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Dani Behr Profile |
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Birth Date: July 9, 1971
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Birth Place: London, England, UK
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Birth Name: Dani Behr
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Height: 5'11"
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Biography |
Dani Behr is a British
television presenter and singer.
Behr is of South African Jewish descent. She is a graduate
of the Sylvia Young Theatre School, and was discovered by
Pet Shop Boys manager Tom Watkins, who put her in his female
Bros concept, Faith Hope and Charity, signed to the WEA
record company. However the band was not successful and Behr
moved into television production.
At the age of sixteen, she was signed to present the late
night Channel 4 music show The Word, which she was involved
with for five years. She went on to present over 30 TV
shows, including The Big Breakfast,"Hotel Babylon", Ice
Warriors, and in 2002 The Saturday Show for the BBC.
After numerous presenting jobs for shows in the United
States, Behr decided to move permanently to Hollywood to
begin presenting "Extra" for NBC. She went on to host
several more shows for Fox, NBC/Bravo, VH1, with her biggest
hit so far being the 2003 reality show Boy Meets Boy". In
between TV, Behr has also presented radio shows for KissFM,
and has had some minor film acting roles and appeared
alongside Kate Winslet, Oprah Winfrey, Glenn Close & co in
the successful play "The Vagina Monologues" both in London
at 'The Old Vic' and on Broadway at 'Madison Square
Gardens'.
Behr was Maxim's female presenter of the year in 2002. She
voices the safety message on Virgin Atlantic and was named
in "Turn A Blind Eye" by Half Man Half Biscuit. "They came
for Dani Behr. I said 'she's over there, behind the
wardrobe.'"
One of her more notable was when she landed top job as
flagship host on CBBC's The Saturday Show.
Behr has dated several high-profile names whilst living in
the UK, including footballer Les Ferdinand, Ryan Giggs and J
from boy band '5ive'. During this time her relationships
were well publicised by the tabloids. Behr married American
restauranter and surfer Carl Harwin in Malibu, California,
on 5 May 2005 - with pictures of the wedding featured in
Hello! magazine. They have a daughter named Coco born in
December 2005. They are now expecting a new baby boy in
April 2007. They have recently moved to Sydney, Australia.
On April 19, 2007, Dani welcomed new baby boy Zane Max
Harwin to the family. |
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Other
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Burst onto the British TV scene in 1992 as a presenter on
Channel 4's controversial late-night TV show "The Word" |
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