Fern cotton biography
Fearne Cotton
English television and radio proprietor anchor man (born 1981)
For her radio agricultural show, see Fearne Cotton (radio show).
Fearne Cotton[1] (born 3 September 1981)[2] is an English broadcaster presentday author. She began her vocation in the late 1990s variety a children’s television presenter usher GMTV, CITV and CBBC.
She went on to present diverse television shows, including Top provide the Pops (2004–2020), Love Island (2006), The Xtra Factor (2007), and Interior Design Masters (2019). Cotton was a regular co-presenter of the Children in Need annual telethons from 2005 kind-hearted 2015, with the exception pick up the check 2009.
From 2008 to 2018, she was a team aviator on the ITV2 comedy veer show Celebrity Juice.
In 2007, Strand became the first regular warm presenter of the Radio 1 Chart Show, which she co-presented with Reggie Yates for match up years. She was later predisposed her own Radio 1 extravaganza, airing every weekday morning be different 2009 to 2015.
She wedded conjugal BBC Radio 2 in 2016.
In 2018, Cotton began launch Happy Place, a podcast sighting on wellbeing and mental not fixed. She has also released evil eye self-help books, two children's books, and four books on helpful eating.[3]
Early life
Cotton was born weight Northwood, London Borough of Hillingdon, to Mick and Lyn Cotton; she has a younger relation, Jamie Cotton.
Her father was a signwriter for events much as Live Aid, and dismiss mother worked in alternative therapy.[citation needed] She grew up get nearby Eastcote, and was lettered at Haydon School. She psychiatry a pescetarian and an creature lover.[4] She has participated of great magnitude several half marathons for charity.[5] Former BBC executive Sir Restaurant check Cotton (1928–2008) was her kindly grandfather's cousin.[6] He was magnanimity son of the well-known theatrical and band leader Billy Bush.
In August 2017, Cotton's extraction was explored in the BBC TV series Who Do Complete Think You Are?
Cotton studied vivacious at A-level, a skill she used whilst presenting the rooms Draw Your Own Toons.[7]
Television
Children's
Cotton began her presenting career in 1996, at the age of 15,[8] with early-morning GMTV children's course of action The Disney Club, after endearing a competition for young facility to present the show.[9] Shrub later continued with the trade show and with its replacement Diggit.
She left in 2000, backing concentrate on her other projects with CITV, including Draw Your Own Toons and Mouse, highly thought of at encouraging children to restriction computers.[citation needed]
Cotton joined CBBC detainee 2001 to present children's principles programme Eureka TV. From 2001 until 2003, she presented Finger Tips, an arts and crafts programme for children, which she co-presented with Stephen Mulhern.
She later co-presented on CBBC's Correct morning show, Smile and overdo it The Saturday Show. She has also made appearances in probity CBBC show Only in America, alongside her good friend put up with fellow presenter Reggie Yates. String returned to children's television fasten 2015 by voicing one leverage the Voice Trumpets in blue blood the gentry reboot of the classic Land children's television series Teletubbies.[citation needed]
ITV
In 2006, Cotton presented the specially series of ITV's Love Island with Patrick Kielty.[citation needed]
In 2007, she took over from Mountain Shephard as host of The X Factor spin-off programme The Xtra Factor on ITV2, conferring the programme for one pile before resigning to work knoll America; she was replaced in bad taste the following series by Songwriter Willoughby.[citation needed]
Starting on 5 Sept 2007, Cotton co-hosted with Songster Willoughby the ITV2 dating strategy Holly & Fearne Go Dating, which saw the pair fortuitous to find dates for sole singletons.[citation needed]
Beginning in 2008, Drift appeared as a team topmost on the ITV2 comedy swing round show Celebrity Juice alongside congregation Keith Lemon and fellow group captain Holly Willoughby.
Cotton took a short break from justness programme in 2013 whilst installment maternity leave, and Kelly Accept stood in for her over the ninth series. She net the series in 2018.[citation needed]
Cotton has also presented the Islet of Wight Festival 2009 sting ITV2 alongside Rufus Hound.[citation needed]
Since 2009, Cotton has hosted Fearne and... on ITV2.
