Stacey Jaclyn Dooley was born on 9 March 1987 and is an English television presenter, journalist, and media personality.
35 Facts About Stacey Dooley
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Stacey Dooley came to prominence in 2008 when she appeared as a participant on the documentary series Blood, Sweat and T-shirts.
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From 2019 to 2020, Stacey Dooley presented Glow Up: Britain's Next Make-Up Star.
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Stacey Jaclyn Dooley was born on 9 March 1987 in Luton, Bedfordshire.
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Stacey Dooley's father was from Ireland, and left the family when she was two years old.
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Stacey Dooley was an alcoholic who died when Dooley was in her 20s before they could reconcile.
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Stacey Dooley grew up in Luton and studied at Stopsley High School.
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Stacey Dooley left school at 15 and worked as a shop assistant, selling perfumes at Luton Airport.
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Stacey Dooley admitted to going through a short phase of shoplifting with her friends during her youth in Luton.
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Stacey Dooley first appeared on television in April 2008 when she travelled to India as one of the participants on the documentary television series Blood, Sweat and T-shirts.
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Stacey Dooley Investigates began in August 2009 and a two-part special was shown on BBC Three throughout August and September 2009.
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Over two episodes, Stacey Dooley investigated how tourism in Thailand and Kenya affects employees there, in particular with regard to wages, corruption and environmental changes.
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In 2015, Stacey Dooley created the documentary series Beaten By My Boyfriend where she investigated domestic abuse within the UK.
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Stacey Dooley presented Stacey Dooley: Hate and Pride in Orlando where she travelled to Orlando, Florida in the aftermath of the Pulse Bar shootings.
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In November 2016, Dooley appeared in a BBC Three series Brainwashing Stacey, where she went to a US anti-abortion summer camp and then to some African big-game hunters.
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Stacey Dooley was held on the street for two hours by police who were investigating their confrontation with two men "protecting" some of the girls, who had called the police on the film crew.
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Stacey Dooley presented the documentary Canada's Lost Girls in March 2017 in which she travelled across Canada investigating the various factors which played a part in the disappearance and murder of over 1,200 Indigenous women.
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Stacey Dooley narrated the documentary The Natives: This Is Our America where she investigated the lives of young Native Americans, and the Dakota Access Pipeline protests.
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Stacey Dooley had her own UK book tour, hosted by Viv Groskop.
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Stacey Dooley was appointed a Member of the Order of the British Empire in the 2018 Birthday Honours for services to broadcasting.
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In 2012, and again in 2015, Stacey Dooley was a member of the judging panel for The Observer Ethical Awards.
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On 16 August 2018, Stacey Dooley was announced as the eighth contestant to take part in the sixteenth series of Strictly Come Dancing.
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Stacey Dooley took part in BBC One's Children in Need where she explored the number of homeless young people in the UK.
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In 2019, Stacey Dooley was named as Grazias new contributing editor for investigations.
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Stacey Dooley appeared on The National Television Awards 2019, and presented BBC's The Nine To Five With Stacey Dooley and The One Show.
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Stacey Dooley took part in The 2019 Strictly Come Dancing Arena Tour throughout the UK.
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Stacey Dooley then began presenting the BBC Three reality competition series Glow Up: Britain's Next Make-Up Star.
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In July 2019, it was announced that Stacey Dooley would be a guest judge on RuPaul's Drag Race UK.
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In 2020, Stacey Dooley appeared in Jessie Ware's music video for "Save a Kiss" and the game show Michael McIntyre's The Wheel.
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In 2022, Stacey Dooley competed in series 2 of The Masked Dancer as Prawn Cocktail.
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Stacey Dooley is a feminist and has made documentaries regarding gender equality.
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Since early 2019, Stacey Dooley has been in a relationship with her Strictly Come Dancing dance partner Kevin Clifton.
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Stacey Dooley was criticised in February 2019 after she posted photos holding a Ugandan child on her Instagram account during a trip to Uganda organised by British charity Comic Relief.
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Stacey Dooley was accused on social media of reinforcing white saviour stereotypes.
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Stacey Dooley was appointed a Member of the Order of the British Empire in the 2018 Birthday Honours for services to broadcasting.