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Gaby Roslin (born 12 July 1964) is an English
England

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 television presenter and actress.

in is the daughter of the former BBC radio announcer Clive Roslin, who was born and raised in London
London

London is the capital of both England and the United Kingdom, and the most populous municipality in the European Union. An important settlement for two millennia, History of London goes back to its founding by the Roman Empire....
. Her family is Jewish, originating from Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe

Zimbabwe , is a landlocked country located in the southern part of the continent of Africa, between the Zambezi and Limpopo River rivers. It is bordered by South Africa to the south, Botswana to the southwest, Zambia to the northwest and Mozambique to the east....
 (then Rhodesia
Rhodesia

Rhodesia was the name adopted when the formerly British colonies of Southern Rhodesia declared itself independent on 11 November 1965. The name was also used with the establishment of Zimbabwe Rhodesia in 1979....
). She attended the North London Collegiate, London Independent school
Independent school

An independent school is a school which is not dependent upon national or local government for financing its operation and is instead operated by tuition charges, gifts, and in some cases the investment yield of an financial endowment....
, and then the Guildford School of Acting
Guildford School of Acting

Guildford School of Acting is a drama school located in Guildford, Surrey, England. GSA has built an international reputation for excellence in training for actors and technicians in all areas of theatre and the recorded media....
 and followed a career in television presenting.

in first presented Hippo on the Superchannel
NBC Europe

NBC Europe was a satellite television Television channel based in the United Kingdom that broadcast across Europe. It was picked up by various European cable television networks....
 and then Motormouth
Motormouth

Motormouth was a Saturday morning children's television series that was produced by Television South and aired across the ITVnetwork for four series, from 1988 until 1992....
 on ITV
ITV

ITV is a public service broadcasting in the United Kingdom television network of British television broadcasters, set up under the Independent Television Authority to provide competition to the BBC....
 from 1989 until 1992.






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Gaby Roslin (born 12 July 1964) is an English
England

native_name =|conventional_long_name = England|common_name = England|image_flag = Flag of England.svg|image_coat = England COA.svg|symbol_type = Royal Coat of Arms...
 television presenter and actress.

Biography


Early life

Roslin is the daughter of the former BBC radio announcer Clive Roslin, who was born and raised in London
London

London is the capital of both England and the United Kingdom, and the most populous municipality in the European Union. An important settlement for two millennia, History of London goes back to its founding by the Roman Empire....
. Her family is Jewish, originating from Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe

Zimbabwe , is a landlocked country located in the southern part of the continent of Africa, between the Zambezi and Limpopo River rivers. It is bordered by South Africa to the south, Botswana to the southwest, Zambia to the northwest and Mozambique to the east....
 (then Rhodesia
Rhodesia

Rhodesia was the name adopted when the formerly British colonies of Southern Rhodesia declared itself independent on 11 November 1965. The name was also used with the establishment of Zimbabwe Rhodesia in 1979....
). She attended the North London Collegiate, London Independent school
Independent school

An independent school is a school which is not dependent upon national or local government for financing its operation and is instead operated by tuition charges, gifts, and in some cases the investment yield of an financial endowment....
, and then the Guildford School of Acting
Guildford School of Acting

Guildford School of Acting is a drama school located in Guildford, Surrey, England. GSA has built an international reputation for excellence in training for actors and technicians in all areas of theatre and the recorded media....
 and followed a career in television presenting.

Career

Roslin first presented Hippo on the Superchannel
NBC Europe

NBC Europe was a satellite television Television channel based in the United Kingdom that broadcast across Europe. It was picked up by various European cable television networks....
 and then Motormouth
Motormouth

Motormouth was a Saturday morning children's television series that was produced by Television South and aired across the ITVnetwork for four series, from 1988 until 1992....
 on ITV
ITV

ITV is a public service broadcasting in the United Kingdom television network of British television broadcasters, set up under the Independent Television Authority to provide competition to the BBC....
 from 1989 until 1992. At the end of that show she was approached by Planet 24
Planet 24

Planet 24 was a television production company. It produced The Big Breakfast and The Word and had an animation division Impossible TV. Bob Geldof was head of Planet Pictures which merged with 24 Hour Productions headed by Charlie Parsons and Waheed, later Lord Alli....
 to present their new early-morning programme The Big Breakfast
The Big Breakfast

The Big Breakfast was a British light entertainment television show shown on Channel 4 each weekday morning from 28 September 1992 until 29 March 2002....
 alongside Chris Evans. Evans left the show in 1994 and Roslin continued with his replacement, former Neighbours
Neighbours

Neighbours is a long-running multiple Logie Award-winning Australian soap opera, which first aired in March 1985. The series follows the daily lives of several families who live in the six houses at the end of Ramsay Street, a short cul-de-sac in the fictional middle-class suburb of Erinsborough....
 star Mark Little
Mark Little (Australian actor)

Mark Little , is an Australian actor, television presenter and comedian, born in a remote part of Queensland....
, until 1996. In her last year on the show, she also fronted the National Egg Awareness Campaign.

