Laura Hamilton
Laura Hamilton | |
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Born | Laura Jane Hamilton 24 April 1982 |
Nationality | English |
Education | Dartford Grammar School for Girls |
Occupation(s) | Television presenter, property & travel expert & entrepreneur |
Years active | 2004–present |
Television | Fun Song Factory Toonattik Fort Boyard: Ultimate Challenge A Place in the Sun |
Height | 5 ft 2 in (1. 57 m) |
Children | 2 |
Website | laurahamilton |
Laura Jane Hamilton (born 24 April 1982) is an English
Early life and early career
Hamilton grew up in
She has also worked for production companies and broadcasters including
Television and film career
Her first break in front of the camera came as 'Melody' in the popular pre-school show Fun Song Factory for CITV, which she played for two and a half years until the show ended in 2006. She had appeared alongside Aston Merrygold from JLS on Fun Song Factory. She also appeared in the films Dead Man's Cards in 2006 and Magicians in 2007. She was also the face of Citibank for their European campaign.[3]
In 2006, Hamilton became the female face of kids' TV channel
In March 2008, Hamilton started guest presenting on GMTV's Toonattik. She was involved in the Endemol-produced The Bratz Design Academy in late 2008 where children got to become fashion designers and design a dress that she wore to an awards ceremony. In 2009, Hamilton co-hosted the UK version of Staraoke on Boomerang with Nigel Clarke.[4]
On 18 December 2010, Hamilton was revealed as one of the 16 celebrities to participate in ITV1's flagship show, Dancing on Ice in 2011.[5]
In early 2011, amongst a few others, she was in discussions with
On 4 October 2011, Hamilton appeared on the Channel 5 show Real Food Family Cook Off as a guest judge alongside chef Ainsley Harriott.[6] On 17 February 2012, Hamilton appeared in Series 11 of The Real Hustle, as a participant.[7]
On 24 March 2012, Hamilton appeared on in the "house and home experts" team.
Her show Beat my Build aired on Channel 4 in November 2013. In 2014, she participated in the
Recent work
Hamilton presented the revived series of
On 24 August 2011, it was announced in
Laura presents outside feature broadcasts and viewer competitions including for ITV's This Morning. Hamilton regularly writes for A Place in the Sun magazine and also reviews hotels for national publications.
Dancing on Ice
Hamilton took part and came second place in the 2011 series of popular ITV show
In week 7 of the competition, Hamilton captained a team in the 'team challenge'. The judges decided her group's performance was the better of the two and thus, every skater in her team had their points doubled, therefore Hamilton and Ratushniak's score for that week was 57.0 out of a possible 60.
They were only the fourth couple in
Performances and results
Dancing on Ice performances and results (2011) | ||||
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Week | Song | Artist | Score | Leaderboard |
Qualifier 1 | "My Life Would Suck Without You" | Kelly Clarkson | 16 | 1st (Skate-off) |
1 | "All the Lovers" | Kylie Minogue | 19.5 | =2nd |
2 | "Whenever, Wherever" | Shakira | 20 | 2nd |
3 | "It's All Coming Back to Me Now" | Celine Dion | 24 | 2nd |
4 | "You Can't Stop the Beat" | Cast of Hairspray | 25.5 | 1st |
5 | "Stop!" | Sam Brown | 25.5 | 1st |
6 | "Upside Down" | Paloma Faith | 24.5 | =2nd (Skate-off) |
7 | "I'm So Excited" | Pointer Sisters |
28.5 | 1st |
Team Challenge | "Rockin' All Over the World" | Status Quo | 57 | 1st |
8 | "Rolling in the Deep" | The Overtones | 25.5 | 2nd |
Semi-final | " The Last Dance " |
Clare Maguire | 28.0 | 2nd |
"These Boots Are Made for Walkin'" | Jessica Simpson | 26.5 | 2nd | |
Final | "Express Yourself" | Madonna |
26 | Runner-up |
"I'm So Excited" | Pointer Sisters |
30 | ||
Boléro | Ravel | — |
Charity work
Hamilton is an ambassador for the charities
Personal life
Hamilton lives in Surrey with her children. [12] A keen skier and snowboarder, she also enjoys travelling and going to the theatre. She has visited many countries around the world including India, Cuba, Thailand, Hong Kong, Australia, Fiji, Iceland and parts of America. Hamilton has been developing properties since the age of 19 when she completed her first project which was entirely self-funded.
[13] It was announced on Twitter that Hamilton had given birth to a baby boy called Rocco on 13 November 2013. She announced the birth of her second child, a daughter named Tahlia, on 8 May 2015.[14]
References
- ^ "Biogs.com: Reliable Biographies". Biogs.
- ^ "Laura Hamilton". www.aplaceinthesun.com. Retrieved 6 February 2019.
- ^ "Dead Man's Cards". IMDb.com. Retrieved 30 June 2014.]
- ^ "Staraoke". UKGameshows. Retrieved 30 June 2014.
- ^ "Full 'Dancing on Ice' lineup revealed – Dancing on Ice News – Reality TV". Digital Spy. 18 December 2010. Retrieved 30 June 2014.
- ^ "Episode 3 | Real Food Family Cook Off". Channel 5. Archived from the original on 4 September 2014. Retrieved 30 June 2014.
- ^ "BBC Three – The Real Hustle, Series 11: Celebrity Chancers, Episode 4". Bbc.co.uk. 1 April 2012. Retrieved 30 June 2014.
- ^ Laura Hamilton [@laurahamiltontv] (14 March 2012). "Our total wipeout episode is on 24th March!!!! @NicolaT111 @EllieCrisell @tony_mortimer @Derek_Redmond @zoetyler" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
- ^ "BBC One – Winter Wipeout, Celebrity Special 1". Bbc.co.uk. 9 December 2013. Retrieved 30 June 2014.
- ^ "Zodiak Rights". Zodiakkids.com. 12 May 2014. Retrieved 30 June 2014.
- ^ "TV presenter Laura Hamilton announces that she is engaged to boyfriend Alex Goward". hellomagazine.com. 24 October 2011. Retrieved 30 June 2014.
- ^ "Dancing on Ice's Laura Hamilton: 'Bullies said my boobs were too big.. now Jason says my legs are stumpy' – Mirror Online". Mirror.co.uk. 5 February 2011. Retrieved 30 June 2014.
- ^ [1] Archived 27 September 2011 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Laura Hamilton [@laurahamiltontv] (8 May 2015). "So excited to be able to announce we welcomed our little girl in to the world today! @hellomag All doing well and she is gorgeous..." (Tweet) – via Twitter.