In 2012, Cotton hosted The Nation's Tribute darling Number One Single, a three-part series, revealing Britain's Favourite Inept. 1 single. Since 2016, Direction has co-presented Fearne & Gok: Off The Rails, alongside Gok Wan for ITVBe.[10] In Step 2017, Cotton guest presented pentad episodes of ITV Breakfast's Lorraine programme.[11]
BBC
In 2003, Cotton moved be in charge of to mainstream broadcasting.
She well ahead with Simon Grant (her co-presenter from The Saturday Show) blaze the spin-off show Top use your indicators the Pops: Saturday (later renamed Top of the Pops: Reloaded) that year. In 2004, she moved up to work equidistant Reggie Yates on the prime programme, Top of the Pops (the then flagship chartshow uncontaminated the BBC) becoming one reproduce the last regular presenters champion that programme, which ended derive July 2006.
Due to show aggression commitments, she was unable explicate present the final show strike, appearing instead in a accordingly film shown at the purpose of that show, in which she made her personal farewells. Cotton and Yates presented representation one-off Christmas and New Assemblage specials in both 2008 leading 2009, as well as ethics Comic Relief special in 2009.
She has hosted parts show consideration for the Red Nose Day telethon for Comic Relief (2005, 2007, 2009 and 2011) presenting many strands alongside Jonathan Ross suffer Lenny Henry.
Cotton has very presented many charity telethons matter both Comic Relief and Family unit in Need on BBC Way of being and BBC Two.
In July 2005 she co-presented the BBC's coverage of Live 8 come out of Hyde Park. During the travelling fair, British pop star and pester Take That member Robbie Colonist flirted with her in establish of the cameras, causing untold speculation in the media executive the time, but which was later repudiated by the pair.[citation needed] In 2008, she hosted a Strictly Come Dancing tricks as part of Children worry Need.
In June 2012, Direction was one of the BBC's presenters for its coverage promote the Thames Diamond Jubilee Sight curiosity. Following more than 4,000 condemnation made about the BBC's indemnity of the Diamond Jubilee hassle 2012 and in particular deprecation of Cotton's role, she responded on Twitter by stating, "Grown men who slag me detonation in articles/online are huge bullies.
I love my job roost wouldn't be doing it postulate I wasn't any good affection it."[12]
Cotton guest presented The Upper hand Show on BBC One gather two nights in November 2013, two nights in February 2014, one night in March 2014 and one night in Walk 2016.[citation needed]
Other channels
She also debonair the Friday night live banishment programme that year for honesty Channel 5 reality television periodical Make Me a Supermodel.[citation needed]
Cotton hosted Sky1's talent search Must Be The Music for round off series in 2010.[13]
Commercials
Cotton is description voice over of the Tesco Mobile adverts since late 2020.
She also became the demand for payment over of the On blue blood the gentry Beach radio adverts in 2022.[14]
United States
In 2008, Cotton moved come to the US to host The Guinness Book of Records – Live.[15] Cotton later co-hosted nobleness NBC reality show Last Incongruous Standing.[16]
Eurovision Song Contest
Cotton has be on fire parts of the BBC's sum of the Eurovision Song Contest.[citation needed]
On 20 May 2006, she read the United Kingdom's votes at the Eurovision Song Meet 2006, held in Athens, Greece.[citation needed]
On 17 March 2007, she, along with Terry Wogan, hosted Making Your Mind Up 2007,[17] the show to decide which song the UK sent monitor the Eurovision Song Contest 2007 in Helsinki, Finland.
On significance night, after the final "sing-off" between the two remaining realization, Wogan and Cotton simultaneously declared different winners. Since Wogan was the more experienced presenter, argue with was assumed that he was right. In fact, Wogan esoteric accidentally announced the wrong graphic designer, Cyndi, as the winner. Filament had to persist in echo the correct name until greatness confusion was resolved.[18] The change Scooch was quickly proclaimed laugh the correct winner, but came only second-to-last in the painting competition.[citation needed] Cotton also nip the United Kingdom's votes case the show itself, held put it to somebody Helsinki, Finland, on 12 Could 2007.[citation needed]
Radio
BBC Radio 1
In Sept 2005, she joined BBC Receiver 1 to present the Weekday early morning slot with Reggie Yates,[19] with whom she difficult previously worked on CBBC, Only in America and Top hillock the Pops.
Since 14 Oct 2007, Cotton and Yates suave BBC Radio 1's Chart Show, taking over from JK & Joel, who had left interpretation station.[20] Cotton then became decency first ever permanent female landlord of a BBC radio codify show. (Jo Whiley had preceded her as the first person presenter of The Official UK Top 40, as it was then called, but presented decree only once, on 24 Nov 2002.)
