Tess Daly

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Tess Daly

Helen Elizabeth Tess Daly (born 27 April 1973), is a British television presenter, and is married to the presenter Vernon Kay

Vernon Kay

Vernon Charles Kay is a United Kingdom television presenter, DJ and former model from Bolton, Lancashire, England. He began TV presenting on the BBC children's show FBi, a spin-off of Fully Booked....
.

was born in Stockport

Stockport

Stockport is a large town in Greater Manchester, England. It lies on elevated ground on the River Mersey at the influx of the rivers River Goyt and River Tame, Greater Manchester, southeast of the city of Manchester....
, Greater Manchester

Greater Manchester

Greater Manchester is a metropolitan county in North West England, with a population of List of ceremonial counties of England by population. It encompasses one of the largest metropolitan areas in the United Kingdom and comprises ten metropolitan boroughs: Metropolitan Borough of Bolton, Metropolitan Borough of Bury, Metropolitan Borough of...
, England

England

Birch Vale

Birch Vale is a village in the High Peak district of Derbyshire, just outside the boundary of the Peak District National Park, between New Mills and Hayfield....
near New Mills

New Mills

New Mills is a town in Derbyshire, England approximately 8 miles south-east of Stockport. It is sited at the confluence of the rivers River Goyt and River Sett, on the border of Cheshire....
, Derbyshire

Derbyshire

Derbyshire is a county in the East Midlands of England. A substantial portion of the Peak District National Park lies within Derbyshire. The northern part of Derbyshire overlaps with the Pennines, a famous chain of hills and mountains....
. She attended Hayfield Primary School and New Mills Secondary School.

990, she appeared in two Duran Duran

Duran Duran

Duran Duran are an English music group from Birmingham, United Kingdom. They were one of the most commercially successful of the 1980s bands and a leading band in the MTV-driven "Second British Invasion" of the United States....
videos for the songs "Serious" and "Violence of Summer

Violence Of Summer

"Violence of Summer " is the 21st single by Duran Duran, and the first single from the 1990 Liberty album.Having finished the 1980s with the Decade: Greatest Hits singles compilation, Duran Duran found the 1990s a new challenge, in which success would initially elude them....
", both from the album Liberty
Liberty (album)

Liberty is the sixth studio album by Duran Duran, released on . Although it garnered a surprise #6 hit for the single "Serious" in Japan, the album was not very successful, and was the first album for which Duran Duran did not perform a supporting concert tour....
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Helen Elizabeth Tess Daly (born 27 April 1973), is a British television presenter, and is married to the presenter Vernon Kay

Vernon Kay

Early life

She was born in Stockport

Stockport

Greater Manchester

England

Birch Vale

Birch Vale is a village in the High Peak district of Derbyshire, just outside the boundary of the Peak District National Park, between New Mills and Hayfield....
near New Mills

New Mills

Derbyshire

Career

In 1990, she appeared in two Duran Duran

Duran Duran

Violence Of Summer

The Beloved

The Beloved are a United Kingdom electronic dance music band ....
's 1992 song "Sweet Harmony

Sweet Harmony

"Sweet Harmony" is a hit single by UK band The Beloved. It became one of their biggest hits, peaking at #8 in the UK. None of the band's other singles have made into the Top 10, which is why many consider this the band's signature song....
", in which she seemed to be naked.

After working as a model, her first television appearance was in 1999, when she hosted the 'Find Me A Model' competition on Channel 4

Channel 4

Channel 4 is a UK Public service broadcasting in the United Kingdom television broadcaster which began transmissions on 2 November 1982. Although commercially self-funded, it is ultimately publicly owned; originally a subsidiary of the Independent Broadcasting Authority , the station is now owned and operated by the #Channel Four Television...
's The Big Breakfast
The Big Breakfast

The Big Breakfast was a British light entertainment television show shown on Channel 4 each weekday morning from 28 September 1992 until 29 March 2002....
. Since then, she has presented shows including Singled Out, Smash Hits TV, SMTV Live
SMTV Live

SMTV Live was a United Kingdom Saturday morning children's television programme, first broadcast on ITV on 29 August 1998 and last broadcast on 27 December 2003....
, Back To Reality
Back to Reality

