Katya Jones is best-known for being a professional dancer in the competition show Strictly Come Dancing, which she won in 2017 with her dance partner Joe McFadden.
19 Facts About Katya Jones
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Katya Jones was born in Sestroretsk, near Leningrad, Soviet Union, and started dancing at the age of six, training in gymnastics as well as Ballroom and Latin-American dancing.
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Katya Jones's father is a senior oil company executive and her Korean mother is a graduate in engineering.
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In 2016, Katya Jones became a professional in the BBC ballroom dancing show Strictly Come Dancing for its 14th series.
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Katya Jones was partnered with the former Shadow chancellor, Ed Balls.
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Katya Jones was partnered with the Olympic swimmer Adam Peaty for the 19th series.
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Katya Jones partnered the politician Ed Balls for the 14th series of Strictly Come Dancing.
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Katya Jones partnered the Scottish actor Joe McFadden for the 15th series of Strictly Come Dancing.
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Katya Jones partnered the comedian and actor Seann Walsh for the 16th series of Strictly Come Dancing.
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Katya Jones partnered the television presenter Mike Bushell for the 17th series of Strictly Come Dancing.
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Katya Jones partnered the boxer Nicola Adams for the 18th series of Strictly Come Dancing.
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From September 2021, Katya Jones was a contestant on the 19th series of Strictly Come Dancing, partnered by the Olympic swimmer Adam Peaty.
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From September 2022, Katya Jones was a contestant on the 20th series of Strictly Come Dancing, partnered by former England men's association football captain Tony Adams.
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Katya Jones took part in the national Strictly Come Dancing - The Live Tour in 2017.
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In 2021, Katya Jones appeared on CBBC's Saturday Mash Up where she was "super slimed", being covered in 20 buckets of gunge after a vote by viewers.
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Katya Jones appeared as a contestant in Celebrity Masterchef in 2022.
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Katya Jones starred in the dance show Somnium: A Dancer's Dream, directed and choreographed by Neil Katya Jones.
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Katya Jones married her boyfriend of five years, Neil Katya Jones, a dancer and fellow cast member of Strictly Come Dancing, on 3 August 2013.
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In October 2018, a video and photographs of Katya Jones kissing her celebrity Strictly partner, Seann Walsh, were published.