Claudia Winkleman

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Claudia Winkleman
Born: 15 January 1972
Occupation: Television presenter

Claudia Anne I. Winkleman [1] (born 15 January 1972) is an English TV presenter and journalist.

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[edit] Education

Winkleman was born in England to a family of Jewish background. Winkleman began her education at the City of London School for Girls at the Barbican, and she then graduated from New Hall, Cambridge with an MA Hons in History of Art.

Winkleman is the daughter of former editor of the Sunday Express, Eve Pollard. She is also the half-sister of English actress Sophie Winkleman.

[edit] TV career

Winkleman first appeared on local television, presenting the discussion programme Central Weekend. From there she has gone on to appear in a variety of formats demonstrating great flexibility.

Winkleman has also made guest appearances on Never Mind the Buzzcocks, Have I Got News for You and The Wright Stuff. A long stint on BBC's Holiday (1992 onwards) also culminated in a spin-off prime time special in which she travelled around the world for 34 days reporting from Japan, India, Costa Rica and Dubai.

These experiences have led Winkleman to become a regular travel writer, working for The Sunday Times, The Independent and Metro. She is also a regular contributor to Cosmopolitan.

From 2003 to 2004, she hosted the BBC3 digital television entertainment show Liquid News. In October 2004, she started presenting the BBC2 fanzine show, Strictly come Dancing: It Takes Two and hosted End of Story on BBC3.

She presented the daily Fame Academy shows on BBC3 for both the second series in 2003 and Comic Relief Does Fame Academy 2005. On 31st January 2007, it was announced that she will be the co-host for the main Comic Relief does Fame Academy show on BBC1, replacing Cat Deeley.

[edit] Shows

The shows Claudia Winkleman has appeared in:

[edit] Personal life

Claudia is married to public relations executive Kris Thykier. Their first child, Jake was born in March 2003. Their second child, Matilda, was born in June 2006.

[edit] Notes

  1. ^ Birth Index, General Register Office

[edit] External links

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