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Carol Vorderman

Carol Vorderman
MBE RAFVR(T)
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Carol Vorderman in July 2011
Born Carol Jean Vorderman
(1960-12-24) 24 December 1960 (age 56)
Bedford, Bedfordshire, England
Nationality British
Occupation Broadcaster
Years active 1982–2015 (semi-retired)
Known for Presenting
Countdown (1982–2008)
Pride of Britain Awards (1999—)
Loose Women (2011–14)
Food Glorious Food (2013)
Spouse(s) Christopher Mather
(1985–86; divorced)
Patrick King
(1990–2000; divorced)
Children 2
Parent(s) Tony Vorderman (1920–2007; deceased)
Edwina J. Davies (b. 1928)

Carol Jean Vorderman MBE RAFVR(T) (born 24 December 1960) is a Welsh media personality, best known for co-hosting the popular game show Countdown for 26 years from 1982 until 2008.

Vorderman's career began in 1982 when she joined Channel 4 game show Countdown. She appeared on the show most recently with Des O'Connor, and previously with Des Lynam and before that Richard Whiteley (from 1982 until his death in 2005). Vorderman left the show in 2008. Whilst appearing on Countdown, Vorderman began presenting other shows for various broadcasters including Better Homes and The Pride of Britain Awards for ITV, as well as guest hosting shows such as Have I Got News for You, The Sunday Night Project and Lorraine.

Vorderman was a presenter of ITV's Loose Women from 2011 until 2014.

Vorderman was born in Bedford, Bedfordshire, the youngest of three children to Dutch father Anton 'Tony' Vorderman (1920–2007) and Welsh mother Edwina Jean (née Davies, born 1928). Her parents separated three weeks after her birth, and her mother took the family back to her home town of Prestatyn, North Wales, where Vorderman and her siblings, Anton and Trixie, grew up in a one-parent household. Vorderman did not see her father again until she was 42. In 1970, her mother married Italian immigrant Armido Rizzi. The couple separated ten years later. Vorderman's father remarried; his wife died in the early 1990s.


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