Personal Details Summary | |
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Name | Lauren Layfield |
Age / How old / Birthday / Date of Birth / DOB | 2nd December 1987. As of 2024, she is around 37 years old. |
Wedding & Marriage / Husband / Partner / Engaged / Boyfriend | No confirmed information is available. |
Children / No. of Kids | No confirmed information is available. |
Ethnicity / Origin / Heritage / Race | White |
Nationality | British |
Is Lauren Layfield still on CBBC? | Currently, she presents the BBC One show The One Show. On weekdays, she covers current affairs. |
Wikipedia Biography / Profile Background
Introduction :
A quirky and energetic personality, Lauren Layfield is a British Television Presenter and a Journalist on Children’s BBC (CBBC).
Personal Life : Parents, Family and Education
- Lauren was born on 2nd December 1987 in Sale, Greater Manchester.
- She completed her schooling locally, from Sale.
- After her graduation in 2010, she studied further by completing a Masters in Broadcast Journalism, at the Leeds Trinity University, Leeds, UK.
- She then got a job at SKY, in the inaugural role of broadcast journalist.
TV Career : Job, Salary and Net Worth
- Lauren then moved to the BBC, with a similar role to the one she had at SKY. This is when her career blossomed.
- Layfield’s job responsibitlities changed, from those of broadcast journalist, to those of on-ground reporter at League One football games, then finally in-studio presenter.
- In 2014, Lauren made appearances as presenter in comedy review show, Whoops I missed the Bus.
- In 2015, she was transferred to Children’s BBC (CBBC). Here, she got the opportunity to join Mark Wright as co-host on highly popular show The Dengineers. Along with Mark Wright, she built dream dens for children- with the guidance of experts. To date, the show is still running.
- The same year, to celebrate CBBC’s 30th anniversary, she was invited as a guest on Hacker’s Birthday Bash: 30 Years of CBBC.
- In 2016, Lauren joined co-host Ed Petrie for All over the Place, a TV series which follows the hosts on a search for strange and enigmatic places. The show was hosted in two parts; Part one in Europe in 2016 (six episodes), & part 2 in Asia in 2017 (six episodes). She also joined the cast of CBBC’s comedy TV series, The Dog Ate My Homework.
- Lauren has also made one-off appearances on game shows like Ultimate Brain and Celebrity Mastermind.
- Besides her work at CBBC, Lauren has also written for Top Of The Pops (TOTP) magazine.
Interesting Facts, Height and Trivia :
- Lauren is a fan of Manchester City Football Club.
- She has described herself as ”a massive feminist.”
- On joining CBBC, she supposedly said, As a newsreader and journalist I’ve done serious things like interview the Prime Minster. But now I’ll be dressed up in silly costumes, working with little dogs. The Prime Minister mentioned here is David Cameron, who was UK PM from 2010 to 2016.
Charity Activities :
- Lauren has helped raise money for the mental health charity Young Minds.
- She has been involved in the work of Children in Need.
- Layfield also supports Sport Relief, in a personal bid to promote women in sports. Apparently, this stems from her time as a League One, football reporter.
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