Rosemary Ramsey (' Winter; born 30 August 1986) is an English podcaster, author and television presenter. Alongside husband Chris Ramsey, she co-hosts the comedy podcast ''

Shagged Married Annoyed ''Shagged Married Annoyed'' (or ''Sh**ged Married Annoyed)'' is a British comedy podcast hosted by married couple Chris and Rosie Ramsey. In the podcast the couple discuss "life, relationships, arguments, annoyances, parenting, growing up and ev ...

'' (2019–present) and the

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chat show ''The Chris & Rosie Ramsey Show'' (2022–2024). Her solo projects have included an appearance on the game show '' The Wheel'', '' Would I Lie to You?'' and ''You Bet!'' and being a contestant on the ''

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'' 2022 Christmas Special. Both her and her husband were featured on the game show '' Taskmaster''.

Life and career

Rosemary Winter was born on 30 August 1986 in

South Shields South Shields () is a coastal town in South Tyneside, Tyne and Wear, England; it is on the south bank of the mouth of the River Tyne. The town was once known in Roman Britain, Roman times as ''Arbeia'' and as ''Caer Urfa'' by the Early Middle Ag ...

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to Sandra (' Crawford) and Derek Winter. She has an older sister Kate, and a younger brother, Kevin. Ramsey met comedian Chris Ramsey when they were 14, whilst socialising in similar friendship circles and they went on to attend the same college. Prior to her media work, Ramsey worked as a blue coat at

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, an announcer at

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and as a presenter on radio station

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. After encountering each other again in a nightclub, they began dating in 2012, and got engaged six months into their relationship before getting married on 25 July 2014. Their first son was born in October 2015. In 2017, the couple appeared on the

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series ''Parenting for Idiots''. In 2018, the couple shared via social media that Ramsey had had a miscarriage when she was 12 weeks pregnant with their second child. Ramsey had a minor role in the television film ''

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'' in 2018, in which she voiced the engineer on the radio. In February 2019, the pair started a weekly podcast titled ''

'', which they co-host from their home. It is one of the UK’s most listened to podcasts, with more than 170 million downloads to date.The podcast won the Listeners' Choice Award at the

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along with a bronze award for Best New Podcast in 2020. They have also brought their show live around the country, with arena tours in 2020 and 2023. In 2020 they set the Guinness World Record for biggest live podcast show at London’s O2. The couple now also host The Chris and Rosie Ramsey Show, which has aired for 2 seasons on the BBC and were also nominated for the National Television Award "TV Interview" category in 2023. In July 2020, the couple announced that they were expecting again; their second son was born on 6 January 2021. Ramsey and her husband appeared on an episode of ''

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'' in 2020. In November 2021, it was announced that the Ramseys would co-present a new chat show commissioned by the

: ''The Chris & Rosie Ramsey Show''. The show was commissioned for second series in June 2022. In December 2022, Ramsey took part in the ''

'' 2022 Christmas Special. She was partnered with Neil Jones and danced the Jive to "

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", which subsequently scored them 39/40 points. In March 2024, Ramsey was one of the presenters for the

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telethon. In January 2025, it was announced that Ramsey would appear as a contestant on the nineteenth series of the

show '' Taskmaster'' alongside Fatiha El-Ghorri,

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, and

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Filmography

Podcasts

* ''

'' (2019–present)

Tours

*''Shagged Married Annoyed Live!'' (2021–present)

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Ramsey, Rosie 1986 births Living people English podcasters English television presenters People from South Shields