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Cat Deeley Profile |
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Birth Date: October 23, 1976
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Birth Place: Sutton Coldfield, Birmingham, England, UK
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Birth Name: Catherine Deeley
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Height: 5'9"
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Biography |
Cat Deeley was born October 23rd, 1976, in Sutton
Coldfield, Birmingham, England.
The farthest thing from model material while growing up in
England (or at least that's what she thought), Cat never had
modeling on her mind and was more interested in hanging out
with her younger brother Max and being the tomboy that she
was.
Although she wasn't all too concerned with her looks and
cared more about her grades, Cat participated in a regional
BBC competition called The Clothes Show, at age 14. The fact
that she didn't win was of no importance; she still had the
looks to get her to the final rounds of the competition, and
was spotted by an agent from Storm modeling agency.
Cat was signed to Storm right away, and the agency tried to
convince the then-student to put a hold on school and take
on modeling full-time, but studious Cat was not convinced.
She stayed in school and earned herself 9 GCSE A grades and
4 A-level passes, and as luck would have it, the modeling
world was waiting for the beautiful brunette.
Cat's modeling years took her all over the world, but her
face has since become a staple of UK television.
She has the looks to be on television -- that's a given --
but Cat was looking for a different type of career, one that
would allow her the chance to be her quirky self. She sent
in a videotape audition for a VJ position on ITV, and wowed
her co-presenters Dec and Ant by pulling a prank on them
during her audition.
There was no question about it; ITV wanted to hire her as a
presenter for its Saturday morning shows, SM:TV Live and
CD:UK. Cat has been a Saturday morning regular since 1998,
and has taken on numerous other projects since then.
Cat has made guest appearances on TFI Friday, An Audience
with Ricky Martin, Comic Relief: Say Pants to Poverty (also
featuring Robbie Williams, David Beckham and wife Victoria,
along with many other British personalities), as well as the
2001 Brit Awards and the comedy Happiness .
With looks, a bubbly personality, and charm, Cat has been
considered among the sexiest women on the planet. One of the
most desired women in the UK, Cat is also MTV's leading
presenter, as seen on Cat's MTV shows Hitlist UK, Amour and
Stylissimo. |
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Other
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Ranked 7th sexiest woman in FHM. [2001]
Came in at #12 in FHM's 100 Sexiest Girls of 2002 poll, UK
edition. [June 2002]
Won award: Favourite UK cable personality - The Scorpio
Multimedia Cable TV Awards 2002.
Along with Patrick Kielty, was a host of The Prince's Trust
30th Birthday: Live (2006) (TV).
Is the voice of "Loretta Geargrinder" in the UK version of
the film Robots (2005) (replacing Natasha Lyonne, who voiced
the character for the original American version).
When she was 7, wanted to host TV shows. Loves trashy talk
shows. |
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