Biography - Lorraine Kelly

Who is Lorraine Kelly?

Lorraine Kelly is all beauty and brains. The television presenter, journalist, model, and actress has made well for herself with a successful career. Read more about the stunning woman.

Lorraine Kelly – Birth, Parents, Siblings

Lorraine Kelly was born on 30 November 1959 in the Gorbals, Glasgow, Scotland. Her mother's name is Anne Kelly, and his father's name is John Kelly, who worked as a TV repairman. Her parents raised her alongside a sibling, a brother named Graham Kelly. 

Education, Ethnicity

Lorraine Kelly was raised in Glasgow before the family moved to East Kilbride. There, she attended Claremont High School.

Her ethnicity is Scottish.

Lorraine Kelly – Boyfriend, Husband, Children, Divorce

Lorraine Kelly married her longtime husband, Steve Smith, on September 5, 1992. Smith is a Television cameraman. With her husband, she has a child, a daughter named Rosie Smith, who was born on June 8, 1994, in High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, England, UK.

Currently, Kelly and Smith are happy together, with no news of divorce or extramarital affairs. There have been no reports of her previous partners, dating history, or boyfriends.

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Lorraine Kelly – Career

Early Career

Lorraine Kelly’s career began with her first job on the East Kilbride News. It was a local newspaper, and Kelly had even turned down an opportunity to study English and Russian at a University.

Soon after, in 1983, she joined BBC Scotland. After a year, in 1984, working there, she began to work at TV-am as an on-screen reporter covering Scottish news. There she presented Summer Sunday and Good Morning Britain. She worked at TV-am until 1993.

In January 1993, Lorraine Kelly helped launch GMTV by presenting numerous programs. On this news channel, she presented Top of the Morning and Nine O'Clock Live. The latter show was retitled Lorraine Live and then again to LK Today after GMTV was rebranded into GMTV Today in 2000.

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Films, Series, TV shows

Again in 2009, GMTV Today was changed back to GMTV. Lorraine Kelly’s show was once again renamed GMTV with Lorraine. In the year 2010, her show became more regular and began airing all year round. On 9 July 2010, it was announced that Kelly's new program, Lorraine, would replace GMTV with Lorraine. Her final show was broadcast on 15 July 2010.

Over the years, she has also hosted the ITV series Children's Hospital (2011), Daybreak (2012-2014), Channel 5’s Penguin A&E with Lorraine Kelly (May 2016), and This Morning (2004-2006).

Other shows Lorraine Kelly has hosted include Birds of a Feather (2014), STV's Children's Appeal (2011), Lorraine & Friends (2016), Liquid News, Liquid Eurovision, Secrets Revealed - DNA Stories, Lorraine Kelly's Big Fat Challenge (2010), and Missing Children: Lorraine Kelly Investigates (2010).

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Lorraine Kelly – Awards, Nominations

Kelly was awarded the TRIC Diamond Jubilee Award for New Talent of the Year (April 1991). In 2014, she received Outstanding Contribution to Television from the British Academy Scotland Awards.

Lorraine Kelly – Net Worth, Salary

The net worth of Kelly is estimated to be around $6 million, while the figure on her annual salary is under review.

Lorraine Kelly – Instagram, Twitter, Facebook

On social media handles such as Instagram, Twitter, and Facebook, Lorraine Kelly is followed by around a million followers and counting.

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