Ayda Field (born Ayda Sabahat Evecan, May 17, 1979) is a Turkish-American model and actress. She is best known for being a regular panellist on British television show ''

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'', a judge on the British ''

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'', alongside her husband, singer

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, and for her roles in '' Fresh Meat'' and ''

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''.

Early life

Field was born in Los Angeles, California, to a Turkish father Haldun Evecan, and an American mother, film producer Gwen Field. Her father is Muslim and her mother is Jewish. She attended Harvard-Westlake School, from which she graduated in 1997.

Television career

Field first became known on the

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soap opera ''

'', but has subsequently specialised in comedy roles. She was a regular on ''

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'', guest starred in the sitcom '' Eve'' and appeared as Jeannie Whatley on NBC's ''

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''. On the Fox sitcom '' Back to You,'' she played Montana Diaz Herrera (aka Sally Lerner), News 9's weather woman. She also appeared in ten episodes of ''Season One''. Field joined the cast of a sitcom pilot titled ''Making It Legal'' (playing a lawyer named "Elise") but ABC did not pick up the pilot. In June 2008, she was cast in the female lead on ABC's untitled David Kohan/Max Mutchnick comedy pilot, replacing

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. Field made her UK TV debut in the final series of '' Fresh Meat'' in 2016. In that year, she appeared in the ITV/

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series '' Paranoid''. Also in 2016, Field joined ITV's ''

'' as a guest panellist. In 2018, she joined ''

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'' judging panel alongside her husband Robbie Williams, show creator

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and

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where she replaced

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Personal life

Field married English singer-songwriter

at his home in

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on August 7, 2010. They have four children.

Filmography

Film

Television

References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Field, Ayda 1979 births Living people American expatriates in England American film actresses American television actresses American people of Turkish descent American podcasters Actresses from Los Angeles Columbia University alumni Harvard-Westlake School alumni American people of Jewish descent 20th-century American actresses 21st-century American actresses