Charlotte Hawkins | |
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Born |
Charlotte Mary Hawkins 16 May 1975 Chichester, West Sussex, England |
Residence | Surrey, England |
Occupation | Journalist, presenter, newsreader |
Employer | ITV Breakfast |
Agent | James Grant |
Television | Meridian Tonight (2003–2006) Sky News Sunrise (2007–2014) Good Morning Britain (2014—) |
Spouse(s) | Mark Herbert (m. 2008) |
Children | 1 |
Parent(s) | Frank |
Website | Official website |
Charlotte Mary Hawkins (born 16 May 1975) is an English television presenter, newsreader and journalist currently employed by ITV.
Hawkins joined ITV's Meridian Tonight in 2003, hosting its main news programme, leaving in 2006 to become co-presenter of Sky's breakfast programme Sunrise with Eamonn Holmes. In 2014, she left Sky to co-present the ITV Breakfast programme Good Morning Britain.
Hawkins attended the Bishop Luffa School in Chichester, and the University of Manchester, graduating with a BA in English Literature. She later undertook a Postgraduate Diploma in Broadcast Journalism from the London College of Printing.
Hawkins began her broadcasting career with ITN in 1999 as a newsreader and reporter for LBC Radio. She was one of the first journalists at the fatal Paddington rail crash and provided live reports from the scene. In January 2000, she moved to ITV Meridian in the southeast where she co-presented the hour-long current affairs series The Big Story.
From October 2003, Hawkins worked for ITV Meridian as co-anchor of their main news programme Meridian Tonight in the South East of England. She also presented on the ITV News Channel. At Meridian, she presented several pan-regional documentaries, including the half-hour special Britain on the Move. In 2007, Hawkins co-presented The London Boat Show for ITV.