Lauren Booth
| Lauren Booth | |
|---|---|
| Born |
Sarah Jane Booth 22 July 1967 Islington, London, England |
| Other names | Sarah Booth |
| Occupation | Journalist, broadcaster, public speaker |
| Spouse(s) | Craig Darby (m. 2000; div. 2010) |
| Children | 2 |
| Parent(s) |
Antony Booth Pamela Smith |
| Relatives |
Cherie Blair (paternal half-sister) Patricia Phoenix (stepmother; deceased) |
| Website | www |
Lauren Booth (born Sarah Jane Booth; 22 July 1967, Islington, London) is an English broadcaster, journalist and activist. She currently works as a freelance writer and media consultant.
Sarah Jane Booth was born and grew up in North London. Booth is a half-sister of Cherie Blair (wife of former British Prime Minister Tony Blair) and the sixth daughter of actor Tony Booth. She trained as an actress at the London Academy of Performing Arts spending several years touring Europe with various, regional, theatre companies.
In 1997, she entered journalism. Her earliest writing experiences were with the London Evening Standard, writing the column ‘About Town’. In 1999, she began to write for the political magazine, the New Statesman, where she remained for four years. At the same time, she began writing columns and features for The Mail on Sunday as a columnist. Booth was a writer for the New Statesman and The Mail on Sunday. During her time as a writer with The Mail on Sunday, she was sent to report on the 2005 Palestinian elections.
In 2006, she was a contestant on the ITV reality show, I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here!, donating the money she raised to charity Interpal (Palestinian Relief and Development Fund).
Between 2006 and 2008 Booth presented In Focus on the UK's Islam Channel. She has had a long association with the Iranian owned Press TV, starting with Between The Headlines in 2008. Between 2010 and 2012 she presented Remember Palestine and Diaspora.
In 2014 she presented her own series on the newly launched British Muslim TV, called Talking Booth. In 2014 she took a senior producer post at Al Jazeera in Doha.
She was a vocal opponent of the Iraq War giving speeches at many rallies against the invasion. She is an outspoken activist and a supporter of the Stop the War Coalition.
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