Catherine Elizabeth "Cat" Deeley (born 23 October 1976) is a British disc jockey, television presenter and former fashion model. At 21, she co-hosted the children's series SMTV Live, alongside Anthony McPartlin and Declan Donnelly. She hosted Stars in their Eyes from 2004 until 2006, and beginning in 2006, hosts So You Think You Can Dance. She is 5 feet, 9 inches (1.75m) tall.

Biography

The elder of two children (she has a younger brother named Max), Catherine was born in the Sutton Coldfield area of 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.