Laura Emma Jackson (born 30 April 1986) is an English
television presenter
A television presenter (or television host, some become a "television personality") is a person who introduces, hosts television programs, often serving as a mediator for the program and the audience. Nowadays, it is common for people who garner ...
and columnist.
She presented the quiz shows ''
Ready or Not'' on
BBC One
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and ''
Take Me Out: The Gossip'' on
ITV2
ITV2 is a British free-to-air television channel owned by ITV Digital Channels, a division of ITV plc. It was launched on 7 December 1998. For a number of years, it had the largest audience share after the five analogue terrestrial station ...
.
Biography
Jackson was born in
Huddersfield
Huddersfield is a market town in the Kirklees district in West Yorkshire, England. It is the administrative centre and largest settlement in the Kirklees district. The town is in the foothills of the Pennines. The River Holme's confluence into t ...
,
West Yorkshire
West Yorkshire is a metropolitan and ceremonial county in the Yorkshire and Humber Region of England. It is an inland and upland county having eastward-draining valleys while taking in the moors of the Pennines. West Yorkshire came into exis ...
, and raised in
Kirkburton
Kirkburton is a village, civil parish and ward in Kirklees in West Yorkshire, England. It is south-east of Huddersfield. Historically part of the West Riding of Yorkshire, the township comprises the villages of Kirkburton and Highburton and s ...
. She has four siblings.
She was educated at
Shelley College.
Jackson was spotted while working as a receptionist at Shoreditch House, a members club and hotel in London. She began her career presenting the
T4 music show ''
Freshly Squeezed
''Freshly Squeezed'' is a British breakfast television programme which was broadcast every weekday morning on Channel 4 from August 2006 to December 2012.
Format
The programme took the format of a music-based breakfast show, featuring studio ...
'' alongside
Nick Grimshaw
Nicholas Peter Andrew Grimshaw (born 14 August 1984), also known as Grimmy, is an English television and former radio presenter, podcaster and author. He became known for having hosted a variety of shows on BBC Radio 1. He is also known as a t ...
, and went on to present on ''
Take Me Out: The Gossip'' on
ITV2
ITV2 is a British free-to-air television channel owned by ITV Digital Channels, a division of ITV plc. It was launched on 7 December 1998. For a number of years, it had the largest audience share after the five analogue terrestrial station ...
, ''
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'' on
ITV, ''
The Clothes Show'' on
BBC One
BBC One is a British free-to-air public broadcast television network owned and operated by the BBC. It is the corporation's Flagship (broadcasting), flagship network and is known for broadcasting mainstream programming, which includes BBC News ...
and ''
Big Brother's Little Brother
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''Big Brother''
''Big Brother'' was a daily s ...
'' on
Channel 4
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. In 2018, she hosted ''
Ready or Not'' on BBC One.
She runs an East London
supper club, Jackson&Levine, with
Alice Levine
Alice Esme Levine (born 8 July 1986) is an English radio and television presenter, narrator, and comedian.
Early life and education
Levine was born in Beeston, Nottinghamshire. Her father is a retired lecturer at the University of Nottingham. ...
. Jackson and Levine are food columnists for ''
Elle
''Elle'' (stylized ''ELLE'') is a worldwide women's magazine of French origin that offers a mix of fashion and beauty content, together with culture, society and lifestyle. The title means "she" or "her" in French. ''Elle'' is considered the ...
'', ''
Marie Claire
''Marie Claire'' is a French international monthly magazine first published in France in 1937, followed by the United Kingdom in 1941. Since then various editions are published in many countries and languages. The feature editions focus on w ...
'' and ''Company'' magazine, and have published a cookbook.
They also have a homeware line with
Habitat
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.
Jackson married photographer Jonathan Gorrigan in 2017. They had their first child, a daughter named Sidney Frances, in May 2019.
Bibliography
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References
External links
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1986 births
Living people
People from Kirkburton
English television presenters
English columnists
Women cookbook writers
British women writers
British food writers
Television personalities from West Yorkshire
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