- Personal Appearances
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- TV/Radio Presenter
Cat Deeley
Catherine Elizabeth "Cat" Deeley is a popular English disc jockey, television personality and former fashion model, who rose to fame at the age of 21.
MTV Presenter & Other Credits
Deeley became an MTV UK presenter in 1997 co-hosting with Edith Bowman. From 1998 to 2002, she was co-host with Ant & Dec on the Saturday morning children's show SMTV Live and also hosted its spin off shows CD:UK and CD:UK Hotshots. In 2001, she won a Children's BAFTA award for Best Presenter and appeared in an episode of the BBC's Happiness. In 2002, Deeley appeared in a television commercial for the iconic British high street store Marks and Spencer.
Other programmes she has hosted include The Record of the Year, Fame Academy, The 2004 BRIT Awards and Stars in Their Eyes, as well as a weekly show on London's 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
Since 2005, she has hosted the American reality show So You Think You Can Dance. Additionally, in 2006, Deeley interviewed Kylie Minogue for a television special which aired in the United Kingdom on Sky One, in Australia on Channel Nine and BBC America.
Deeley also had a stint as a guest reporter on NBC's Tonight Show presenting Fox's New Year's Eve 2006 special live from Times Square.
She is also an entertainment contributor for ABC News, providing coverage from various awards shows including the Golden Globes and the Grammy and Academy Awards.
For a period, Deeley was the face of Shape Water and number of Garnier Fructis products, appearing in print and television advertising in the UK and Ireland.
In 2007 Deeley was one of many celebrity speakers appearing at the Concert For Diana. The event was watched by over an estimated 500 million viewers worldwide, which was held at the new Wembley Stadium.
