Born:
February 10, 1981
in
Brighton
Best Known For:
That jaw-dropping dress she wore on Dancing on Ice.
Early-life:
Born Holly Marie Willougby on February 10, 1981, in Brighton to the manager of a double-glazing company and an air hostess. She has an older sister. Holly studied at Burgess Hill School for Girls in West Sussex and then attended The College of Richard Collyer. At the age of 14 she was spotted by talent scouts at The Clothes Show Live exhibition, was snapped up by a modelling agency and appeared in magazines. She broke into TV in 2000 as one of the stars of S Club TV. She also helped pay the bills as a receptionist, a runner for Auction World TV and an assistant floor manager.
Career:
Willoughby's big break came in 2004 when she returned to CITV as co-presenter of Ministry of Mayhem. The show was later renamed Holly & Stephen's Saturday Showdown. She has worked on TV series Feel the Fear, Stars in Their Eyes and CD: UK. She earned a prime-time slot as co-presenter of Dancing on Ice in 2006, the same year she won a Bafta for her work on children's TV. Other small screen duties have included Greased Lightnin', The Xtra Factor, Streetmate, Holly & Fearne Go Dating, Here Come the Boys and Celebrity Juice. She has co-presented This Morning with Phillip Schofield since September 2009 and co-presented two series of The Voice UK alongside Reggie Yates. In 2012, she began hosting a revived version of Surprise Surprise, and is also the presenter of sports quiz Play to the Whistle.
Quote:
On her time in kids' TV: 'We didn't feel like grown-ups as we were just being so wild and naughty.'
Trivia:
She is a patron of the charity Together for Short Lives.