Sarah-Jane Crawford | |
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Born |
Sarah-Jane Crawford Lambeth, London, England |
Nationality | British |
Education | Anglia Ruskin University |
Occupation | TV presenter, radio presenter, actress and voice over artist |
Years active | 2007–present |
Employer | MTV, ITV, BBC |
Height | 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) |
Sarah-Jane Crawford is an English television and radio presenter, actress, voice-over artist, and DJ best known for her radio work with BBC Radio 1Xtra and television work with E! Network (which she is currently a host for), ITV2 on The Xtra Factor, BBC and Channel 4. Crawford has also presented and appeared a number of shows for the Disney Channel and MTV.
Born in Lambeth, South east London, Crawford went to schools at Bessemer Grange, Dulwich Hamlet and Sydenham Girls' School before moving up to Cambridgeshire for her remaining years of secondary school. Before becoming a television presenter, Crawford went to Kingston University and Anglia Ruskin University. She graduated with a 2:1 degree in Marketing.
Crawford began her TV career on Shipwrecked 3 on Channel 4 but began presenting in 2007 when she hosted the Red Carpet and Back Stage show of the Vodafone Live Music Awards for The Hits music video channel, now known as 4music.
In 2007, Crawford joined the presenter line-up for the E4 Music Zone and Freshly Squeezed for channel 4 and as a result she has interviewed the likes of Robert De Niro, Usher, Nicole Scherzinger, the Pussycat Dolls, Natasha Bedingfield, will.i.am, Colin Farrell, Kate Hudson, Ewan McGregor, Jerry Seinfeld, Sarah Jessica Parker and Renée Zellweger for Channel 4.
On 25 July 2008, Crawford was the celebrity guest on eviction night for Big Brother's Big Mouth and for Big Brother's Little Brother, on 18 August 2008. In October 2009, Crawford officially launched the UK MTV channel VIVA, the first channel from MTV.
In August 2010, Crawford began hosting a weekly show on MTV HD's channel called The Music Alphabet airing every Sunday at 3.30 pm.
Crawford presented with Nigel Clarke as one of the new hosts for Disney channel's show My Camp Rock 2, which premiered on 13 August 2010.
In September 2010, Crawford appeared with Jonathan Ross and Ant and Dec, on the Nintendo TV advertisement celebrating 25 years of Mario.
In July 2013, she co-hosted the BBC Three coverage of T in the Park festival with Greg James.
In August 2013 Crawford co-hosted BBC Three's first Urban Classic Prom at the Royal Albert Hall with Charlie Sloth.
In October 2013, she co-hosted the Mobo Awards with Trevor Nelson which aired of BBC One and BBC Three.