Daisy Donovan
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Daisy Donovan (born 11 July 1975 in Brooklyn, New York), is an English television presenter and actress.
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[edit] Biography
She went to St Paul's Girls School, were she met her inspiration - Headmistress Baroness Heather Brigstocke. She went to Cambridge University to read Classics, but found that subject was not for her and went to Edinburgh University, graduating in Performing Arts. She then studied at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art [1].
She became a receptionist, and then a runner on the first series of The Eleven O'Clock Show. The producers were looking for a female interviewer who would act straight but use comedic lines, and searched everywhere - until they tried their receptionist, the rather posh talking Donovan. She made occasional appearance as It Girl Pandora Box-Grainger. Promoted in Series2 to presenter below comedian Iain Lee, she transformed to become "The Angel of Delight", let lose on politicians - including one in which she asked Denis Healey about whether he would ever give Margaret Thatcher a "String of Pearls", she got the co-host job with Lee from late 1999-2000.
Donovan has since gone on to host quiz shows Does Doug Know? and the eponymous Daisy Daisy, which she also wrote and produced. She has gained fame in America with her show Daisy Does America.
[edit] Family
Her father was celebrity photographer Terence Donovan, while her mother Diana Donovan, is Chair of the English National Ballet School. She is sister to Rockstar Games founder Terry Donovan and half-sister to Big Audio Dynamite keyboard player Dan Donovan - and therefore former sister-in-law of Patsy Kensit.
She married long time boyfriend, the Ali G producer Dan Mazer, in 2005 in a quiet ceremony in Morocco [2]
[edit] Credits
- Spiceworld: The Movie (reporter, uncredited) 1997
- Still Crazy (female reporter) 1998
- Parting Shots 1998
- The Eleven O'Clock Show (presenter) 1998-2000
- The Unexpected Mrs Pollifax (Alexanda/Marina)) 1999
- My Family BBC television comedy series 1 (Brigitte) (2000)
- Daisy, Daisy (host) 2001
- Does Doug Know? (host) 2002
- Second Nature (Kristina Kane/Amy O'Brien) 2003
- Agatha Christie's Death on the Nile for UK television (Cornelia Robson) 2004
- Coming Up (Jen) Pillow Talk episode 2004
- Millions (Dorothy) 2004
- Angel's Hell (Polly) 2005
- Daisy Does America (host) 2005
- Death At A Funeral (Martha) 2007
[edit] FHM rankings
Daisy Donovan has attracted the attention of those who vote in the poll to find the sexiest woman in the world each year, run by FHM. Here are her rankings in given years:
- 100 (2000)
- 74 (2001)
- 79 (2002)
[edit] References
- ^ http://tbs.com/stories/story/0,,63640,00.html
- ^ http://women.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,18030-1610890,00.html
