Vanessa Jane Feltz (born 21 February 1962) is an English television personality, broadcaster and journalist. Feltz currently presents an early morning radio show on BBC Radio 2 and the Breakfast show on BBC Radio London. She also regularly sits in for Sara Cox on the Teatime show and for Jeremy Vine on BBC Radio 2. This is alongside regular appearances reviewing the news and providing advice on ITV's This Morning.
Vanessa Feltz was born in Islington, London, and grew up in Pine Grove, Totteridge. On her radio show she frequently refers to Totteridge as "the Beverly Hills of North London" and her middle class Jewish background as like "growing up in Fiddler on the Roof". Her father, Norman, was in the lingerie business.
Feltz was educated at Haberdashers' Aske's School for Girls, an independent school in Elstree, Hertfordshire. She then read English at Trinity College, Cambridge, graduating with a first class honours degree.