016, Healey took part in Celebrity MasterChef on BBC One.

Personal life

In Summer 2010, Healey married partner Roly Allen and they have a daughter, Coco (born 4 September 2009).[5][6] On 18 June 2013 Cherry announced on her Facebook, Twitter and Instagram that she was expecting her second child. On 17 October 2013, she gave birth to her second child, a boy named Edward "Bear".

Filmography

Year Title Role Notes
2016— Find My First Love Presenter 1 series
2016 Celebrity MasterChef Participant
2016— What to Buy and Why Presenter 1 series
2015–2016 The Jump: On the Piste Presenter 2 series
2015— Inside the Factory Co-presenter 2 series
2015 Britain's Supermarket Revolution: What's in It for Us? Presenter 1 episode
2013 Cherry Healey: Old Before My Time Herself 3 episodes
Secrets of the Sales Herself 1 episode
Cherry Healey's Property Virgins Herself 2 episodes
The Year of Making Love Herself 6 episodes
2012-13 Britain's Favourite Supermarket Foods Herself 3 episodes
2012 Cherry Healey: How to Get a Life Herself 6 episodes
Cherry Healey: Like A Virgin Herself 1 episode
2011 Cherry's Parenting Dilemmas Herself 1 episode
Cherry's Body Dilemmas Herself 1 episode
Cherry's Cash Dilemmas Herself 1 episode
Cherry Healey: Magician's Assistant Herself 1 episode
Is Breast Best? Cherry Healey Investigates Herself 1 episode
2010 Cherry Gets Married Herself 1 episode
Cherry Goes Dating Herself 1 episode
Cherry Goes Drinking Herself 1 episode
Cherry Gets Pierced Herself 1 episode
Cherry Has A Baby Herself 1 episode
2009 Drinking with the Girls Herself 1 episode

References

  1. ^ "List of Baronetages". Retrieved 19 October 2010.
  2. ^ "Our good and bad relationship with money". BBC Three. Retrieved 15 August 2011.
  3. ^ "Cherry Healey's Personal Blog". BBC Three. Retrieved 19 October 2010.
  4. ^ Rebecca Cullers, Cottonelle wants you to 'Go Commando' with a butt so clean it doesn't need undies, AdWeek, Feb. 24, 2015, http://www.adweek.com/adfreak/cottonelle-wants-you-go-commando-and-not-throw-your-panties-new-kids-block-163124; Kate Zimmerman, The Hucksters Hit Bottom, The Calgary (Alberta) Herald, Oct. 19, 2013. page SW-28.
  5. ^ "Mr R. Allen and Miss C. Chadwyck-Healey". Telegraph. Retrieved 13 February 2013.
  6. ^ "Cherry Gets Married". BBC Three. Retrieved 19 October 2010.