Victoria Coren
| Victoria Coren Mitchell | |||
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| Born |
Victoria Elizabeth Coren 18 August 1972 Hammersmith, London, England |
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| Nationality | British | ||
| Alma mater | St John's College, Oxford | ||
| Occupation | Journalist, television presenter, poker player, writer |
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| Spouse(s) | David Mitchell (2012–present) | ||
| Children | 1 | ||
| Parent(s) |
Alan Coren (deceased) Anne Coren (née Kasriel) |
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| Relatives | Giles Coren (brother) | ||
| Website | victoriacoren |
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| Victoria Coren Mitchell | |
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| Nickname(s) | Teacup |
| Residence | London, United Kingdom |
| World Series of Poker | |
| Bracelet(s) | None |
| Money finish(es) | 2 |
| Highest ITM Main Event finish |
None |
| European Poker Tour | |
| Title(s) | 2 |
| Final table(s) | 2 |
| Money finish(es) | 6 |
Victoria Elizabeth Coren Mitchell (born Victoria Elizabeth Coren; 18 August 1972) is an English writer, presenter and professional poker player. Coren Mitchell writes weekly columns for The Observer and has hosted the BBC television quiz show Only Connect since 2008.
Victoria Elizabeth Coren was born in Hammersmith, west London, and grew up in Cricklewood, north London, the daughter of the humorist and journalist Alan Coren and his wife Dr Anne Kasriel. Her brother is the journalist Giles Coren. She attended girls' independent schools between the ages of five and 18 and read English at St John's College, Oxford, graduating with a first-class degree.
When aged 14 she had a short story published under a pseudonym in Just Seventeen magazine and then won a competition in The Daily Telegraph to write a column about teenage life for their "Weekend" section, which she continued writing for several years.
Her books include Love 16 and Once More, with Feeling, about her attempt (with co-author Charlie Skelton) to make "the greatest porn film ever". Their jobs reviewing porn films for the Erotic Review led them to believe that most of what they were watching was terrible and that they could make better films themselves.
She adapted the newspaper columns of John Diamond into a play called A Lump in my Throat, which was performed during the 2000 Edinburgh Festival at the Assembly Rooms, the Grace Theatre and the New End Theatre in London, before she adapted it again for a BBC Two docudrama with Neil Pearson, broadcast in 2001.
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