Suzi Perry | |
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Perry presenting at the 2013 British Grand Prix.
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Born |
Suzi Perry 3 May 1970 Cosford, Shropshire, England |
Residence | Birmingham, England, UK |
Nationality | English |
Education | Wolverhampton Polytechnic |
Occupation | Television presenter, Journalist |
Employer | BT Sport, BBC |
Known for | Model, television presenter, columnist, sporting host |
Spouse(s) | Steve Bullock (divorced) Bastien Boosten (m. 2009) |
Website | Official website |
Suzi Perry (born 3 May 1970) is an English television presenter, currently covering MotoGP for BT Sport. She is best known for covering MotoGP for the BBC for 13 years, The Gadget Show on Channel 5 for 9 years and the BBC's Formula One coverage from 2013 to 2015.
Perry was born in an RAF hospital in Cosford, Shropshire, the daughter of a music promoter, and her godfather was guitarist Mel Galley.
Brought up in Finchfield, she attended Smestow school in Wolverhampton, and had a school job as a lighting technician at the Wolverhampton Grand Theatre. Perry went on to study business studies and finance at Wolverhampton Polytechnic, now the University of Wolverhampton.
After graduation, Perry spent 12 months in Japan working as a model, then as an advertising model following her return to Britain.
Perry is mainly known as a motor sports correspondent, reporting on motorbike racing for BBC News as well as presenting other sports-related programmes, including Wimbledon, the Boat Race, the London Marathon, Royal Ascot and the Great North Run. She helped to present the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens.