Melanie Sykes
| Melanie Sykes | |
|---|---|
| Born |
Melanie Ann Sykes 7 August 1970 Ashton-under-Lyne, Lancashire, England |
| Occupation | Television and radio presenter, model |
| Television | Today with Des and Mel (2002–2006) The Vault (2003–2004) Let's Do Lunch (2011–2014) Let's Do Christmas (2012–2014) Humble Pie (2015) |
| Spouse(s) | Daniel Caltagirone (m. 2001–2009; divorced) Jack Cockings (m. 2013–2016; divorced) |
| Children | 2 |
| Website | www |
Melanie Ann Sykes (born 7 August 1970) is an English television and radio presenter, and model. She is best known for co-hosting Today with Des and Mel with Des O'Connor and Let's Do Lunch with Gino D'Acampo.
Sykes was born in Ashton-under-Lyne to an English father and a Catholic Anglo-Indian mother, Wendy.. She attended Mossley Hollins High School and studied A-level Religious Studies at Ashton Sixth Form College. Sykes was a member of the Ashtonian Brass Band along with her father, mother and two sisters, playing the baritone horn.
Sykes married actor Daniel Caltagirone in January 2001, and the couple had two children: Roman (born 2002) and Valentino Luca (born 21 July 2004), who was diagnosed with autism in 2006. In July 2008, it was reported that the couple had split up, with Sykes having "grown apart" from Caltagirone, who had moved out of their Hampstead, London home. They divorced in June 2009. Sykes married her boyfriend Jack Cockings on 18 May 2013 at Sherborne Castle in Dorset.
In November 2013, Sykes was arrested and cautioned by police over an assault against Cockings. Soon after the domestic assault charges, after less than one year of marriage, Sykes began the process of filing for divorce. On 20 August 2014, the common assault caution was removed from police records.
Sykes first came to public attention as the bikini-clad girl in the Boddingtons Brewery beer advertisements with the broad "Northern" accent in the mid-1990s. Amongst other work, Sykes also modelled for Berlei lingerie.
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