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Lorraine Kelly
Lorraine Kelly (born 30 November 1959 in Glasgow) is a Scottish
television presenter and journalist best known as a presenter for GMTV, the ITV
morning television station.
She attended John St Secondary School in Bridgeton, Glasgow and Claremont High School in East Kilbride. On leaving school, she first worked for the East Kilbride News, and joined BBC Scotland as a researcher in 1983. She moved to TV-am as an on-screen reporter covering Scottish news in 1984. In February 1990, she became a main presenter of Good Morning Britain alongside Mike Morris. She helped launch GMTV in January 1993, and presented a range of programmes, including the main breakfast show with Eamonn Holmes. Her daughter, Rosie, was born in June 1994. She returned from maternity leave in late 1994 to present her own show, Nine O'Clock Live, which was later retitled Lorraine Live and then, at the start of 2000, LK Today. She was national spokeswoman for the United Kingdom during the collation of votes at the Eurovision Song Contest in both 2003 and 2004, replacing the long-serving Colin Berry. Kelly will be the host of new ITV1 programme Secrets Revealed - DNA Stories, made by SMG TV Productions. She writes weekly columns for The Sun and The Sunday Post. Kelly is also an avid Dundee United F.C. supporter and has been in attendance at matches. She is the current Lord Rector of the University of Dundee. She currently resides near Dundee with her family when she is not working in London.
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