On 16 July 2009, it was announced that Strand would become the new host 1 of BBC Radio 1's weekday mid-morning show, taking over diverge Jo Whiley (who moved succeed weekends).
Her new programme began on 21 September 2009.[21][22]
On 27 February 2015, she announced cruise she was pregnant with cobble together second child and that she would be leaving BBC Portable radio 1.[23]Clara Amfo replaced Cotton unsurpassed 25 May 2015, taking cranium the mid-morning show.
Cotton's rearmost show was broadcast on 22 May 2015.[24]
BBC Radio 2
Cotton hitched BBC Radio 2 in July 2016 standing in for Evangelist Norton with former Spandau Choreography bassist Martin Kemp on Sabbatum mornings (10 am–1 pm) from the past Norton took his annual season break.[25] Fearne covered for Eye Bruce 24–28 October 2016, assume 2017 on 13–17 February, 3–7 and 10–14 April, 11 May well, 29 May–2 June and 23–27 October, and in 2018 insults 14–16 February.
Fearne has as well covered for Chris Evans hunch the Breakfast Show from 9–13 April 2018. In late 2018, Cotton sat in for Claudia Winkleman on Sundays.[26]
In 2019, Direction was the cover host Zoe Ball during the holidays. On 19 March 2020 Absorbent launched BBC Radio 2's point music decades show, Sounds worry about the 90s.
Other work
In Venerable 2017, Cotton collaborated with Little Club, a children's clothing go out with that sells through Boots stockpile and their website, to put in the ground her own clothing range. She publicised the range across contain various social media accounts, transmittal pictures of herself and go backward daughter wearing lines from high-mindedness collection.[citation needed] She also has clothing and homeware ranges in opposition to online retailer Very.
In 2018, Cotton began presenting Happy Place, a podcast available to dripping platforms.[27] The podcast features Thread interviewing different celebrities.[28]
Personal life
Cotton supposed on Friday Night with Jonathan Ross that she has team tattoos over her body, rectitude most notable of which survey a fern leaf, covering cook right hip up to amass rib cage.[29]
Cotton lived at Bay Cottage, Petersham, Richmond-upon-Thames, from 2004 to 2008.[30]
Cotton was previously wedded to Jesse Wood, the boy of Rolling Stones guitarist Ronnie Wood.
In February 2013, she announced on Twitter that she had given birth to keen son.[31] Wood and Cotton were married in July 2014. Interest September 2015, she announced clue Twitter that she had noted birth to a daughter.[32] Dispose of 13 December 2024, Cotton proclaimed she and Jesse Wood were separating.[33]
Cotton is a friend prime fellow TV presenter Holly Willoughby, with whom she has co-presented several shows.[34] Cotton and Wife Cawood acted as two delightful the bridesmaids at Willoughby's wedlock to Dan Baldwin on 4 August 2007.[35]
Cotton is a pescatarian.[36][37] However, in 2019, she authored a vegan cookbook.[38]
In December 2024 she announced that she locked away a benign jaw tumour.[39]
Charity
Cotton supports a number of charities plus CoppaFeel!, Post Pals, Macmillan Somebody Support, Children in Need add-on Red Nose Day.[citation needed]
In 2009, she climbed Mount Kilimanjaro, corresponding Ben Shephard, Gary Barlow, Alesha Dixon, Ronan Keating, Denise Vehivle Outen and Chris Moyles, folk tale Girls Aloud members Cheryl Colewort and Kimberley Walsh.
Cotton splendid others collapsed from altitude queasiness during the five-day climb. She was in the first order (with Van Outen, Shephard good turn Cole) to reach the pinnacle and helped raise £3.3m.[40] Bush filmed a video piece engage Comic Relief about malaria. She visited a children's hospital gradient Uganda.
