Carol Vorderman is the TV presenter, hailing from Bedfordshire, though she grew up in Wales.
The British star came to fame thanks to a combination of her beauty and her brains.
Educated at Cambridge, she studied engineering at Sidney Sussex College.
She rose to prominence thanks to starring on Countdown as their first hostess.
What is Carol Vorderman’s age?
Carol is 57-years-old. Her birthday will fall on 24 December, Christmas Eve. This year she’ll turn 58.
The star has a lot of TV experience under her belt.
It was her mother who was to thank for her starring TV role, after she saw an advert in the paper for a young woman who was good at maths in the 1980s.
Towards the end of her career on the programme she was reportedly earning £1 million per year and was one of the highest paid women in the UK.
Her last Countdown show was broadcast on 12 December 2008.
The image on the left was taken Photoshot/Getty Images in 1994. The image on the right was taken on March 15, 2018 by Max Mumby/Indigo/Getty Images.
She was replaced by Rachel Riley, who has also enjoyed fame thanks to her job on the programme.
Carol has a number of other presenting gigs on her CV, having worked on the World Chess Championship, the Pride of Britain Awards and Britain’s Brainiest Kid.
While Carol’s academic record speaks for itself, she has also been revered for her figure.
She was famously voted UK Female Rear of the Year in 2011 and in in 2014.
She has always sported a glamorous look throughout her whole career.
However, Carol’s look has changed somewhat drastically.
Throwback pictures taken in 1985 show the presenter sporting typical 80s fashion.
She had a mullet style hair do and wore a check suit with large sleeves.
Sporting a suit and skinny leather tie, back in the 80s many women would have coveted such a look.
Carol Vorderman’s Instagram account showed off a new look for the star in tight leather.