zoe ball wiki : Zoë Louise Ball (born 23 November 1970) is an English television and radio personality, best known as the first female host of The Radio 1 Breakfast Show, as well as for presenting the 1990s children's show Live & Kicking.
Ball was a contestant in the third series of Strictly Come Dancing. Following this she replaced Claudia Winkleman in 2011 as host of the BBC Two spin-off show Strictly Come Dancing: It Takes Two. Ball also hosted the Strictly Come Dancing Live Tour in 2011 and 2015.
Ball was born in Blackpool, Lancashire, and grew up in Farnham Common, Buckinghamshire. She attended Holy Cross Convent School in Chalfont St. Peter, and also attended the Young Theatre at Beaconsfield where she trained as an actress. Her first TV appearance was as a child in the studio audience of the 1980s Saturday morning children's show, Saturday Superstore, on which her father, Johnny Ball, was appearing as a guest.
The daughter of the children's TV presenter Johnny Ball and his wife Julia (née Anderson, divorced when Zoë was two),Ball was educated at Heston Junior School in west London between 1975 and 1978. Her family then moved to Farnham Common in Buckinghamshire. She attended Farnham Common First School and Farnham Common Middle School before moving to Holy Cross Convent School in Chalfont St Peter and Amersham College of Art and Technology.
While at BBC Radio 1, Ball began a relationship with the DJ and musician Norman Cook (also known as Fatboy Slim). The couple married at Babington House in Somerset, in August 1999. In 2003, the couple split up when Ball revealed that she had had an affair with a close friend of Cook, fellow DJ Dan Peppe. Ball and Cook were later reconciled
The couple have a son Woody (born 2000), and a daughter Nelly (born 2010). They lived in a beachfront property in Western Esplanade, Hove.
On 24 September 2016, the couple announced their separation after 18 years together.
More recently, Ball was reported to have been in a relationship with BBC cameraman Billy Yates for several months. On 4 May 2017, Yates was found dead at his home in south London. It is understood that Yates died by suicide, and was depressed after falling victim to a financial scammer.
In March 2018, Ball took part in the 'Hardest Ride Home' challenge, which saw her cycling from Blackpool to Brighton for Sport Relief and mental health awareness. She set off on 5 March for five days.Highlights of the challenge were broadcast in a one-off documentary, airing on 21 March 2018 on BBC One.
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