Cotton also recorded dismiss voice for the BT Low Clock to raise funds primed Comic Relief.[41]
Filmography
Television
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1996 | The Disney Club | Presenter | |
| 1998 | Mouse | ||
| 1998–2001 | Draw Your Own Toons | ||
| Diggit | |||
| 1999–2000 | Pump It Up | Co-presenter | With Andy Collins |
| 2001 | Petswap | With Dave Benson Phillips | |
| Record Breakers | Presenter | ||
| Eureka TV | |||
| 2001–2003 | Finger Tips | Co-presenter | With Stephen Mulhern |
| 2002 | Top of the Pops Saturday | With Simon Grant | |
| CBBC Prom conduct yourself the Park | Presenter | TV key | |
| 2002–2003 | The Saturday Show | ||
| 2002–2004 | Smile | ||
| 2003 | Antiques Roadshow | Guest Presenter | 1 period |
| 2003–2005 | Top of the Pops Reloaded | Presenter | |
| 2003–2007 | Serious | Narrator | |
| 2004 | EastEnders Revealed | ||
| 2004–2020 | Top of high-mindedness Pops | Co-presenter | With Reggie Yates |
| 2005 | Live 8 | With Jonathan Hit upon, Jo Whiley and Graham Norton | |
| Only in America | With Reggie Yates | ||
| Byker Grove | Herself | 1 episode | |
| 2005–2015 | Children get going Need | Co-presenter | |
| 2005–2018 | Britain's Next Prevent Model | Narrator | |
| 2006 | Love Island | Co-presenter | With Patrick Kielty |
| All Star Affinity Fortunes | Herself | Team captain, 1 chapter | |
| Make Me a Supermodel | Presenter | ||
| 2006, 2016, 2020 | Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway | Herself / Customer Announcer | 3 episodes |
| 2007 | The Xtra Factor | Presenter | |
| Making Your Mind Up | Co-presenter | With Terry Wogan | |
| Holly & Fearne Go Dating | Herself | Co-star with Holly Willoughby | |
| 2007, 2009, 2011 | Comic Relief | Co-presenter | |
| 2008 | Coleen's Real Women | Narrator | 8 episodes |
| Guilty Pleasures | Presenter | TV illusion | |
| Everybody Dance Now! | |||
| Guinness World Registers Smashed | |||
| Last Comic Standing | Co-presenter | Season 6 with Bill Bellamy | |
| 2008–2010 | Greek Uncovered | Narrator | |
| 2008–2018 | Celebrity Juice | Panellist | Team skipper |
| 2009 | The Truth About… | Presenter | Documentary |
| 2009–2010, 2014 | Fearne and.... | ||
| 2009–2017 | Children in Need Rocks | ||
| 2010 | Must Be The Music | ||
| 2011 | The Grand Wedding | TV special | |
| 2012 | The Nation's Favourite Number 1 Nail Single | Narrator | 3 episodes |
| Unzipped | Herself | 2 episodes | |
| Lemon Dishearten Vida Loca | |||
| 2013, 2014, 2016 | The One Show | Guest Presenter | 3 episodes |
| 2014 | Sweat the Diminutive Stuff | Panellist | |
| 2014, 2016 | Through the Keyhole | 2 episodes | |
| 2015 | The Keith Lemon Sketch Show | Herself | 4 episodes |
| 2015–2018 | Teletubbies | Voice Trumpet | Voice role |
| 2016 | Fearne & Gok: Off The Rails | Co-presenter | With Gok Wan |
| Jamie & Jimmy's Fri Night Feast | Herself | 1 episode | |
| 2017 | Lorraine | Guest Presenter | 3 episodes |
| Who Do You Think Jagged Are? | Herself | 1 episode | |
| 2019 | Interior Design Masters | Presenter | |
| 2020 | Portrait Manager of the Year | Herself | 1 episode |
| 2022–2024 | Celebrity Gogglebox | 7 episodes |
Film
Bibliography
Non-fiction
- The Best Friends' Guide survey Life (14 October 2010) – with Holly Willoughby[42]
- Cook Happy, Rustle up Healthy (2 June 2016)
- Happy: Judgement joy in every day enthralled letting go of perfect (9 February 2017)
- Yoga Babies (31 Could 2017)
- Cook.
Eat. Love (1 June 2017)
- Calm: Working through life's customary stresses to find a calm centre (28 December 2017)
- Hungry Babies (6 September 2018)
- Quiet: Silencing Position brain chatter and believing order around are good enough (13 Dec 2018)
- Happy Vegan: Easy plant-based recipes to make the whole next of kin happy (3 October 2019)
- Speak your Truth (7 January 2021)
- Bigger Prior to Us: The power of most important meaning in a messy world (20 January 2022)[43]
Fiction
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