Years active: 2009 - present (started around 23 years old; 15 years in the business)
About Rachel Riley
Rachel is a British mathematician and television presenter. She co-presents the Channel 4 daytime puzzle show "Countdown" and its late-night comedy spin-off "8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown".
A mathematics graduate, her television debut came when she joined "Countdown", aged 22. With an interest in popularising mathematics and the sciences, she has since co-presented "The Gadget Show" on Channel 5 (2013–14) and "It's Not Rocket Science" on ITV (2016). She was also a contestant on the BBC celebrity dance show "Strictly Come Dancing" in 2013. She has since married her Strictly dance partner, Pasha Kovalev (2019 - Present), and has 2 children with him.
As of May 2024, she has amassed 540,000 followers on her Instagram platform.