Tess Daly Biography – Tess Daly Wiki
Tess Daly is an English actress, model, and television presenter who co-presented the BBC One celebrity dancing show Strictly Come Dancing from 2004 to 2013; she has been the show’s main presenter since 2014. She is an actress, known for EastEnders (1985), Almost Never (2019), and Duran Duran: Serious (1990).
She was scouted outside a McDonald’s restaurant while waiting for her sister in Manchester. When she started her modeling career, there was already a model named “Helen Daly” so she was asked to reconsider her name. Her agent was infatuated with Nastassja Kinski from the film Tess and told her that she should change her name to “Tess”. Daly later recalled that she was “gullible and impressionable”. She has not officially changed her name by deed poll because she thinks it would be disrespectful to her parents.
Six weeks after she turned 18 she undertook her first professional modeling job in Tokyo. After a series of work assignments across Asia and Europe, while based in London, she was based in Paris for five years. She then returned to London for six months, before moving to New York for work for five years. In 1990, Daly appeared in two Duran Duran videos for the songs “Serious” and “Violence of Summer (Love’s Taking Over)”, both from the album Liberty. She also appeared nude in the video for The Beloved’s 1993 song “Sweet Harmony”. She was later the face of Danone Shape yogurt and also of lingerie company La Senza in the UK and appeared in their Steal the Show Christmas 2009 campaign.
While she was living on the Lower East Side in New York City, a friend who arranged red carpet events suggested that she interview the celebrity attendees. After buying a video camera, her first interview was with New York-based Quentin Crisp, author of The Naked Civil Servant, who became a friend until his death. After a few red carpet interviews, in 2000, she sent a showreel to the producers of Channel 4’s The Big Breakfast, who immediately contracted her to host 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 first series of Make Me a Supermodel with Dave Berry.
In 2003, she replaced Ulrika Jonsson as presenter of ITV makeover show Home On Their Own, a show where children made their choice of alterations to their house during the course of a weekend, while their parents went on holiday. Some of the home improvements included an Austin Powers room, individual doorbells for the children, and a cinema living room.
Daly has co-presented BBC One’s Strictly Come Dancing since 2004. At first, she co-hosted the programme with Bruce Forsyth until he left the show in 2013; since 2014 she has co-hosted with Claudia Winkleman. Daly missed the first half of the second series because she had recently given birth to her first daughter. Natasha Kaplinsky, the winner of the previous series, took her place for these episodes. In January 2007, Daly and her husband Vernon Kay co-presented the second series of Just the Two of Us on BBC One.
She has also hosted This Time Tomorrow and the National Lottery show broadcast on BBC One. Since 2008, Daly has presented the BBC telethon Children in Need with Terry Wogan and Fearne Cotton. She also won the special Children in Need version of Strictly Come Dancing against Terry Wogan, where she was partnered with Anton du Beke. On December 17, 2008, she co-hosted the Royal Variety Performance.
In November 2013, Daly guest-presented an episode of The One Show alongside Matt Baker. In early 2015, she co-hosted Strictly Come Dancing charity spin-off The People’s Strictly for Comic Relief for BBC One. In 2015, Daly co-hosted Being Mum, a new show for AOL alongside Rochelle Humes. In 2019, she played an unnamed character who hosts the fictional TV show The Spotlight, in the CBBC drama: Almost Never.
In 2011, Daly’s first novel, The Camera Never Lies, a tale of love behind the scenes, was published by Coronet, an imprint of Hodder & Stoughton. It’s Up to You New York, Daly’s second book, was published in 2013. In 2013, she became the new face of L’Oréal. On December 7, 2017, she became the new face of Vitabiotics’ Wellwoman supplement brand. She attended Hayfield Primary School and New Mills Secondary School, where she gained nine O-levels.
Tess Daly Age
Her birth name is Helen Elizabeth Daly. She was born on April 27, 1969, in Stockport, Cheshire, England, UK.
Tess Daly Husband
She is married to her husband, Vernon Kay. They got married on September 12, 2003, at St Mary’s Catholic Church in Horwich, near Bolton. They are parents of two children. Her husband is a DJ and television presenter Her family lives in Beaconsfield Buckinghamshire.
Tess Daly Children
She has two children. She gave birth to her first child at age 35, a daughter named Phoebe Elizabeth Daly on October 17, 2004. She then gave birth to her second child at age 40, a daughter named Amber Isabella Daly on May 30, 2009.
Tess Daly Family
She was born to textile-factory workers, the late Felix James “Vivian” Daly, who died of emphysema, and Sylvia (née Bradley), and grew up in Birch Vale near New Mills, Derbyshire. She is the oldest of 2 daughters. She is the older sister of Karen Daly. Her family is of Irish descent.
Tess Daly Height
She stands at a listed height of 5 feet 9 inches (1.75 meters) tall.
Tess Daly Instagram
Her Instagram handle is @tessdaly.
