Stacey Jaclyn Dooley MBE is an English television presenter, journalist, and media personality.
She came to public prominence in 2008 when she appeared as a participant in Blood, Sweat, and T-shirts.
Since then, she has made social-issue-themed television documentaries for BBC Three, concerning child labour and women in developing countries.
Dooley was appointed a Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the 2018 Birthday Honours for services to broadcasting.
In 2018, she won the sixteenth series of Strictly Come Dancing with dance partner and now boyfriend Kevin Clifton.
Stacey Dooley Father: Meet her Stepfather Norman Niblock
Stacey Jaclyn Dooley was born on 9 March 1987 in Luton, Bedfordshire.
Her father was from Ireland and left the family when she was two years old.
He was an alcoholic who died when Dooley was in her 20s before they could reconcile. She grew up in Luton and studied at Stopsley High School.
She left school at 15 and worked as a shop assistant, selling perfumes at Luton Airport.
Brought up by her mother, Diane, Dooley’s father was never a part of her life as he left home when she was two.
Diane was resilient, working in pubs and cleaning houses, and managed to secure council housing. She later married Dooley’s stepfather, Norman Niblock.
