Liz Bonnin
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Liz Bonnin in 2010
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Elizabeth Bonnin 16 September 1972 Paris, France |
| Nationality | Irish |
| Occupation | Television presenter |
| Website | Official website |
Elizabeth "Liz" Bonnin (born 16 September 1972) is an Irish television presenter and former pop singer, who has worked on television in both Ireland and the United Kingdom. She is also a biochemist and Wild Animal Biologist. She presented music shows RI:SE and Top of the Pops in the early 2000s.
She is probably best known for presenting wildlife and science programmes like How the Earth Works, Animals in Love, Stargazing Live, Big Blue Live, Cats v Dogs: Which is Best? and Should We Close Our Zoos?.
She co-presented the BBC factual series Bang Goes the Theory from 2009 to 2014. Since 2013, has co-hosted Countrywise for ITV.
Bonnin was born in Paris to a Trinidadian mother of Indian and Portuguese descent, and a French-Martiniquan father who was a dentist.
The family moved to Ireland when she was nine years old. She has a bachelor's degree in biochemistry from Trinity College, Dublin, and also holds a master's degree in Wild Animal Biology from the Zoological Society of London and the Royal Veterinary College (2008), for which she tracked tigers in Nepal. She continues to work on big cat conservation programmes at the Zoological Society.
Bonnin began her career by joining an Irish girl pop group named Chill, who signed to Polydor but broke up before recording. The band had performed on Dustin the Turkey's third album Faith of Our Feathers, duetting on "We Are Family". She was offered a job hosting the IRMA Awards which led to presenting roles on RTÉ Television in Ireland, on The Den, Telly Bingo, Millennium Eve: Celebrate 2000 and for two years, Off the Rails. In 2002 she moved to London to present on a number of TV channels.
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