Background
Ashworth was born on 2 August 1986 Frimley in Surrey and grew up in Yateley, Hampshire.
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Katy Ashworth
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Education
University of Exeter.
Career
She obtained a first-class degree in Drama from the University of Exeter. in 2009. Ashworth began her television career presenting I Can Cook on the British Broadcasting Corporation"s British Academy of Film and Television Arts award winning children"s channel CBeebies. The show is a cookery programme for under-6s.
She has presented 4 seasons of the popular show.
She has also appeared on other CBeebies programmes, including Justin"s House, as well as performing in various station promos. She has appeared in 5 of the popular Cbeebies Christmas pantomimes, and in 2014 featured in the inaugural Cbeebies Prom at the Royal Albert Hall.
In addition to her television roles, she has appeared in many live stage shows. In 2011, she toured the United Kingdom with her one-woman children"s show Katy"s Roadshow.
She played 40 venues across 6 months.She has also performed at many festivals and events around the world, including Glastonbury, Lollibop, the South African Good Food and Wine Show, and three Cbeebies Live tours around the United Kingdom, including the 2014 show "The BIG Band Easter Tour".
Foreign 3 consecutive years, Ashworth has played Peter Pan in end-of-year pantomimes around England, and in 2014 played the role of the Fairy Godmother in Cinderella at the Anvil Theatre in Basingstoke, United Kingdom. 2015 saw Ashworth play the role of the Forest Fairy in Jack and the Beanstalk at the Theatre Royal in Bath. Ashworth is a patron of Brainwave, which supports children with brain illnesses - in February 2012, she climbed Mount Kilimanjaro in Tanzania in support of the charity. She is also an ambassador of Make A Wish Foundation, an organisation that grants wishes to children with life-threatening conditions.
And she supports Bliss Foundation, which promotes care for premature babies.
She is a strong supporter of animal conservation, especially the fight against ivory trading in Africa.
Membership
Since 2011, she has also been one of the regular continuity presenters for CBeebies, appearing on an ongoing basis as a member of the CBeebies "house".
