Cat Deeley Biography

Catherine Elizabeth Cat Deeley (born 23 October 1976)citation needed is an English celebrity, TV presenter, actress and former model. From 1998 until 2001, she co-hosted the childrens series SMTV Live alongside Ant & Dec and continued alone until 2002. She also hosted Stars in Their Eyes from 2004 until 2006. Since 2006, Deeley has also been the host of So You Think You Can Dance in the United States, for which she received a nomination for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Host for a Reality or Reality-Competition Program,and she is the face of Pantene shampoo in the UK.

Deeley was born in Sutton Colfield, Birmingham.citation needed She attended Grove Vale Junior School in Great Barr Sandwell, followed by Dartmouth High School in Great Barr, where she played the clarinet in the Sandwell Youth Concert Band.citation needed She then joined the sixth form at Bishop Veseys Grammar School.citation needed

At age 14, Deeley entered a regional edition of a BBC competition for The Clothes Show, in which she reached the national finals. Spotted by an agent for Storm modeling agency, she was quickly signed as a model under her nickname of Cat to make it easier for clients to re-book her.

Storm tried to persuade her to leave school at age 16, when she had gained nine A+grade GCSEs; however, cautious Deeley continued her A+level studies at Bishop Veseys Grammar School Sixth Form, where she gained four A-levels.

In 1994 at age 18, Deeley became a full-time fashion model. She left full-time modelling in 1997, following changes in her contract with Storm. She moved on to become an MTV UK presenter, usually with Edith Bowman. From 1998 until 2002, she was co-host with Ant & Dec on the Saturday morning childrens programme SMTV Live and hosted its spin-off programmes CD:UK (1998“2005) and CD:UK Hotshots. In 2001, she won a Childrens BAFTA award and appeared in an episode of the BBCs Happiness. In 2002, Deeley appeared in a television advert for Marks and Spencer. Other programmes she hosted include The Record of the Year, Fame Academy, The 2004 BRIT Awards and Stars in Their Eyes, as well as a weekly broadcast on Londons Capital FM and BBC Choice series Roadtripping, both with former MTV colleague Edith Bowman. In 2003 she became patron of Great Ormond Street Hospital, and in 2005 she played herself in an episode of Little Britain and provided the voice of Loretta Geargrinder in the UK version of the film Robots, replacing Natasha Lyonne.

In 2006, she began hosting the second season of American reality show So You Think You Can Dance, replacing Lauren Sánchez, who was pregnant. Deeley interviewed Kylie Minogue for a television special which was broadcast in the United Kingdom on Sky One on 16 July 2006, in Australia on Channel Nine on 17 July 2006 and BBC America on 9 September 2006.Deeley was a guest reporter on NBCs Tonight Show. She has presented Foxs New Years Eve special from Times Square in 2006 and 2007.

In 2007, she presented the UK coverage of the sixth season of American Idol for ITV2. She filmed segments and interviews with guests and eliminated contestants for UK audiences that were shown just before and after advertising breaks. However, this was not popular with viewers who saw Deeleys role as unnecessary.citation needed She did not return for the seventh season of American Idol in 2008. Deeley was the face of Shape Water and a number of Garnier Fructis products, appearing in print and television advertising in the UK and Ireland.

On 1 July 2007, Deeley was one of many speakers at the Concert For Diana. The event, watched by an estimated 500 million people, was at the new Wembley Stadium. In September 2007, Deeley presented Soundtrack To My Life, a music series produced by Hamma & Glamma Productions for ITV London that looks at the work and influences of an eclectic band of musicians. In January 2006, a new season of So You Think You Can Dance started its auditions, with Deeley in the role of host. She has been the host of the show ever since. In 2011, Deeley was nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Host for a Reality or Reality-Competition Program.

Other projects of Deeleys include presenting the third season of Soundtrack To My Life, playing herself as host of Peter Kays Peter Kays Britains Got the Pop Factor... and Possibly a New Celebrity Jesus Christ Soapstar Superstar Strictly on Ice, guest hosting the United States syndicated version of Who Wants to Be a Millionaire (for Meredith Vieira), and appearing on BBC Americas broadcast of Gordon Ramsays F Word where she was served up to hungry customers. In 2009, Deeley added hosting duties for the television version of the electronic game 20Q for GSN. In January and February 2010, Deeley hosted So You Think You Can Dance in UK. Also, in February 2010, Cat filled in for a vacationing Meredith Viera as host on the morning TV show Today. On 31 March 2010, Deeley filled in for actress Kelly Ripa on the U.S. morning talk show Live with Regis and Kelly.

On 9 January 2011, Deeley made a small guest appearance in the Disney Channel sitcom, Shake It Up where she portrays a vice principal who is, in secret, a dancer.

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