Josie d'Arby
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| Born |
3 October 1972 Newport, Wales |
| Nationality | Welsh |
| Occupation | Actress, writer, television director, presenter |
Josie d'Arby (born Josephine Collins on 3 October 1972) is a Welsh actress, writer, director, and television presenter from Newport, Wales. She presented a number of high-profile shows and in 1999 became the youngest British woman to host her own chat show on Channel 5.
Josie d'Arby was born and raised in Newport, Gwent. As a teenager she attended the Anna Scher Theatre in London before winning a place at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art.
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 on SMart, and had her own show, Josie, on Channel 5. She has 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 BBC Young Musician of the Year, BBC Cardiff Singer of the World and Choir of the Year.
Her first high-profile dramatic acting role was as series regular WPC Jodie Finn, in the BBC drama, Merseybeat. From February 2005, she starred as Peally Maghti, one of the presenters of the BBC's award winning spoof of 1980s science programming, Look Around You. D'Arby was one of the six cast members in Channel Four sketch series Spoons, and has made guest appearances in BBC comedy series Miranda and appears as herself in the Working Title movie Blackball with Vince Vaughan. Josie no longer acts but continues to work as a presenter .
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