Kate Lawler | |
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Born |
Kate Louise Lawler 7 May 1980 Beckenham, London, England |
Nationality | British |
Occupation | Television presenter, model, DJ |
Years active | 2002–present |
Known for | Big Brother |
Television |
RI:SE Celebrity Wrestling Love Island |
Kate Louise Lawler (born 7 May 1980) is an English reality TV personality, DJ and model. She was the first female winner of Big Brother UK, winning the third series (2002) of the reality television show. Since Big Brother, she has worked as a television presenter and personality, a model and as a disc jockey. She was born in Beckenham, London.
Kate Lawler won the third series of Big Brother in 2002, becoming the first female contestant to do so.
In September 2002, Lawler became a DJ on Capital FM, a position she held until December 2003. She co-presented the Channel 4 breakfast TV show RI:SE from February 2003 until it was axed in December of that year. In 2005, she was one of the competitors in the ITV show Celebrity Wrestling, competing under the name The Brawler. She helped her team, the Warriors, win the team championship, but was eliminated in the semi-finals of the individual competition by fellow model Leilani Dowding.
Lawler wrote a twice-weekly Big Brother 7 column for The Sun online for the duration of the series.
On 14 August 2006, Lawler entered Love Island 2 as a new arrival. She came third top female in the final of Love Island.
In 2006, Lawler appeared on Brainiac: Science Abuse, receiving an electric shock in an "electric chair". She was a presenter on Playdate, a late-night dating programme on ITV2.