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Claudia Winkleman
Claudia Winkleman at the BAFTA Awards
Born	January 15, 1972 (1972-01-15) (age 36)
Occupation	Television presenter

Claudia Anne I. Winkleman ^[1] (born 15 January 1972) is a British TV presenter and journalist. She is the daughter of Eve Pollard, former editor of the Sunday Express and Barry Winkleman, a former publisher of The Times Atlas Of The World. Her stepfather is Sir Nicholas Lloyd, former editor of the Daily Express and her half sister, from her father's second marriage to children's author Cindy Black, is the actress Sophie Winkleman. Image File history File links Question_book-3. ... BAFTA Award The British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA), is a British organisation that hosts annual awards shows for film, television, childrens film and television, and interactive media. ... is the 15th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1972 (MCMLXXII) was a leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... A television presenter is a British term for a person who is known for introducing or hosting television programmes. ... is the 15th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1972 (MCMLXXII) was a leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... A television presenter is a British term for a person who is known for introducing or hosting television programmes. ... For other uses, see Journalist (disambiguation). ... Eve Pollard is aged about 80. ... The Daily Express is a British newspaper, currently tabloid, and it is owned by Richard Desmond. ... The first edition of The Times Atlas of the World appeared as The Times Atlas in 1895. ... For other uses, see Daily Express (disambiguation). ... Sophie Winkleman Sophie Winkleman (b. ...

Education

Brought up in the affluent Hampstead suburb of London, Winkleman attended the independent City of London School for Girls. From there she went on to the all-girl New Hall College at Cambridge University, where she excelled, graduating with an MA (Hons) in History of Art. For other places with the same name, see Hampstead (disambiguation). ... This article is about the capital of England and the United Kingdom. ... City of London School for Girls (CLSG) is a girls independent school located in the Barbican Estate complex in the City of London, United Kingdom. ... Full name New Hall Motto - Named after - Previous names - Established 1954 Sister College(s) St Annes College, Oxford President Anne Lonsdale Location Huntingdon Road Undergraduates 377 Postgraduates 74 Homepage Boatclub New Hall is a women-only college in the University of Cambridge. ... The University of Cambridge (often Cambridge University), located in Cambridge, England, is the second-oldest university in the English-speaking world and has a reputation as one of the most prestigious universities in the world. ... This article is about the academic discipline of art history. ...

TV Career

Winkleman's first major Television job was in 1991 on the regional discussion programme Central Weekend. In 1992, she began to frequently appear in the long-running BBC series Holiday and continued to do so throughout the mid-1990s. This culminated in a special documentary in which she travelled around the world for 34 days reporting from Japan, India, Costa Rica and Dubai. Central Weekend (also called Central Weekend Live) was a television debate show which began in 1987 and was presented by Nicky Campbell, broadcast late at night in Central, debating various issues and current affairs. ... For other uses, see BBC (disambiguation). ... Holiday is a long-running UK television programme on BBC1, and the oldest travel review show on UK television. ... A documentary is a work in a visual or auditory medium presenting political, scientific, social, or historical subjects in a factual and informative manner. ... Location of Dubai in the UAE Coordinates: , Country Emirate Dubai Incorporated (town) June 9, 1833 Incorporated (emirate) December 2, 1971 Founder Maktoum bin Bati bin Suhail (1833) Seat Dubai Subdivisions Towns and villages Jebel Ali Hatta Al Hunaiwah Al Aweer Al Hajarain Al Lusayli Al Marqab Al Shindagha Al Faq...

Through this period Winkleman also appeared as a reporter on several different shows, most notably This Morning, on which she would interview various celebrities, including Michelle Pfieffer and Harrison Ford (of whom she has often since referred to as "my least favourite interviewee... and only interested in carpentry"). This Morning logo (ITV1) This Morning is a British, ITV1 daytime television programme that started on 3 October 1988 and includes celebrity guests, entertainment, advice, competitions and features. ... For other uses, see Celebrity (disambiguation). ... Michelle Marie Pfeiffer (born April 29, 1958) is a three-time Academy Award-nominated and internationally known American actress. ... For the silent film actor, see Harrison Ford (silent film actor). ... A carpenter is a skilled craftsman who performs carpentry -- a wide range of woodworking that includes constructing buildings, furniture, and other large objects out of wood. ...

