Wikipedia Biography / Profile Background
Introduction :
- British art history lecturer turned TV personality – Dr Janina Ramirez has been appearing in history documentaries for the BBC, since 2010.
- This trendy historian, with her buoyant presentation style, pretty features and gothic style, is said to be making history fashionable again.
- With a long list of talents to her name, a writer, lecturer and presenter, Janina is likely to become a familiar face in British television.
Janina Ramirez Family, Parents and Children :
- Known to her friends as Nina, Janina was born in 1980 in Reading, England.
- She grew up and went to school in Slough.
- Of Irish-Polish descent, she was raised a Catholic. In fact, her Polish grandfather had first come down & settled in Llandovery.
- This good-looking historian currently lives with her two children, two cats & husband in Oxford.
- She does not use her maiden name “Janina Sara Maria Maleczek” anymore, but prefers to use her surname “Ramirez”, which was taken from her Spanish husband.
Janina Ramirez Historian Education :
- Janina studied English Language and Literature at St Anne’s College at the University of Oxford. She specialised in Middle and Old English.
- The keen historian went on to continue her post-grad study at the Centre for Medieval Studies in York, Northern England.
- Dr Ramirez wrote her PHD on the symbolism of birds.
Interesting Facts and Trivia :
- While living in York, Janina dabbled in theatre, both directing and performing medieval plays. She was also the lead of rock bands ‘Lolita’ and ‘Role Models.’
- Janina likes gardening & listening to audiobooks.
- She also confesses to watching outdated episodes of Inspector Morse.
- Her favourite saint is St Hilda of Whitby.
- In a May 2021 tweet, Dr Janina mentioned she was married, had two children, and fully loves her husband. But, she was blinded to the realities of the sexual spectrum on account of her Catholic upbringing.
TV Career, Job, Salary and Net Worth :
- Ramirez began her TV career in 2010 when she worked on the BBC Four documentary Treasures of the Anglo-Saxons. When the show gained popularity, it was moved to BBC Two.
- Her TV career began with a phone call – When a BBC researcher contacted the history professor about Anglo Saxons, apparently, “three hours later we were still talking, and my name was suggested as someone to front their program.”
- Janina’s TV career quickly took off, and since 2010, she has appeared in several documentaries and mini-series – The Viking Sagas (2011), Illuminations: The Private Lives of Medieval Kings (2012), The Hundreds Years’ War (2013), Saints and Sinners (2015) and The Secret Lives of Books (2015).
- Some of her more recent works include the TV mini-series documentary following the events which led up to the Battle of Hastings: ‘1066: A Year to Conquer England’ (2017). The popular personality has also appeared on game shows ‘Pointless Celebrities’ and ‘Christmas University Challenge.’
- Janina often writes and provides her own content for TV documentaries and is involved in many research projects.
Janina Ramirez Books and Other Work :
- Following her studies, Janina landed Art History lecturing posts in top universities like York, Warwick, Oxford and Winchester.
- She is a director for the undergraduate History of Art Course at the prestigious University of Oxford.
- In 2015, Janina published her debut novel ‘The Private Lives of Saints: Power, Passion and Politics in Anglo-Saxon England.’ A year later, she released ‘Julian of Norwich.’ Both books have received positive reviews.
Body Figure / Physical Info
Measurements :
- Eye Colour : Greenish Brown
- Haircut / Hair Colour : Black
- How tall / Height : No confirmed information is available.
- Feet / Legs / Boots / Shoe Size : No confirmed information is available.
- Pregnant? : Currently, she is not expecting a baby.
- Weight Loss : A few Google queries regarding this, but we couldn’t find anything conclusive on any of her social media.
Personal / Home / Contact Details
- Marital Status / Married? : Yes
- Children / No of Kids : 2
- Ethnicity / Origin / Heritage / Race : Irish-Polish
- Nationality : British
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Dr Janina is the full package! Smart, interesting and gothically speaking very attractive. Just watched her documentary on the Olmecs pre Mayan history. Very well done and captures the details. Soldier on!
One of my favorite historians. Mrs. Ramirez makes history most interesting. I love when she does documentaries and tells stories of us in the past.
Janina is wonderful – knowledgeable imaginative, enthusiastic and warm. My husband and I think she’s the best!
Dr Ramirez has no equal. She is the perfect woman, and the most wonderful person it has been my privilege to meet.