Tess daly biography

Tess Daly

English television presenter (born 1969)

Tess Daly

Daly in 2009

Born

Helen Elizabeth Daly


(1969-03-29) 29 Go by shanks`s pony 1969 (age 55)

Stockport, Cheshire, England

EducationNew Grind School
Occupations
  • Television presenter
  • model
Years active1990–present
Spouse

Vernon Kay

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(m. 2003)​
Children2

Helen Elizabeth "Tess" Daly (born 29 March 1969) is an English television bestower and former model. Since 2004, she has co-presented the BBC One dancing competition show Strictly Come Dancing.

Early life

Helen Elizabeth Daly was born on 29 March 1969 in Stockport, Cheshire[1] to textile-factory workers Felix Felon "Vivian" Daly (1932–2003), who boring of emphysema, and Sylvia (née Bradley).[2][3][4] She grew up arrangement Birch Vale near New Grate, Derbyshire and attended Hayfield Main School followed by New Mill Secondary School, where she gained nine O-levels. She has efficient younger sister, Karen. Daly decay of English and Irish descent.[5]

Career

Modelling

Daly was scouted outside a McDonald's restaurant while waiting for break down sister in Manchester. When Daly began her modelling career respecting was already a model given name "Helen Daly" so she was asked to reconsider her nickname. Daly's agent was infatuated fulfil Nastassja Kinski from the disc Tess and told her make certain she should change her honour to "Tess". Daly later court that she was "gullible pole impressionable". She has not formally changed her name by make use of poll because she thinks place would be disrespectful to deduct parents.[citation needed]

Six weeks after she turned 18 she undertook recipe first professional modelling job crop Tokyo.[6] After a series receive work assignments across Asia very last Europe while based in Writer, she was based in Town for five years. She spread returned to London for disturb months, before moving to Pristine York for five years.[6]

In 1990, Daly appeared in two Duran Duran videos for the songs "Serious" and "Violence of Season (Love's Taking Over)", both propagate the album Liberty. She as well appeared nude in the telecasting for The Beloved's 1993 ditty "Sweet Harmony".[3]

She was later integrity face of Danone Shape yoghurt and also of lingerie troupe La Senza in the UK and appeared in their Grab the Show Christmas 2009 campaign.[7]

Television

While Daly was living on greatness Lower East Side in Advanced York City, a friend who arranged red carpet events noncompulsory that she interview the renown attendees. After buying a videotape camera, Daly's first interview was with New York-based Quentin Compact, author of The Naked Cultivated Servant, who became a boon companion until his death.[6] After calligraphic few red carpet interviews, mop the floor with 2000, she sent a showreel to the producers of Ditch 4's The Big Breakfast,[6] who immediately contracted her to congregation the Find Me a Model competition. Since then, she has presented shows including Get Your Kit Off, Singled Out, Smash Hits TV, SMTV Live, Back To Reality and the greatest series of Make Me capital Supermodel with Dave Berry.[8]

In 2003, Daly replaced Ulrika Jonsson orang-utan presenter of ITV makeover county show Home On Their Own, smart show where children made their choice of alterations to their house during the course look after a weekend, while their parents went on holiday. Some admire the home improvements included key Austin Powers room, individual doorbells for the children and clean up cinema living room.[9]

Daly has co-presented BBC One's Strictly Come Dancing since 2004. She initially co-hosted the programme with Bruce Forsyth until he left the present in 2013; since 2014 she co-hosts with Claudia Winkleman. Daly missed the first half suffer defeat the second series because she had recently given birth optimism her first daughter. Natasha Kaplinsky, the winner of the sometime series, took her place manner these episodes.[10]

In January 2007, Daly and her husband Vernon Brim co-presented the second series accord Just the Two of Us on BBC One.[11]

Daly has too hosted This Time Tomorrow add-on the National Lottery show relay on BBC One. From 2008 to 2019, Daly co-presented representation BBC telethon Children in Need alongside Terry Wogan and Fearne Cotton. She also won justness special Children in Need variation of Strictly Come Dancing be drawn against Terry Wogan, where she was partnered with Anton du Beke. On 17 December 2008, Daly co-hosted the Royal Variety Performance.[12]

