Josie D'Arby

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name =Josie D'Arby

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birth_place = Newport, Wales
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occupation = Actress
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Josie D'Arby (born 3 October 1972) is a British actress and television presenter from Newport, Wales.

Biography

she went to Lliswerry High School in her younger years then went on to attend the Anna Scher Theatre School, and later the London School of Journalism.

D'Arby began a presenting career while still a student of acting at RADA. In the early 1990s she presented on Children's BBC and then on "SMart". She has since presented a number of high profile programmes including the "Bigger Breakfast" (a spinoff from "The Big Breakfast") and "Top of the Pops". Recently she has been a presenter on the daytime TV show, "Loose Women", "Just Up Your Street", a talent show on BBC Wales, and " [http://www.bbc.co.uk/insideout/west/presenter/ Inside Out West] ", a BBC regional programme in the West of England.

In 2003, she was a contestant in the first series of the Channel 4 reality TV show, "The Games", where she came third and received a bronze medal. As a result of appearing on this, she later appeared on "Back To Reality", where she came fifth. She appeared in "The Games Champion of Champions", helping finalists from series 1 of The Games, to win this competition.

She has also worked in radio, as a co-presenter of "The Steve Wright Show" for BBC Radio 2.

D'Arby's first high-profile acting role was as WPC Jodie Finn, in the BBC drama, "Merseybeat" from 2002-2003. From February 2005, she starred as Pealy Maghti, one of the presenters of the BBC's spoof of 1980s science programming, "Look Around You". D'Arby currently appears in the new Channel Four sketch series "Spoons", and has recently made guest appearances in dramas, such as "Casualty".

D'Arby has also appeared on the stage.

In summer 2006, she was a celebrity showjumper in the BBC's Sport Relief event "Only Fools on Horses".

In 2007 she featured in Channel 4's show "The Law of the Playground", on this show she talked about the humorous times at Lliswerry. A second series of the show is to be broadcast in February 2008 but it has not yet been confirmed if D'arby will feature in it.

She is a celebrity ambassador for the British Red Cross.

She has also performed as a singer under the name "Sephine Collins".

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* [http://www.redcross.org.uk/standard.asp?id=80100 Profile on the Red Cross site]