In the late Nineties, Winkleman's career was given a platform to flourish with the arrival of Digital television in Britain. She had a stint on the now rather inauspicious cable channel L!VE TV, run by Kelvin MacKenzie and Janet Street-Porter but soon left to pursue other things. One project made at this period was a short series called Toilets which drew upon her supposedly extensive knowledge and experience of toilets and ironically attempted to examine the "...design, etiquette, psychology and hidden culture behind the humble loo". She also presented a number of fun and giddy Gameshows, including the dating show Three's A Crowd and Fanorama, which featured a young David Mitchell as a team captain, in his first television outing. She was also an occasional team captain herself on a gameshow called HeadJam, hosted by Vernon Kay - she lost every time. Digital television (DTV) refers to the sending and receiving of moving images and sound by means of discrete (digital) signals, in contrast to the analog signals used by analog TV. Introduced in the late 1990s, this technology appealed to the television broadcasting business and consumer electronics industries as offering new... Rusty Goffe presents Britains Bounciest Weather, from early 1999 L!VE TV was a British television station that was operated by MGN on cable television from 15 June 1995 - 5 November 1999. ... Kelvin Calder MacKenzie (born October 22, 1946) is a British media executive and former newspaper editor. ... Janet Street-Porter née Bull[1] (born 27 December 1946) is a BAFTA award-winning British editor, journalist, media personality, television presenter and producer. ... For other uses, see Toilet (disambiguation). ... Quiz show redirects here. ... David Mitchell (born 14 July 1974 in Salisbury, Wiltshire, England[1]) is an English comedian, actor and writer. ... HeadJam is a BBC television game show hosted by Vernon Kay. ... Vernon Charles Kay (born 28 April 1974 in Bolton, Greater Manchester, United Kingdom) is an English TV presenter, DJ and former model who began TV presenting on the BBC childrens show FBi, a spin-off of Fully Booked. ...

Between 2002 and 2004 Winkleman began her first daily TV role when she hosted the BBC Three Entertainment update show Liquid News. The show, originally hosted by the late Christopher Price on the now defunct BBC Choice was shown live, six times a week - a routine Claudia was destined to become very accustomed to - and she shared the presenting duties with Colin Paterson and later Paddy O'Connell. The show was irreverent and playful, and often caused a stir, the largest of which occurred when Claudia interviewed S Club 7 in May 2003. She asked the band, who had just announced their split, about their financial situation. Despite the group themselves seeming happy to answer the question, a PR woman stormed onto the set to halt the interview. Although the altercation was not recorded live, the footage was still shown on that night's programme, typical of the show's cheeky nature. For the BBC radio station, see BBC Radio 3. ... The Liquid News ident Christopher Price presenting a Liquid News programme Liquid News was the daily round up of entertainment news for BBC Three (formerly BBC Choice) running from May 30, 2000 to April 1, 2004. ... Christopher Price (September 21, 1967 - April 22, 2002) was the orginal host of British celebrity news show Liquid News. ... BBC Choice was a TV station from the BBC which launched on September 23, 1998. ... Guy Patrick Bennett OConnell (born 11 March 1966), better known as Paddy OConnell is a British television and radio presenter. ... S Club, formerly known as S Club 7, were a BRIT Award-winning British pop group created by former Spice Girls manager Simon Fuller. ...

