Lisa Rogers | |
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Born |
Lisa Clare Elaine Rogers 7 September 1971 Lydney, Gloucestershire, England |
Residence | Cardiff, Wales |
Nationality | British |
Occupation | Television Presenter |
Years active | 1997-present |
Spouse(s) | Paul Rogers (m. ?–present) |
Lisa Rogers (born Lisa Clare Elaine Rogers, 7 September 1971 in Lydney, Gloucestershire) is a British television presenter. She has appeared in films, television programmes, theatre and radio.
While at school she took jobs in a chocolate factory and as a cleaner, and while studying drama at Loughborough University, she was a nanny and manager of Santa's grotto.
Rogers started her television career behind the scenes working as a researcher on shows including Johnny Vaughan's The Fall Guy, The Girlie Show, Absolutely Animals and Light Lunch with fellow researcher Dermot O'Leary.
While Rogers was working as an assistant producer and not wishing to miss the World Cup, a friend suggested she audition for the football show Under the Moon on Channel 4. She first starred on Channel 4’s The Big Breakfast in June 2000, when she hosted the "Find Me a Weather Presenter" segment. This resulted in an irregular role, which led to later co-presenting, before the show ended in March 2002. She was also the presenter of the reality television show The Block. Rogers regularly wore large hoop earrings during this period, something that became her trademark. She played the character Tanya in the 2000 TV mini series , a spin-off from the film .
From 2002 to 2008, Rogers co-presented the Channel 4 engineering game show Scrapheap Challenge alongside Robert Llewellyn. To date, Rogers is the show's second-longest standing presenter, after Llewellyn. The duo also presented the spin-off series The Scrappy Races from 2003 to 2005. In 2003, Rogers also presented the ITV documentary series Mistresses, and appeared as a regular panellist on Loose Women.