Back to Reality was a reality television show featuring reality television stars from previous reality television programmes. The February 2004 show was advertised by Five as being "The biggest reality show of all time" however in terms of ratings, it failed to deliver....
, the first series of Make Me a Supermodel (with Dave Berry

Dave Berry

Dave Berry may refer to:*Dave Berry , 1960s British musician*Dave Berry , British television presenter*Dave Berry, mixed martial artist who fought in UFC 11...
) and Strictly Come Dancing
Strictly Come Dancing

Strictly Come Dancing is a British television show, featuring celebrities with professional dance partners competing in Ballroom dance and Latin dancing dances....
, which she has co-hosted with Bruce Forsyth

Bruce Forsyth

'Bruce Joseph Forsyth-Johnson' Order of the British Empire is a British people BAFTA award-winning showman and entertainer, who achieved celebrity status on the series Sunday Night at the London Palladium, and became a household name in the UK, going on to present the television series The Generation Game, Play Your Cards Right, ...
in all six series to date.

Recently, she has also hosted The National Lottery: This Time Tomorrow. On 14 November 2008, she presented Children In Need

Children in Need

File:BBC Children in Need.svgBBC Children in Need is an annual United Kingdom charitable organization appeal organised by the BBC. Since 1980 it has raised over ?500 million....
with Terry Wogan

Terry Wogan

Sir Michael Terence Wogan, Order of the British Empire Deputy Lieutenant more commonly known as Terry Wogan, is a veteran Irish people radio and television broadcaster, who has worked for the BBC in the United Kingdom for most of his career....
and Fearne Cotton

Fearne Cotton

Fearne Cotton is an England presenter known for presenting a number of popular TV programmes such as Top of the Pops and the Red Nose Day telethon....
. Daly won the special version of Strictly Come Dancing

Strictly Come Dancing

Strictly Come Dancing is a British television show, featuring celebrities with professional dance partners competing in Ballroom dance and Latin dancing dances....
against Terry, where she was partnered with Anton Du Beke

Anton du Beke

Anton du Beke is a professional ballroom dancer and television presenter. His dance partner since 1997 has been Erin Boag. With Boag, he won the IDTA Classic in England in November 2003....
. She co-hosted the Royal Variety Performance 2008 on 11 December, broadcast on 17 December.

Personal life

She married Vernon Kay

Vernon Kay

Horwich

Horwich is a town and civil parish within the Metropolitan Borough of Bolton, in Greater Manchester, England. It is southeast of Chorley, northwest of Bolton and northwest from the city of Manchester....
, Bolton

Bolton

Bolton is a large town in Greater Manchester, in the North West England region of England.Situated close to the West Pennine Moors, north west of the city of Manchester, it is the largest and most populous settlement of the Metropolitan Borough of Bolton, the former county borough of Bolton has a population of 139,403, though this figure d...
. They have one child together, Phoebe Elizabeth Kay, who was born in Westminster

City of Westminster

The City of Westminster is a London borough of London with City status in the United Kingdom. It is located west of the City of London and north of the River Thames, and forms part of Inner London and the bulk of London's central area....
, London

London

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, on 17 October 2004. In January 2007, they co-presented the second series of Just the Two of Us on BBC One

BBC One

BBC One is the primary television channel of the BBC . It was launched on 2 November 1936 as the BBC Television Service, and was the world's first regular public television service with a high level of ....
. They live on a large estate in Fulmer

Fulmer

Fulmer is a village and civil parish within South Bucks district in Buckinghamshire, England. Originally a village in its own right, today it is considered by many to be a part of Gerrards Cross, though residents of Fulmer like to maintain that it is a separate place....
, Buckinghamshire

Buckinghamshire

Buckinghamshire is a Ceremonial counties of England and Metropolitan and non-metropolitan counties of England home counties Counties of England in South East England England....
. She can sometimes be seen with her husband at Bolton Wanderers

Bolton Wanderers F.C.

Bolton Wanderers Football Club is an English Football League teams professional football club based in Horwich, in the Metropolitan Borough of Bolton, Greater Manchester, England....
matches.

On 27 December 2008, Daly announced that she is expecting the couple's second child, due about June 2009.

Tess Daly

Early life

Career

Personal life

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