In 2003, Fame Academy asked Winkleman to present a daily update show on BBC Three, in conjunction with its second series. It was a format that would prove to be hugely innovative. Reporting from behind the scenes of the show, Claudia would conduct daily interviews with contestants, experts and celebrity pundits. She repeated the show in 2005 for the much shorter celebrity version Comic Relief Does Fame Academy. By this stage, Winkleman had begun what has ultimately proven to be her most successful vehicle Strictly Come Dancing: It Takes Two, see below for more details. She started the show in 2004 and it is still going today. Fame Academy is the name of televised competition to search for and educate musical talents. ... For the BBC radio station, see BBC Radio 3. ... Comic Relief Does Fame Academy is a spin-off of the original Fame Academy show where celebrities (students) sing as students of the Academy. ...

With her rising popularity, Winkleman was afforded the opportunity to demonstrate her intellectual side - rare amongst her peers - by presenting several more upmarket reality shows including End Of Story in 2004, a literature based show, and Art School in 2005, a programme which saw five unlikely celebrities go through a two-week art course at the Chelsea College of Art and Design. The latter was especially suited to Winkleman, given her Art History background. // This article is about the genre of TV shows. ... Chelsea College of Art and Design (North Block). ... This article is about the academic discipline of art history. ...

Winkleman had stated that she was much happier in the relative cosiness of early-evening BBC Two and BBC Three, although she began taking on larger prime time presenting roles. In 2007 she took over from Cat Deeley as the main host for the third series of Comic Relief Does Fame Academy, co-hosting with Patrick Kielty. She also found an high-profile presenting job in Eurovision. She co-hosted coverage of the inaugural Eurovision Dance Contest 2007 alongside Graham Norton for BBC One in September of that year, and also co-presented the UK selection process for the Eurovision Song Contest 2008 called Eurovision: Your Decision, this time accompanied by Eurovision stalwart Sir Terry Wogan. In March 2008, Winkleman rekindled her partnership with Patrick Kielty when the pair hosted the final leg of Sport Relief 2008, announcing £19,640,321 as the final amount raised through viewer's donations. She has since spoken of how much she was moved by the experience. For the BBC radio station, see BBC Radio 2. ... For the BBC radio station, see BBC Radio 3. ... Prime time is the block of programming on television during the middle of the evening. ... Catherine Elizabeth Cat Deeley (born October 23, 1976) is a popular English disc jockey, television personality and former fashion model, who rose to fame at the age of 21, co-hosting the well-known childrens series SMTV Live, alongside Anthony McPartlin and Declan Donnelly. ... Comic Relief Does Fame Academy is a spin-off of the original Fame Academy show where celebrities (students) sing as students of the Academy. ... Patrick Kielty (born 31 January 1971) is an Irish television personality. ... Eurovision redirects here. ... The Eurovision Dance Contest 2007 was the inaugural Eurovision Dance Contest a dance entertainment co-production between the EBU and the BBC. The first ever pan-European dance competition was held on 1 September 2007 in London, United Kingdom with the participation of 16 countries. ... Graham Norton, born Graham William Walker on 4 April 1963 in Bandon, County Cork, Ireland, is an Irish actor, comedian and television presenter. ... For the BBC radio station, see BBC Radio 1. ... The Eurovision Song Contest 2008 is the 53rd edition of the Eurovision Song Contest, which will be hosted by Serbia. ... Sir Terry Wogan Sir Michael Terence Wogan (known as Terry Wogan) was born on August 3, 1938. ... Patrick Kielty (born 31 January 1971) is an Irish television personality. ... Sport Relief is a biennial charity event from Comic Relief, in association with BBC Sport, which brings together the worlds of sport and entertainment to raise money to fight poverty in the UK and Africa. ...

In another display of her contrasting abilities, Winkleman also became the face of Sky Movie Premiere's coverage of the 79th Academy Awards, repeating it for the 80th Academy Awards in 2008. The show is recorded live in conjunction to the ceremony itself, running right through the night into the early hours of the morning, and it affords Winkleman the opportunity to display both her knowledge of film and fashion. Sky Movies is the collective name for the British premium subscription television movie channels operated by Sky Television, later British Sky Broadcasting. ... The 79th Academy Awards ceremony, honoring the best in film for 2006, took place on February 25, 2007 at the Kodak Theatre in Hollywood, California. ... The 80th Academy Awards ceremony, honoring the best in film for 2007, was broadcast from the Kodak Theatre in Hollywood, California on ABC beginning at 5:30 p. ... This article is about motion pictures. ... For other uses, see Fashion (disambiguation). ...

