23 year old Donatella Panayiotou started carving her showbiz career from an early age. She attended London's best performing arts school Italia Conti and was soon snapped up by some of the best casting agents in the UK. Since gracing our screens in 2000, Donatella’s vibrant personality, intelligence (she achieved top grades on her Journalism & TV Course at the London College of Journalism) and a healthy dose of hard work have helped her to begin realising her dreams of a career in TV presenting and acting
Donatella has been on numerous high profile shows including ITV1's Young Posh and Loaded (Series 1 and 2), Sky One's Celebrity Fear Factor, ITV1's Young, Posh and Penniless and more recently on Channel 4's Celebrity 4 Go Dating.
Donatella has done a fair bit of presenting including GMTV, Loose Women, Chelsea TV and Your TV on Sky. This has all led to Donatella being picked up on in the UK's premier lads mags including , Maxim, Loaded, Front, Zoo and Nuts. She can also be found on the pages of publications such as OK!, Heat, Now and Tatler not to mention the tabloids. Donatella has also appeared in numerous other publications worldwide due to the global success of her Young Posh and Loaded (1 & 2) and Young Posh and Penniless. Including magazines in the states such as US weekly.
Donatella has put her celebrity status to good use by doing her bit for charity – she took part in the SKY ONE show Celebrity Fear Factor with her share of the winnings being donated to the NSPCC. Donatella was also in the winning team in the Celebrity Netball tournament which raised money for breast cancer charities. Donatella was also Miss January in Children in Need's 2005 calender and has taken part in many charity activites during 2006. And most recently was on the winning team for the "Celebrity world cup" that was aired on Sky one and raised thousands for charity.
Most recently Donatella has landed herself her own show on a Sky music channel. She will be interviewing the stars and commenting on them and their outfits at various events. She has also presented an award at 2005's Best of British Awards at the Shepherds Bush Empire.
All this at such a young age. Is there no stopping this girl? Well no, as Donatella has lots more in the pipeline including lots more TV and acting work. The beginning of 2006 sees the release of her own fitness Video made with celebrity fitness Guru Charles Warlheim. Filming her own show for Sky TV and starring in gangster movie clubbed to death. This Greek goddess is really going places