Roslin presented Children in Need
Children in Need

File:BBC Children in Need.svgBBC Children in Need is an annual United Kingdom charitable organization appeal organised by the BBC. Since 1980 it has raised over ?500 million....
 each year from 1994 to 2004. Other presenting BBC roles include Watchdog Healthcheck, Whatever You Want and A Question of TV. She was one of several presenters for the BBC's 2000 Today
2000 Today

The Millennium Event - 2000 Today was an internationally-broadcast television special commemorating the beginning of the Year 2000. This program included New Year's Eve celebrations, musical performances, and other features from participating nations....
, a 28-hour long programme to see in the year 2000. Amazingly, she was the only presenter to stay on air for the duration of the programme. She briefly returned to breakfast television as a roving reporter for Breakfast in 2002.

In 2003, Roslin switched allegiances to Five where she co-hosted The Terry and Gaby Show
The Terry and Gaby Show

The Terry and Gaby Show was a daytime television show broadcast on Five on weekday mornings between June 2003 and March 2004, produced by Chris Evans ' company UMTV....
 with Children in Need co-presenter Terry Wogan
Terry Wogan

Sir Michael Terence Wogan, Order of the British Empire Deputy Lieutenant more commonly known as Terry Wogan, is a veteran Irish people radio and television broadcaster, who has worked for the BBC in the United Kingdom for most of his career....
. The magazine format could not compete with ITV
ITV

ITV is a public service broadcasting in the United Kingdom television network of British television broadcasters, set up under the Independent Television Authority to provide competition to the BBC....
's similar and long-established This Morning programme and the show ended after 200 performances on 26 March 2004.

In 2004, she also teamed up with Terry Wogan to co-host the first edition of Eurovision - Making Your Mind Up
Making Your Mind Up (TV series)

Eurovision: Your Country Needs You is the name for the 2009 series of the BBC TV show broadcast annually to select Britain's entry into the Eurovision Song Contest....
, the revamped successor to A Song for Europe
A Song for Europe

A Song for Europe can mean:*A Song for Europe, the former name of the British national pre-selection competition for the Eurovision Song Contest, now known as Eurovision: Your Decision....
, the UK's long-running pre-selection show for the Eurovision Song Contest
Eurovision Song Contest

The Eurovision Song Contest is an annual competition held among active member countries of the European Broadcasting Union .Each member country submits a song to be performed on live television and then casts votes for the other countries' songs to determine the most popular song in the competition....
. However for the 2005 and 2006 editions, her place was taken by Natasha Kaplinsky
Natasha Kaplinsky

Natasha Margaret Kaplinsky is an England News presenter, currently employed by Channel Five....
.

In 2005, she appeared in a national tour in the stage version of When Harry Met Sally...
When Harry Met Sally...

When Harry Met Sally... is a 1989 romantic comedy film written by Nora Ephron and directed by Rob Reiner. It stars Billy Crystal as Harry and Meg Ryan as Sally....
 and later in the year sang and danced in the London stage
West End theatre

West End theatre is a popular term for mainstream professional theatre staged in the large theatres of London's "Theatreland". Along with New York City's Broadway theatre, West End theatre is usually considered to represent the highest level of commercial theatre in the English language world....
 version of Chicago
Chicago (musical)

Chicago is a Kander and Ebb musical theatre set in Prohibition in the United States Chicago. The music is by John Kander with lyrics by Fred Ebb and a book by Ebb and Bob Fosse....
. Around the same time, Roslin returned to the ITV
ITV

ITV is a public service broadcasting in the United Kingdom television network of British television broadcasters, set up under the Independent Television Authority to provide competition to the BBC....
 network for the first time in many years to present the daytime programme Solution street with Ben Shephard
Ben Shephard

Ben Shephard is an England television presenter....
. In February 2006, she took part in the BBC celebrity duet show Just the Two of Us, where she partnered ABC frontman Martin Fry
Martin Fry

Martin Fry is lead singer of the band ABC ....
.

Personal life

Roslin married musician Colin Peel in 1995; they divorced in 2004. They have a daughter, Libbi-Jack, born 2001. In December 2006, Roslin had another daughter, Amelie, from her relationship with publishing boyfriend David Osman.

Gaby is a patron of children's cancer charity CLIC Sargent
CLIC Sargent

CLIC Sargent is a cancer charitable organization in the United Kingdom, of which Cherie Blair is a patron. It was formed by the merger of Sargent Cancer Care for Children and Cancer and Leukaemia in Childhood and specializes in providing support for children....
.

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