Winkleman has made many guest appearances on various panel and talk shows including: Never Mind the Buzzcocks, Would I Lie To You? (in which she appeared on David Mitchell's team, thus reprising their earlier gameshow collaboration), Have I Got News for You and Lily Allen and Friends. In February 2008, she appeared on the British version of the comedy improvisational show Thank God You're Here, hosted by Paul Merton. In it she had to improvise a scene in which she played a boarding school girl who had been called to the Headmistress's office. It signalled her first foray into televised acting. NMTB directs here. ... For other uses of Would I Lie to You?, see Would I Lie to You? (disambiguation). ... David Mitchell is the name of: David Mitchell (author) (born 1969), author of Ghostwritten, number9dream and Cloud Atlas David Mitchell (actor) (born 23 July 1974), star of UK television show Peep Show and BBC Radio 4s That Mitchell and Webb Sound David Mitchell (admiral) (c1642-1710), British admiral of... Have I Got News for You is a British television panel show; produced by Hat Trick Productions for the BBC. It is based loosely on the BBC Radio 4 show The News Quiz, and has been running since 1990. ... This article is about the forthcoming British version. ... Paul Merton (born Paul Martin 9 July 1957[1]) is an English actor, deadpan comedian and writer, who is best known as a panellist on the BBC TV show Have I Got News for You and Radio 4s Just a Minute, as well as Channel 4s Whose Line... Improvisation is the practice of acting and reacting, of making and creating, in the moment and in response to the stimulus of ones immediate environment. ... A boarding school is a usually fee-charging school where some or all pupils not only study, but also live during term time, with their fellow students and possibly teachers. ...

It is reported that Winkleman is filming a new gameshow with Fiona Bruce rumoured to be entitled What Are You Like?. It is due to be aired later in 2008. Fiona Bruce (born 25 April 1964 in Singapore) is a British journalist and television presenter in the United Kingdom. ...

It Takes Two

It is through her work on Strictly Come Dancing: It Takes Two that Winkleman has gained most recognition. The programme - which started in 2004 - was devised as a companion show to run conjoined with the second series of Strictly Come Dancing, and has now finished its fourth series. It follows a similar format to the one Claudia made popular on Fame Academy and sees Winkleman deliberating and dissecting the ins and outs of the main competition accompanied by an array of dance experts, celebrity pundits and the competitors themselves. The show is aired every weekday throughout the course of the series at six thirty on BBC Two. Strictly Come Dancing is a British television show, featuring celebrities with professional dance partners competing in Ballroom and Latin dances. ... Fame Academy is the name of televised competition to search for and educate musical talents. ... For the BBC radio station, see BBC Radio 2. ...

One of the show's highlights is Len's Masterclass, a segment in which Head Judge Len Goodman demonstrates with Winkleman a dance move or two. Claudia's hapless attempts to follow the steps are accompanied by much girlish giggling and suggestive innuendo - mainly concerning the size of her "chesticles". Len Goodman is a professional dance judge who also teaches ballroom and Latin dancing at the school he runs in Dartford, Kent, UK. Born in Bethnal Green in April 1944, he started dancing around the age of 20 after a short time as an engineering apprentice. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... For other uses, see Breast (disambiguation). ...

