Zoe Louise Ball is a British broadcaster and presenter. She was the first female host of the Radio 1 and Radio 2 breakfast shows for the BBC, and presented the children's show Live & Kicking, alongside Jamie Theakston from 1996–1999.
Zoe Ball was born in Blackpool, Lancashire, and grew up in Farnham Common, Buckinghamshire. She is the daughter of the children's TV presenter Johnny Ball and his wife Julia (née Anderson). The couple divorced when Zoe was two, and Zoe was raised with her father.
Ball was educated at Heston Junior School in the district of Hounslow 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 for a "City & Guilds in radio and journalism".
She 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 Saturday morning children's show, Saturday Superstore, on which her father was appearing as a guest.
| Date of Birth | 23rd November 1970 |
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| Age | 53 Years |
| Zodiac Sign | Sagittarius |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Current City | Blackpool |
| Language | English |
| Reference | IMDB |
| Father | Johnny Ball |
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| Spouses | Fatboy Slim |
| Children | Woody Cook |
| Career Start | 1980 (44 years ago) |
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