Extremely likeable brunette Scottish television presenter on UK Television, Lorraine Kelly is is currently one of the original presenters of GMTV (1993). Her present role is a magazine section for the final forty minutes of the broadcast, known as 'LK Today'. Previously, a reporter and main presenter of TVam's Good Morning Britain (1983), one of ...
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When I first started out, even on TV-am (Good Morning Britain (1983)), we didn't have the internet or mobile phones. When we did a story it would probably be the first time you'd see it on air, because you didn't have 24-hour rolling news.
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I think I've got the best job on TV - it covers everything from the latest on the crisis in Syria to Kim Kardashian's (Kim Kardashian West) bottom!
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I was beside myself when I interviewed Oprah (Oprah Winfrey). I was really hoping, "Please, please be this amazing, inspirational woman", and she was. I was so happy.
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I've never interviewed David Bowie and I don't think I could. I would just be too hyper! And I still get really excited about all the Eighties bands that come on the show. A lot of my team are a good bit younger than me, and they don't understand why I'm going "Oh my God, it's Spandau Ballet!" I'm, like, "You're kids, you know nothing!"
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[on her OBE] I consider myself very lucky to be able to help some amazing charities who really make a difference, but I am only a very, very small part of what they achieve.
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Fact
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She received the Outstanding Contribution to Television at the 2014 British Academy Scotland Awards.
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A big fan of David Bowie, who she once said would be her dream interviewee.
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She was awarded the OBE (Officer of the Order of the British Empire) in the 2012 Queen's New Years Honours List for her services to charity and the Armed Forces.
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With her Hollywood-based showbiz cohort, Nelson Aspen, Lorraine presented "OILA" Awards for the most outrageous stories..."Only In L.A." These included "Pec implants for Men," "celebrity slumber parties," "talking toilet paper rolls," "Personal Trainers for Pooch," and "Fairy School.".
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In the 1980s future husband Steve Smith was the electrician with the Scottish camera crew used by Kelly for her regional reports. When both Cameraman and Sound man were sacked during the TV-am ACTT dispute in 1988, Smith assumed the role of cameraman.
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She has a daughter, Rosie Smith, with her husband Steve Smith.
Actress
Title
Year
Status
Character
The Great Story
2015
Short
Narrator 5
Pudsey the Dog: The Movie
2014
Faustus The Cat (voice)
Birds of a Feather
2014
TV Series
Lorraine Kelly
The Bill
2003
TV Series
Lorraine Kelly
One Foot in the Grave
2000
TV Series
Lorraine Kelly
Soundtrack
Title
Year
Status
Character
Smile... This Was Candid Camera
2010
TV Movie documentary performer: "Candid Camera UK Theme Song"
$6 Million
