| First Name |
Kirsty
|
| Middle Name |
Anne
|
| Last Name |
Wark
|
| Maiden Name |
Wark
|
| Full Name at Birth |
Kirsteen Anne Wark
|
| Alternative Name |
Kirsteen Anne "Kirsty" Wark, @KirstyWark
-
(twitter), Wark Clements & Co
|
| Birthday |
3rd February, 1955
|
| Birthplace |
Dumfries, Dumfriesshire, Scotland, UK
|
| Build |
Slim
|
| Eye Color |
Brown - Light
|
| Hair Color |
Brown - Dark
|
| Distinctive Feature |
., ., .
|
| Zodiac Sign |
Aquarius
|
| Sexuality |
Straight
|
| Ethnicity |
White
|
| Nationality |
Scottish
|
| High School |
Kilmarnock Grammar Primary, in Kilmarnock, Wellington School, in Ayr
|
| University |
University of Edinburgh (History)
|
| Occupation Text |
TV journalist & presenter, co-owner of production company WARK CLEMENTS & CO, author, corporate speaker / host, voiceover artist, former producer in radio current affairs shows, cameo actress
|
| Occupation |
Journalist
|
| Claim to Fame |
Newsnight (1993 - present)
|
| Year(s) Active |
2014 > present (novelist: 2 novels), 1993 > present (presenter: BBC Newsnight), 1990 > 1993 (presenter: The Late Show), 1996 > 2016 (cameo actress: 6 films / tv series), 2013 > 2013 (writer: TV Movie documentary), 1990 > present (co-owner: production company WARK CLEMENTS & CO), 1976 > 1983 (graduate researcher: BBC Radio Scotland), 1983 > present (TV producer / presenter), 2002 > 2014 (presenter: Newsnight Review), 1989 > present
(wife: of tv producer Alan Clements), 1993 > 1993
(Awardee: BAFTA Awards Scotland - Journalist of the Year), 1997 > 1997
(Awardee: BAFTA Awards Scotland - The Herald Award for Best TV Presenter - 'Words with Wark' & 'Newsnight'), 2017 > 2017
(Awardee: Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh), 1999 > 1999
(Awardee: The 1999 News and Current Affairs prize by Carlton Women in Film and Television), 2003 > 2003
(Awardee: BAFTA Awards Scotland - Outstanding Contribution to Broadcasting), 2014 > 2014
(Author: novel 'The Legacy of Elizabeth Pringle')
|
| Record Label |
Bbc TV
|
| Talent Agency (e.g. Modelling) |
KBJ Management, Black Pepper Media Ltd, COBJ, Felicity Bryan Associates
|
| Brand Endorsement |
voiceover > Cambridge MIT-Institute, voiceover > The Marketing Society, voiceover > RSA Arts Council, voiceover > NHS - National Health Service, Proctor & Gamble, Investec, Glenfiddich, Lloyds TSB, Statoil, UBM (United Business Media), Pro-manchester, Arts Initiative, Protégé, The Rolex Mentor, Deutsche Bank
|
| Official Websites |
www.blackpeppermedia.com/, twitter.com/KirstyWark
|
| Pets |
Ruth Pitt "dear friend", MY GREAT-GRANDPARENTS Mr & Mrs FORREST, MY GREAT-GRANDPARENTS Mr & Mrs McMILLAN
|
| Favorite People |
Robin Day, Elizabeth I, Seamus Heaney, Mary, Queen Of Scots, Archie Forrest, Jd Fergusson, Samuel Peploe, Louisa May Alcott
|
| Favorite TV Shows |
The Ferryman (stage play), Question Time
|
| Favorite Bands |
Talking Heads, Arcade Fire
|
| Favorite Books |
Sarah Waters' The Night Watch, Edna O'Brien's The Light of Evening, Cormac McCarthy's The Road
|
| Favorite Places |
Riding House Café (London restaurant), Gitane (London restaurant), Honey & Co (London restaurant), Kaffeine (London restaurant), The Wolseley (London restaurant), Mortimer House Kitchen (London restaurant), Salt Yard (London restaurant), the Clockwork Orange (underground / metro in Glasgow), Hampton Court Palace, Richmond, London, Daunt Books (London bookshop), Agnès B (London clothes shop), The Cloth House (clothing materials shop), Liberty (London department store), Christopher Kane (London store), Isle of Arran, Scotland, Lamlash, Scotland, Brodick Castle, Scotland, the Brodick Bar, Arran, Scotland
|
| Favorite Foods |
Guinness, Cheese, chive and mustard scones
|
| Favorite Accessories |
Roger Vivier black patent flats (shoes), Channel no. 5
|
Kirsteen Anne "Kirsty" Wark FRSE (born 3 February 1955) is a British journalist, newsreader and television presenter, best known for fronting BBC Two's news and current affairs programme Newsnight since 1993, and its weekly arts spin-off Newsnight Review (later The Review Show) from 2002 to 2014.
