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Name | Samantha Washington |
Age / How old / Birthday / Date of Birth / DOB | As of 2022, she is in her early fifties. This is estimated from the fact that she graduated from university in 1993. |
Wedding & Marriage / Husband / Engaged / Partner | Married. Check the full bio for relationship details. |
Children / No. of Kids | 3 |
Ethnicity / Origin / Heritage / Race | White |
Nationality | British |
Who is Samantha Washington? | She is a British news journalist and television host. |
Wiki Biography / Profile Background
Introduction :
- Samantha Washington (maiden name Samantha Fox) is an English presenter, radio host, journalist, radio personality, correspondent and reporter, who works for Sky News.
- Multi-talented in her own right, Samantha has spent several years making a name for herself both on radio and on TV.
Personal Life, Parents and Family Details :
- Samantha is a mother to three children, two sons and a daughter.
- She often posts pictures of her family on social media.
Education : Qualifications, High School & College Info
- Samantha was one of the first 3 girls who were enrolled at Brighton College’s Lower School in 1989.
- Later, she went on to attend Oxford University where she studied Economics, Politics and Philosophy.
- A three-year PPE course at Oxford sounded more fun than five years of medical school, so Samantha gave up her early dreams of becoming a surgeon.
Career, Job, Salary and Net Worth :
- Samantha’s career began at Oliver Wyman where she worked as a consultant for management. She then went to work in finance at Barclays Capital. Washington described her time working in finance and management as exhausting and filled with extraordinarily long hours.
- After a few years, she grew tired of the gruelling career path & decided to pursue a career in journalism.
- Samantha began by working for the award-winning station, Radio 4 as a producer on their hit programme called Money Box.
- It didn’t take her long for her personality to impress her superiors and soon, she was given an opportunity to work as a correspondent and reporter for the station.
- During her time at Radio 4, she won an investigative journalism award from File on 4.
- After working for Radio 4 for quite some time, Samantha then moved on to the BBC News Network where she joined the BBC News Desk & the BBC Breakfast show as a business presenter.
- In addition to being a business presenter, she also hosted a show called “Your Money” which was focused on all things personal finance.
- Washington also worked on the network’s BBC Radio 4 and 5 stations as a presenter.
- Besides presenting on TV and radio, Samantha has also featured on big screens features like 2013’s Inhumans and 2013’s Wolverine Origin.
- Currently, she is a news presenter on Sky News. She considers one of the most difficult parts of her job are the confrontational interviews she has conducted with high-profile guests, considering that she is required to be just and polite even when her guests are not being so cordial.
Fun Facts, Height and Trivia :
- Samantha is a dog lover and owns two massive Bernese Mountains.
- She is very active on social media and uses it as a platform to share personal photos and give news updates to her followers.
- Washington originally wanted to be a heart surgeon after one of her Biology teacher’s in school inspired her to pursue the career path. Once she got to university, she decided that it was better to study philosophy, economics and politics for three years than to spend even more time studying medicine, specialising in cardiovascular surgery and so forth.
- Once when Samantha was asked about the toughest part of her job, she had the following reply – Confrontational interviews are tough as interviewees are often leading politicians or CEOs, and one is expected to put them through their paces, while remaining polite, fair and tough. The presenter has to remain calm when everything around you falls apart, to be able to speak even though someone is permanently speaking in their ears, and just to accept criticism about the presenter’s looks.
- Sometimes Samantha gets odd letters from people – She received one asking about the size of her feet and another desiring a photo of her legs.
Health Update :
- Samantha Washington Illness / Sick : She has no major illness or sickness to date and seems to be in good health.
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She changed her name from Samantha Fox because Samantha Fox at the time was a famous page 3 girl. As she came from Washington, this is why she changed her last name to Washington!
She was born in America and comes from Washington. Currently, she is 46 years old.
You are ten years out of her age. I studied at school with her.