Claudia Winkleman
Claudia Winkleman is an English television presentor, radio personality , journalist and a film critic .She is widely known for co-hosting Strictly Come Dancing along with Tess Daily since 2014 AD. She is also an actress, known for Suzie Gold (2004) , Annually Retentive (2006) and W1A(2014). She married to Krish Thykier on 24th of 2000 and have three children.
Full Name | Claudia Anne Irena Winkleman |
Birth Date | 15th January 1972 |
Age | 59 |
Birth place | London ,England ,UK |
Height | 5 feet 5 inches (1.65m) |
Gender | Female |
Nationality | British |
Religion | Judaism |
Marital Status | Married |
Husband | Krish Thykier |
No of children | 3 |
Zodiac Sign | Capricorn |
Profession | Actress,English television presentor , radio personality , film critic and journalist, co-hosting Strictly Come Dancing along with Tess Daly(since 2014) |
Qualification | Graduated |
College | City of London School for Girls |
BODY APPEARNCES
Body | 36-26-36 |
Body type | Hourglass |
Weight | 53kg (116lbs) |
Waist | 26 inches |
Hair Color | Black |
Eye Color | Black |
Weight | 53kg (116 lbs) |
Shoe Size | 8 (US) |
Dress Size | 4(US) |
Childhood and Early Life
- Claudia Winkleman’s mother was the former Sunday Express editor and her father was a book publisher, but they divorced when she was only 3 years old. Her parents soon got remarried.
- Sophie Winkleman, an actress and the wife of Lord Frederick Windsor, is her half-sister from her father’s second marriage to children’s author Cindy Black. Her stepfather is Sir Nicholas Lloyd, a former editor of the Daily Express.
- From her mother’s second marriage to Nicholas Lloyd, she has a younger half-brother named Oliver Lloyd.
- She was raised in the Hampstead neighborhood of London.
- Winkleman earned an MA Hons in art history while attending Murray Edwards College in Cambridge and the City of London School for Girls.

CAREER
- In 1991, Winkleman got her first big TV show on the regional discussion program.
- In 1992, she began making frequent appearances in the BBC Holiday series in the mid-1990s.
- Winkleman has also appeared as a journalist on other broadcasts such as “This Morning interviewing celebrities, including Michelle Pfeiffer, Tony Blair, Sir Alan.”
- Winkleman began her daily television debut as a host and hosted BBC Three Entertainment’s Liquid News between 2002 and 2004.
- The Fame Academy named Winkleman to host a daily update broadcast on BBC Three, in conjunction with its second series in 2003 AD.
- Winkleman also completed daily interviews with famous candidates, experts and experts.
- Also in 2005, she co-hosted BBC Three’s The House of Tiny Tearaways with Tanya Byron (British psychologist, writer and doctor).
- She started serving as the host of Strictly Come Dancing: It Takes Two.• Winkleman reported on a number of prime time programs.
- In 2007, she succeeded Cat Deeley to host the third series of the Comic Relief Does Fame Academy, co-hosted by Patrick Kielty.
- She also presented the Eurovision Song Contest.
- Winkleman was the face of the Sky Movie Premiere cover of the 79th Academy in 2007.
- Awards were presented for the 80th time in 2008.
- She has made many appearances at roundtables and talk shows, including: Too bad for buzzcocks, would I lie to you?
- In 2009, Winkleman presented Let’s Dance for Comic Relief, an open dance competition to raise funds for Comic Relief,which is similar to Strictly Come Dancing, but with musical, pop and dance songs.
• In March 2009, Winkleman was announced to host the new Hell’s Kitchen series on ITV1..
STRICTLY : IT TAKES TWO
- Winkleman has gained the most public recognition through her work on Strictly Come Dancing: It Takes Two .
- The 2004-launched program, which is still in production today, was created as a companion show to air alongside the second season of Strictly Come Dancing.
- A variety of dance specialists, random visitors, and the contestants themselves join Winkleman as she deliberates and analyzes the main competition in a format similar to the one she popularized on Fame Academy.
- The show is aired every weekday 6:30pm on BBC Two.
- The four judges of the competition occasionally appear on the show. For series7, the judges were often Craig Revel Horwood on Mondays and Fridays, Len Goodman on Thursdays, and Alesha Dixon on Mondays by telephone from Los Angeles.
- Bruno Tonioli doesn’t appear on the show until the US version of it, Dancing with the Stars, which he and Len jointly judge, has finished its season.
- Bruno Tonioli doesn’t appear on the show until the US version of it, Dancing with the Stars, which he and Len jointly judge, has finished its season.
- 3million + viewers -average views report
Writing
- Winkleman began her journalism career as a travel writer, penning columns about her numerous international travels.
- Between 2005 and 2008, she published a weekly column for The Independent called Take It From Me that collected her various musings on current events’ lighter aspects, celebrity news, and personal anecdotes.
- In the column, she refuted rumors that she was expecting her third child; instead, she blamed her apparent new weight gain on the fact that she hadn’t “[banned] pasta from my world.”
- She described entering her name into Google and viewing this Wikipedia entry.
Radio Work
- Winkleman hosted a six-part comedy quiz series called Hot Gossip in April and May 2008 that took a jab at the previous week’s celebrity rumors.
- Every Friday between 10 p.m. and midnight, she hosted a weekly program called Claudia Winkleman’s Arts Show on BBC Radio 2, which featured reviews, debates, and interviews with figures from the arts community.
FAMILY
Father Name | Barry Winkleman |
Mother Name | Eve Pollard |
Brother’s Name | Justin Lloyd , James Lloyd , Oliver Lloyd |
Sister ‘s Name | Rachael Lloyd , Sophie Winkleman |
Marital status | Married |
Husband Name | Kris Thykier |
No of childrens | 3 |
Son Names | Jake Thykier, Arthur Thykier |
Daughter Name | Matlida Martha Thykier |
Award and achievement
Together with Tess Daly, she took home the 2015 Glamour Award for Presenter of the Year and the Royal Television Award for Best Entertainment Presenter for their work.
Net Worth
It is believed that Claudia Winkleman net worth is about $16 Million.
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