Holly Marie Willoughby is an English television presenter, model, and author. She is currently the co-presenter of ITV’s This Morning and Dancing on Ice alongside Phillip Schofield. From 2008 to 2020, Willoughby was a team captain on ITV2’s Celebrity Juice alongside Fearne Cotton.
Early life
Willoughby was born in Brighton, East Sussex, the younger of two daughters of Brian Willoughby, a sales manager of a double-glazing company, and Linda Willoughby (née Fleming), an air stewardess.She was educated at the independent Burgess Hill Girls in the town of Burgess Hill in West Sussex, and The College of Richard Collyer in Horsham.
In 1995, at the age of 14, Willoughby was spotted by talent scouts at The Clothes Show Live exhibition and signed with the model agency, Storm Management.She appeared in teen magazines for girls such as Mizz, Just Seventeen, Shout, and More!. From 1998, at the age of 17, Willoughby started modelling bras, underwear and tights for clients including Pretty Polly, appearing in advertisements and posters.
Career
Children’s presenting
In 2000, Willoughby won an audition for a show on CITV featuring S Club 7 called S Club TV. In this show actors represented an alternative S Club. She also appeared in a show called S Club 7: Artistic Differences playing a character called Zoe with the regular members of the band. Willoughby worked as a receptionist for a while and then as a runner for the defunct shopping channel Auction World TV.
Willoughby also took on menial jobs and started an Open University course in psychotherapy. Then eventually, she found work as assistant manager during which time she persuaded a friend to make a showreel of her. This secured her an agent who then contacted the BBC. Later in 2002, Willoughby presented a factual entertainment programme for children called Xchange and went on to host several other children’s shows for CBBC: X-perimental and CBBC at the Fame Academy (CBBC’s version of the BBC talent show Fame Academy).
Holly Willoughby Husband
Holly Willoughby has been happily married to TV producer husband Dan Baldwin since 2007, and the couple now have three children together – Harry, Belle and Chester. However, Holly has previously revealed that she does have one regret about her picture-perfect wedding day, and it’s her choice of footwear.
How old is Holly Willoughby’s husband?
Let’s start with the basics. Dan was born in 1975, which makes him 46 – and six years older than his wife, Holly.
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What is Holly Willoughby’s net worth?
Holly Willoughby is believed to be worth around £10million.
It is no surprise since beginning her showbiz career when she was just 14, after being spotted by modelling scouts at Clothes Show Live in Birmingham.
She signed to Storm – the agency that represented Kate Moss – and appeared in a wealth of teen magazines, including Just Seventeen.
Holly earns a reported £730,000 a year for This Morning, which she hosts with best pal Phillip Schofield and takes home the same salary.
In 2017 it emerged that Holly had been being paid £400,000 – a third less than Phil’s £600,000 at the time – so she was given a pay rise to put her on the same salary as her co-star.
The mum-of-three was also making another £150,000 per series of Celebrity Juice – which is produced by her husband Daniel Baldwin – before quitting.
And it was rumoured ITV paid her £400,000 to make sure she co-hosted with fan favourite Phil.
Meanwhile, her stint on I’m a Celebrity as a stand-in for Ant McPartlin saw her return to the UK with £500,000 after raking in £23k a day for hosting with Declan Donnelly.
