Holly Willoughby

While working on 'Ministry of Mayhem' in 2004, Holly Willoughby met Dan Baldwin, one of the producers on the show, whom she married on August 4, 2007. The two have three children together: son Harry James Baldwin (born May 11, 2009), daughter Belle Baldwin (born April 14, 2011) and another son, Chester William Baldwin (born September 29, 2014).

Holly Marie Willoughby was born on February 10, 1981 in Brighton, England to Brian R. Willoughby and his wife Linda J. (née Fleming). Her father was a sales manager of a double-glazing company and her mother was an air stewardess.

She is the youngest child of her parents and was raised in Woodmancote with her older sister Kelly Willoughby, who also became a television personality. She attended the independent Burgess Hill Girls school in Burgess Hill in West Sussex and later enrolled into the College of Richard Collyer in Horsham.

In 1995, during a school trip, a 14-year-old Holly Willoughby was spotted by talent scouts at 'The Clothes Show' Live exhibition, who signed her to Storm Model Management as a teen model.

She appeared in magazines such as 'Mizz', 'Just Seventeen', 'Shout' and 'More!', and later modeled for brands like Rimmel (cosmetics) and Pretty Polly (innerwear) in 1998, at the age of 17.

Several TV commercial appearances made her comfortable in front of the camera, prompting her to join a friend for the audition of the new CITV show, 'S Club TV', to become a TV presenter. The show featured the English pop group 'S Club 7', alongside which she also played a character called Zoe in another show, 'S Club 7: Artistic Differences'.

In the following years, she had to take up a number of menial jobs, worked as a receptionist for some time, and was as a runner for the defunct shopping channel 'Auction World TV'. She also took an Open University course in psychotherapy during this time.

She eventually secured a job as an assistant manager and made a showreel with the help of a friend, which she was able to forward to BBC through an agent. This landed her a presenting job on CBBC's factual entertainment programme for children called 'Xchange' in 2003, followed by several other children's shows like 'X-perimental' and 'CBBC at the Fame Academy'.

In 2013, Holly Willoughby co-wrote the children's book 'L 'Etoile, School for Stars: First Term' with her sister Kelly. The two later published a bunch of follow up books on the title, as well as other books such as 'Summer Holiday Mystery' (2014) and 'The Missing Ballerina Mystery' (2015).

She previously co-wrote the book 'The Best Friends' Guide to Life' with her friend and co-presenter Fearne Cotton. A mother of three children, she has also published the self-help books, 'Truly Happy Baby' (2016) and 'Truly Scrumptious Baby' (2017), to guide new mothers.