Erin Boag



Erin Boag (born March 17, 1975) is a professional dancer from New Zealand.

Early Life
Erin Boag was born in Auckland, New Zealand but moved to Australia as a teenager to progress her dancing career, before moving to London in 1996. She has danced from the age of three, originally starting ballet and later moving into ballroom, Latin and jazz.

Career
Boag's regular professional partner in Anton du Beke. She and du Beke met in 1997 and together they won the 1998 and 1999 New Zealand Championships. They turned professional in 2002, competing mainly in the United Kingdom. Their best result on the competition circuit was in November 2003 when they won the IDTA Classic in England. They then both appeared on Strictly Come Dancing.

Personal Life
After being introduced by Camilla Dallerup, Boag became engaged to business consultant Peter O'Dowd on Christmas Eve 2007. They were married on June 17, 2009 in Italy. On April 24, 2014, Erin gave birth via emergency caesarean section to a baby boy named Ewan Robert Geoffrey O'Dowd. He was born on his fathers 50th birthday and Erin's professional dancing partner Anton du Beke is the child's godfather.

Boag is an honorary patron of the theatre charity The Music Hall Guild of Great Britain and America.