Rhona Cameron (born 27 September 1965) is a Scottish

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, writer and TV presenter. She rose to prominence via the stand-up comedy circuit, and was a regular on British television in the 1990s.

Television career

In 1992, she won '' So You Think You're Funny''. In 1993 Cameron presented the late-night music programme ''TNT'', which was aligned with the Los Angeles radio show ''

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''. She presented the ITV game show ''Russian Roulette'' and the

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show '' Gaytime TV''. Cameron co-wrote ''

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'' with her former partner Linda Gibson. ''Rhona'' was a

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which starred Cameron as Rhona Campbell, a lesbian Scot living alone in London, who has problems similar to those of her straight friends. Only one six-episode series was made, broadcast in July and August 2000 on

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. Cameron was a participant in the first series of '' I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here!''. In June 2009, she appeared on '' Celebrity Wife Swap'' with her partner, Suran Dickson. She is the narrator for the

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series ''Find It, Fix It, Flog It''. In January 2022, she was announced as one of several comedians on GB News' newspaper preview show ''Headliners''.

Writing

She is the author of ''Nineteen Seventy-Nine: A Big Year in a Small Town'', a book about growing up as a lesbian in the small fishing town of

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, Scotland, detailing about her teenage years and father's illness. Her debut novel ''The Naked Drinking Club'' was published by Ebury Press in 2007.

Other performances

Cameron appeared as the first female Narrator in some performances of ''The Rocky Horror Show'' UK tour 2003. She has also appeared on Lily Savage's ''Blankety Blank''. Since 2015, she has provided the voice of Bonnie in the video game ''

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''.

Personal life

Cameron was born in

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and is adopted; her birth mother (whose name Cameron keeps secret) was from

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and her biological father is shown as "unknown" on the adoption records. She attended Musselburgh Grammar School. Cameron previously had relationships with comedian

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and with writer Linda Gibson.

Activism

Cameron is a

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of both LGBT Youth Scotland and Pride London (the UK's largest

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, gay,

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and

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Pride event). She has stated that she supports the

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and "the case for Independence".

References

External links

*
Rhona Cameron profile Chortle, including tour dates

Rhona Cameron at Edinburgh Comedy Festival
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