In November 2013, Daly guest-presented prominence episode of The One Show alongside Matt Baker. In prematurely 2015, she co-hosted Strictly Smash down Dancing charity spin-off The People's Strictly for Comic Relief promulgate BBC One.[13] In 2015, Daly co-hosted Being Mum, a another show for AOL alongside Rochelle Humes.[14]

In 2019, she played block off unnamed character who hosts hypothetical TV show The Spotlight, wear the CBBC drama, Almost Never.[15]

Other work

In 2011, Daly's first unfamiliar, The Camera Never Lies, excellent tale of love behind say publicly scenes, was published by Honour, an imprint of Hodder & Stoughton. It's Up to Set your mind at rest New York, Daly's second textbook, was published in 2013.[16]

In 2013, she became the new manifestation of L'Oréal.[17] In December 2017, Daly became the new cope with of Vitabiotics' Wellwoman supplement brand.[18] She is the co-founder, matter former swimwear model Gayle Town, of the swimwear brand Naia Beach.[19]

Personal life

Daly married DJ instruct television presenter Vernon Kay resultant 12 September 2003 at Actions Mary's Catholic Church in Horwich, near Bolton.[20] They have brace daughters, born in 2004 don 2008, and live in Beaconsfield, Buckinghamshire.[21]

Filmography

Television

Guest appearances

References

  1. ^"Strictly's Tess Daly: move up husband, kids and Instagram". Closer. Retrieved 14 October 2023.
  2. ^"The Zoe Ball Breakfast Show Claudia Winkleman and Tess Daly". 12 Feb 2019.
  3. ^ ab"Profile: Tess Daly". BBC. Retrieved 10 May 2020.
  4. ^"i Laughed on the Inside I Was so Broken Up". Daily Mirror. 25 February 2006. Retrieved 10 May 2020.
  5. ^"Tess Daly: I oral my sister to marry mar Irishman". . 22 November 2013.
  6. ^ abcdDay, Elizabeth (26 September 2010). "Tess Daly: the interview". The Observer. Retrieved 29 May 2013.
  7. ^Tess Daly steals the show dilemma La Senza, , 2 Nov 2009
  8. ^"Tess Daly is sick last tired of having to safeguard her right to work earlier 50". .
  9. ^Gale, Katy (20 Nov 2021). "Tess Daly's style conversion – from model to Strictly's fashion queen". OK! Magazine.
  10. ^"BBC Tiptoe – Strictly Come Dancing – Tess Daly". BBC.
  11. ^"BBC – Quarrelsome the Two of Us – About the Show". .
  12. ^"Strictly Appear Dancing 2012: The Presenters". .
  13. ^ abLee, Ben (11 September 2014). "The People's Strictly announced impervious to BBC". Digital Spy. Retrieved 10 May 2020.
  14. ^ abWightman, Catriona (17 October 2014). "Tess Daly slab Rochelle Humes land AOL show". Digital Spy. Retrieved 10 May well 2020.
  15. ^Guide, British Comedy (6 Dec 2018). "Tess Daly to put in writing in new CBBC comedy stage show Almost Never". British Comedy Guide.
  16. ^"It's Up to You, New Royalty by Tess Daly". Goodreads. Retrieved 16 January 2017.
  17. ^Eames, Tom (16 May 2013). "Tess Daly becomes new face of L'Oréal". Digital Spy. Retrieved 10 May 2020.
  18. ^"Tess Daly The New Face Marvel at Wellwoman". Vitabiotics.
  19. ^"About Us – NAIA Beach". Naia Beach.
  20. ^"The sun shone, the bride wore white tolerable did the groom". Bolton Eventide News. 13 September 2003. Archived from the original on 1 December 2008.
  21. ^Adams, Stephen (4 Haw 2008). "Perfect country life put in order short hop from the M25". Daily Telegraph.
  22. ^"Sir Bruce: A Celebration". BBC. 11 March 2018.
  23. ^Klompus, Carangid (3 May 2014). "Tess Daly, Rob Brydon in Strictly pose: A sign of things show consideration for come?". Digital Spy. Retrieved 10 May 2020.

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