- Lara Lewington
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name = Lara Lewington
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occupation =Television presenter
spouse =Lara Lewington (born 10 May 1979) is a British weathergirl and
television presenter on Five, joiningFive News in January 2003. AnNCTJ trained journalist, [cite web | title = Lara's Biography | url = http://www.laralewington.com/page2.htm | accessdate = 2008-01-03 ] she has aBachelor of Science degreeFact|date=January 2008 insociology anddrama . Lewington is engaged [cite web | title = Blog MoneySavingExpert | url = http://blog.moneysavingexpert.com/2007/12/31/i%e2%80%99m-very-proud-the-msg%e2%80%99s-agreed-to-become-the-msf/ | accessdate = 2008-01-03 ] [cite web | title = Lara's Biography | url = http://www.laralewington.com/page2.htm | accessdate = 2008-01-03 ] to TV "Money Saving Expert" Martin Lewis and is the younger half-sister of Canadian television and film producerMorgan Lewington .Fact|date=January 2008Early career
Lara began her career in television working behind the scenes, as a runner and researcher whilst taking her degree. Lara first gained television recognition when working at UK auction shopping channel
bid-up.tv , as an auctioneer assistant. She's also worked on shows including Five's "Pepsi Chart",ITV London 's news programme "London Tonight " and "It's a Knockout ".She then moved to work as a reporter on the "
BBC Choice " (now "BBC Three ") entertainment news programme "Liquid News " until being recruited to present the weather.Current career
On Five Lewington can be seen presenting the weather every weekday following the News at 11.55am and 5.55pm and 7pm. She is also Five News lunchtime celebrity interviewer appearing between one and three times a week interviewing mainly Hollywood celebrities such as for
Michael Douglas ,Cliff Richard ,Alice Cooper ,Keanu Reeves andUma Thurman .Outside Five she is seen as a pundit on various shows including appearing on the
Weakest Link News and Weather specialITV1 's "Celebrities Exposed" and E!'s "101 Greatest" programmes. She has also appeared weekly in ITV1's "The Impressionable Jon Culshaw ", was a panellist on ITV1's "Win, Lose or Draw ", and has appeared on various shows including "The Eleven O'Clock Show ",BBC Two 's "Newsnight ", andChannel 4 's "" and "Big Brother's EFourum" (now known as "Big Brother's Big Mouth ").Other appearances
*Lara can also be seen presenting the weather on a background monitor in the
Daily Planet newsroom in 2006 film "Superman Returns ". According to the Daily Star newspaper (27 July 2006 - no web link), "TELLY weather girl Lara Lewington has nabbed a surprise role in the Superman Returns blockbuster. The Five star was shocked to find she had a big screen career when she saw the new film at a cinema in Los Angeles while she was with her boyfriend Martin Lewis. 'I was just watching away and then I came on presenting the weather in the background. I nearly choked on my popcorn,' says the bubbly blonde beauty Lara who can be seen in the Daily Planet newsroom."
*Lara appeared as one of the four representatives of Five TV on theBBC1 Sports Relief Superstars special.References
External links
* [http://www.laralewington.com Lara Lewington] : Official Website
* [http://www.beccabarrmanagement.co.uk/lara-lewington.htm Lara Lewington's Agent]
* [http://www.skypressoffice.co.uk/FiveNews/biographies/biography.asp?id=86 Lara's profile at Sky.com]
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