Name : Cat Deeley
Born Name : Catherine Elizabeth Deeley
Date of Birth : 23 October 1976 (1976-10-23) (age 32)
Place of Birth : Sutton Coldfield, Birmingham, England
Occupation : Model, Presenter, Hostess
Years Active : 1994 – Present
Catherine Elizabeth "Cat" Deeley (23 October 1976) is an English disc jockey, television presenter and former fashion model, who at 21 co-hosted the children's series SMTV Live, alongside Anthony McPartlin and Declan Donnelly. She also hosted Stars in their Eyes from 2004 until 2006, and So You Think You Can Dance since its second series in 2006.
The elder of two children (she has a younger brother called Max), they were born in Sutton Coldfield, Birmingham, West Midlands. Deeley attended Grove Vale Infant School in Great Barr, Birmingham, followed by Dartmouth High School in Walsall, where she played the clarinet in the Sandwell Youth Concert Band.
While attending Sutton Coldfield Grammar School for Girls, aged 14 Deeley entered a regional edition of a BBC competition for The Clothes Show, where she made it to the national finals. Spotted by an agent for Storm modelling agency, she was quickly signed as a model under her nickname of Cat to make it easier for clients to re-book her.
Aged 16 and having gained nine A-grade GCSEs, Storm tried to persuade her to leave school. But cautious Deeley stayed on at Sutton Coldfield School's Sixth Form, where she gained four A-levels.
Aged 18, Deeley became a full time fashion model, making her first television appearance in 1994 as a model on the British TV Series Kilroy.
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