1. Vanessa Jane Feltz was born on 21 February 1962 and is an English television presenter, broadcaster, and journalist.
26 Facts About Vanessa Feltz
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Vanessa Feltz has appeared on various television shows, including Vanessa, The Big Breakfast, The Vanessa Show, Celebrity Big Brother, The Wright Stuff, This Morning, and Strictly Come Dancing.
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Vanessa Feltz was born in Islington, London, and grew up in Pine Grove, Totteridge.
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Vanessa Feltz has a sister, Julia, who is 3 years her junior.
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Vanessa Feltz was educated at Haberdashers' Aske's School for Girls, an independent school in Elstree, Hertfordshire.
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Vanessa Feltz then read English at Trinity College, Cambridge, graduating with a first-class degree.
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Vanessa Feltz was the first female columnist for The Jewish Chronicle and later joined the Daily Mirror.
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Vanessa Feltz replaced Paula Yates on Channel 4's morning TV show The Big Breakfast, presenting a regular item where she interviewed celebrities whilst lying on a bed.
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In 1997, Vanessa Feltz was tricked by the spoof TV show Brass Eye.
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Vanessa Feltz served as a magistrate from the age of 28, but was asked to stand down when she became recognisable by the defendants from her TV appearances.
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Vanessa Feltz presented the ITV daytime television chat show, Vanessa, made by Anglia Television.
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In 1999, The Vanessa Feltz Show suffered from bad publicity as some guests were alleged to have been actors.
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In 2001, Vanessa Feltz joined the local radio station BBC London 94.9 to present a mid-afternoon phone-in show and it continued to run since then at various times, from 2005 to 2015 at 09.00 to noon.
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Vanessa Feltz hosted her last show for the station on 26 August 2022.
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Vanessa Feltz returned to the Big Brother house on 3 September 2010 during Ultimate Big Brother, the last series to be broadcast on Channel 4.
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Vanessa Feltz took on a greater workload of radio and TV presenting in 2011.
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Vanessa Feltz took over the BBC Radio 2 Early Breakfast Show on 17 January 2011 broadcasting from 05:00 until 06:30 each weekday in the slot formerly occupied by Sarah Kennedy.
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Vanessa Feltz often covered Jeremy Vine's news and current affairs show on Radio 2 when Vine was away.
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Vanessa Feltz announced on 28 July 2022 that she would leave the show the following day, and Radio 2 after 2 weeks of covering for Jeremy Vine on 26 August.
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In January 2011, she started hosting The Vanessa Feltz Show on Channel 5.
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The move allowed Vanessa Feltz to appear in live editions of her TV show after her morning radio commitments.
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Vanessa Feltz married surgeon Michael Kurer in 1983; they divorced in 2000.
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In December 2006, Vanessa Feltz became engaged to singer Ben Ofoedu.
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Vanessa Feltz announced in February 2023 that she and Ofoedu had recently separated.
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Vanessa Feltz has two daughters from her marriage, and four grandchildren.
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Vanessa Feltz's elder daughter is Allegra Benitah, a former tax lawyer who is a television baker and chef.