Writing

Winkleman started her written journalism as a travel writer, with informative and entertaining columns about her various worldwide excursions. She did so in The Sunday Times and The Independent but also contributed to the free daily London paper Metro in a similar capacity. As her Television career - and family - evolved, she travelled less and began to write more general work, opinion-led Lifestyle journalism about womanhood, sex and relationships. She wrote for Cosmopolitan and Tatler amongst others. Travel literature is literature which records the people, events, sights and feelings of an author who is touring a foreign place for the pleasure of travel. ... The Sunday Times is a Sunday broadsheet newspaper distributed in the United Kingdom and Republic of Ireland, published by Times Newspapers Ltd, a subsidiary of News International which is in turn owned by News Corporation. ... For other uses, see The Independent (disambiguation). ... Metro is the trading name of a free daily newspaper, published by Associated Newspapers (part of Daily Mail and General Trust) in the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland. ... June 1936 issue Cosmopolitan is a magazine for women, sometimes referred to as Cosmo, which has been published for more than a century. ... Richard Steele Tatler is a contemporary British society magazine published by Condé Nast Publications. ...

Since 2005 she has written a regular Wednesday column for The Independent called Take It From Me collating her various musings on the lighter sides of current affairs, celebrity news and anecdotes concerning her own life. These mostly comprise of tongue-in-cheek diatribes on the shortcomings of men and the pitfalls of juggling a professional life with that of being a mother. Her column often angles towards the more irritating aspects of life, with her husband regularly the subject of loving scorn. In 2007, this resulted in her husband writing her column instead, as something of a retaliation, though he has done this only the once. For other uses, see The Independent (disambiguation). ...

Personal life

Winkleman is married to a public relations consultant, Kris Thykier, who was a producer on the film Stardust and is a former colleague of Matthew Freud. They live in the Hyde Park area of London where she is a neighbour of Tony Blair. They have two children: Jake, born in March 2003, and Matilda, born in June 2006. For the book, see Stardust (novel). ... Matthew Freud is head of Freud Communications Limited, and is a descendant of Sigmund Freud and relation of Lucien Freud and Clement Freud. ... For other people of the same name, see Tony Blair (disambiguation) Anthony Charles Lynton Blair (born May 6, 1953)[1] is the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, First Lord of the Treasury, Minister for the Civil Service, Leader of the Labour Party, and Member of Parliament for the constituency...

Image

Winkleman is notable for her thick straight fringe or bangs. As the hairstyle became fashionable that Claudia ditched her trademark fringe for a central parting. A blonde fringe. ...

She is rarely seen without lashings of eye liner and eye shadow which give her a vampish, retro style, often teamed up with floaty designs by Fashion Houses such as Chloé and Chanel. Eye liner Eye liner is a make-up used to define the eyes, to change their perceived shape or to create a certain mood: a razor-sharp matte line or smoky kohl contour may change the entire look of the face. ... Eye shadow being applied before a wedding Eye shadow is a cosmetic which is applied on the eyelids and under the eyebrows, to help make wearers eyes stand out or look more attractive. ... Retro is a term used to describe the culture of the past. ... Haute couture (French for high sewing or high dressmaking; IPA: ) refers to the creation of exclusive custom-fitted fashions. ... Chloé 2005 ad, featuring the Chloé Paddington Bag Chloé is a French luxury fashion design house headquartered in Paris, France. ... The House of Chanel, more commonly known as Chanel, is a Parisian fashion house in France founded by Coco Chanel (b. ...

Winkleman also has a much-vaunted penchant for Christian Louboutin. Christian Louboutin (born 1963) is a well known French shoe designer. ...

Fan Base

With her distinctive looks, quirky sense of humour and innate charm, Winkleman has become one of the most popular personalities on British TV. It has been said that her education and wit make her popular among women and men alike.

Other Miscellanea

• In 2003, Winkleman raised £7000 for Comic Relief by getting people to sponsor her for every hour she was in labour with her first son Jake. His birthday coincided with Red Nose Day.

• Winkleman's husband was once engaged to It girl Tara Palmer-Tompkinson and is the shooting partner of Madonna's husband, the film director Guy Ritchie.

• Winkleman has a subscription to Us Weekly and adores junk food, especially Burger King and the potato-based snack Skips.

• Winkleman claims to be a compulsive liar suffering from mythomania.

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References

External links

• Claudia Winkleman Official Agent's Web site
• Claudia Winkleman at the Internet Movie Database
• Claudia Winkleman's Independent Column