Born:
October 16, 1967
in
London
Best Known For:
Hosting Big Brother.
Early-life:
Davina Lucy Pascale McCall was born in London on October 16, 1967, to Florence and Andrew. At the age of three, Davina went to live with her grandparents in Surrey after the break-up of her parents' marriage. She moved in with her father and his new wife in London when she was 13.
Career:
Davina started out as a singer (her demo was produced by Eric Clapton) and worked for the Models One agency before securing a presenter's job on Ray Cokes' Most Wanted on MTV Europe. ITV's middle-of-the-night series God's Gift led to the higher profile Streetmate, Don't Try This at Home and Popstars: The Rivals, although she tasted failure with her sitcom Sam's Game, series He's Having a Baby, and her self-titled BBC chat show. She's also fronted Love on a Saturday Night and co-hosted both Sport Relief and Comic Relief. Big Brother remains her biggest hit (she quit after 11 series as host in 2010), but has another hit on her hands with The Million Pound Drop. In August 2013, she began presenting ITV's dancing reality series Stepping Out, and in January 2014 began co-hosting Channel 4 reality series The Jump alongside Alex Brooker. The following month she ran, swam and cycled her way across the UK for Sport Relief.
Quote:
"I've been on telly for 20 years, and I've done some awful TV."
Trivia:
Davina performed in a band at school called Foghorn. She has released several workout DVDs.