Anita Rani
Journalist
Radio and television presenter and journalist who has been a presenter on shows including Rogue Restaurants, Watchdog, India on Four Wheels, The One Show, Four Rooms and Countryfile. She joined Strictly Come Dancing as a contestant in 2015.
She was fourteen when she hosted her first show as part of Sunrise Radio. She studied broadcasting at the University of Leeds.
In 2005, she was nominated for Best On Screen Personality at the Royal Television Society Midlands awards.
She was born and raised in Bradford, Yorkshire, England by Sikhs parents. She is of Punjabi descent.
She was joined by Peter Andre as a contestant on series 13 of Strictly Come Dancing.