Amy Dowden

Dancer

Amy Dowden was born in Caerphilly, Wales, United Kingdom on August 10th, 1991 and is the Dancer. At the age of 32, Amy Dowden biography, profession, age, height, weight, eye color, hair color, build, measurements, education, career, dating/affair, family, news updates, and networth are available.

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Date of Birth
August 10, 1991
Nationality
Wales
Place of Birth
Caerphilly, Wales, United Kingdom
Age
32 years old
Zodiac Sign
Leo
Profession
Dancer
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Benjamin Jones ​(m. 2022)​
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Amy Dowden Life

Amy Dowden (born 10 August 1991) is a Welsh ballroom and Latin American dancer.

The current British National Champions in Latin American Dance, Dowden and her dancing partner Ben Jones.

Dowden was a finalist in the seventeenth series of Strictly Come Dancing with Karim Zeroual in 2019.

Early life

Dowden was born in Caerphilly, Wales, and began dancing at the age of eight. She first won the British National Latin Dance Championships in 2017 alongside her partner Ben Jones, and the pair became the first all-British pair to win the championships in over thirty years. Among the many accolades include being the British Dance Federation Champions, the English Closed Champions, and Welsh Closed and Open Champions. Dowden is also a four-time British National Finalist and a World Championship semi-finalist, and she remains one of the top-ranking Ballroom and Latin American professional dancers in the United Kingdom.

Personal life

Dowden is married to Ben Jones, her professional dance partner, and the Art in Motion dance school in Cradley Heath, West Midlands, together.

Since she was a child, Dowden has suffered from Crohn's disease. In May 2019, she spoke out about the effects that the illness has had on her professional dancing career. In October 2020, the BBC broadcasted a documentary about Dowden's struggles with the disease. The documentary was nominated for a BAFTA Cymru award.

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Strictly's Amy Dowden reveals she created five embryos with husband Ben Jones after being told she can no longer have children naturally due to her cancer diagnosis

www.dailymail.co.uk, March 26, 2024
Strictly Come Dancing star Amy Dowden has shared how she has created five embryos with her husband Ben Jones for when they are ready to have children. Amy, 33, who was diagnosed with breast cancer last May, admitted she found it harder to absorb the news she could no longer have children naturally. Following her diagnosis, Amy was told  there was a two-week window for her and Ben to try and create embryos that could be frozen for future use. 

As she says: "Cancer doesn't discriminate," Amy Dowden shares her love for Kate Middleton and that she discovers the Princess of Wales' illness has "personally hit me hard."

www.dailymail.co.uk, March 23, 2024
When she expressed her sympathy with Kate Middleton's cancer on Friday night, the Strictly Professional said that the news of her death' personally hit her.' Prince George, 10, Princess Charlotte, eight, and five-year-old Prince Louis with him, have been missing from public service since January. In a televised address from Windsor on Friday evening, Kate revealed that she is fighting a form of the disease on her own.

Amy Dowden reveals she came close to death in her first round of chemo: After contracting sepsis, the family of a Strictly Star fighting stage 3 breast cancer was told she was hours away from death

www.dailymail.co.uk, March 14, 2024
The 33-year-old dancer from Caerphilly appeared on the Crisis, What Crisis? Since finding the news she is in remission, she talked on a podcast where she addressed her cancer diagnosis. She revealed that her husband Ben (centre, with Amy) got a phone call from the hospital while he was with his in-laws Gillian and Richard, in which Amy's doctor confirmed the cancer was 'unresponsive' to therapy after going into septic shock.