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Christine Bleakley

Christine Lampard
Born Christine Louise Bleakley
(1979-02-02) 2 February 1979 (age 38)
Newry, Northern Ireland
Residence New York City, New York, United States
Education Queen's University of Belfast
Occupation Television and radio presenter
Years active 1997–present
Employer BBC (2004–2010, 2017—)
ITV (2010—)
Radio Aire 2 (2015)
Height 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)
Television The One Show (2007–2010)
Daybreak (2010–2011)
ITV Specials (2010–2014)
Text Santa (2011–2015)
Dancing on Ice (2012–2014)
This Morning (2013—)
Wild Ireland (2015)
Loose Women (2016—)
Spouse(s) Frank Lampard (m. 2015)
Parent(s) Frederick and Mina Bleakley
Website Official Twitter

Christine Louise Lampard (née Bleakley, born 2 February 1979) is a Northern Irish broadcaster from Newtownards, Northern Ireland, best known for her television work with the BBC and ITV.

She has presented various shows with Adrian Chiles such as The One Show (2007–2010) and Daybreak (2010–2011) and with Phillip Schofield she has presented Dancing on Ice (2012–2014) and This Morning (2013–present). More recently, Bleakley has presented factual series for ITV including Off The Beaten Track (2013) and Wild Ireland (2015).

Bleakley was born in Daisy Hill Hospital, Newry to Mina and Frederick Bleakley, and grew up in Newtownards. She has a younger sister, Nicola.

Bleakley started her television career as a runner and then trained to become a floor manager while studying for her A-Levels at Bloomfield Collegiate School in Ballyhackamore, Belfast. She continued to work at BBC NI while studying for a politics degree at Queen's University, Belfast. Bleakley did not complete her degree course, however, instead moving into television work full-time.


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