Terri Louise Seymour (born 27 January 1973) is an English

entertainment reporter Entertainment journalism is any form of journalism that focuses on popular culture and the entertainment business and its products. Like fashion journalism, entertainment journalism covers industry-specific news while targeting general audiences bey ...

and actress. Seymour joined the American entertainment news show ''Extra'' as a correspondent in 2004.

Early life

Seymour was born in

Little Chalfont Little Chalfont is a village and civil parish in south-east Buckinghamshire, England. It is one of a group of villages known collectively as The Chalfonts, which also comprises Chalfont St Giles and Chalfont St Peter. Little Chalfont is located a ...

, Buckinghamshire in 1973. Her mother, Margaret, was a single mother. Although Seymour did not have a relationship with her father, she has said her father was

West Indian A West Indian is a native or inhabitant of the West Indies (the Antilles and the Lucayan Archipelago). For more than 100 years the words ''West Indian'' specifically described natives of the West Indies, but by 1661 Europeans had begun to use it ...

and her mother is white. Seymour began modelling at age 12.

Career

Early in her career Seymour was a commercial model. Later she appeared in music videos for

George Michael George Michael (born Georgios Kyriacos Panayiotou; 25 June 1963 – 25 December 2016) was an English singer and songwriter. He is considered one of the most significant cultural icons of the MTV generation and is one of the best-selling musici ...

and

Soul II Soul Soul II Soul are a British musical collective formed in London in 1988. They are best known for their two major hits; 1989's UK number five and US number eleven " Keep On Movin'", and its follow-up, the UK number one and US number four " Back to ...

. She played the role of Eve in In the Beginning (miniseries), an American biblical television miniseries from the year 2000. She also became a hostess on the

ITV ITV or iTV may refer to: ITV *Independent Television (ITV), a British television network, consisting of: ** ITV (TV network), a free-to-air national commercial television network covering the United Kingdom, the Isle of Man, and the Channel Islan ...

game show ''

Wheel of Fortune The Wheel of Fortune or ''Rota Fortunae'' has been a concept and metaphor since ancient times referring to the capricious nature of Fate. Wheel of Fortune may also refer to: Arts, entertainment, and media Art * ''The Wheel of Fortune'' (Burne-Jo ...

'', alongside John Leslie, then

Paul Hendy Paul Clifford Hendy (born 22 July 1966) is a British script-writer, novelist, director, producer and filmmaker. In his early career, he was a TV presenter hosting the BAFTA nominated ''Dear Mr Barker'' (BBC), '' Don’t Try This at Home'' (ITV), ...

. Her first episode aired 9 January 2001. After ''Wheel of Fortune'' ended later that year, Seymour moved to the United States where she continued working as a host and model. Seymour joined the American entertainment news program ''

Extra Extra or Xtra may refer to: Arts, entertainment and media Film * ''The Extra'' (1962 film), a Mexican film * ''The Extra'' (2005 film), an Australian film Literature * ''Extra'' (newspaper), a Brazilian newspaper * ''Extra!'', an American me ...

'' in 2004. She still made some appearances on British television, working as a reporter on ITV2's '' The Xtra Factor'' and '' This Morning''. Seymour began to appear more frequently on ''Extra'', where she started as a freelance reporter covering ''

American Idol ''American Idol'' is an American singing competition television series created by Simon Fuller, produced by Fremantle North America and 19 Entertainment, and distributed by Fremantle North America. It aired on Fox from June 11, 2002, to Ap ...

'' for the programme before joining as correspondent.

Personal life

While modelling in her early twenties, Seymour experienced joint pain which was diagnosed as

systemic lupus Lupus, technically known as systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), is an autoimmune disease in which the body's immune system mistakenly attacks healthy tissue in many parts of the body. Symptoms vary among people and may be mild to severe. Commo ...

. The lupus caused

peritonitis Peritonitis is inflammation of the localized or generalized peritoneum, the lining of the inner wall of the abdomen and cover of the abdominal organs. Symptoms may include severe pain, swelling of the abdomen, fever, or weight loss. One part or ...

requiring surgery and medication. Seymour's lupus eventually went into remission although she did undergo additional tests and monitoring during her pregnancy in 2015. Seymour dated

Simon Cowell Simon Phillip Cowell (; born 7 October 1959) is an English television personality, entrepreneur and record executive. He is the creator of ''The X Factor'' and ''Got Talent'' franchises which have been sold around the world. He has judged on t ...

from 2002 to 2008. During their relationship the pair lived in London and Los Angeles, though Seymour spent more time in Los Angeles for her work. She and Cowell remained friends after their split. On 9 March 2015, Seymour and boyfriend Clark Mallon's daughter, Coco, was born.

References

External links

*
Terri Seymour
on Twitter {{DEFAULTSORT:Seymour, Terri 1974 births Living people British television personalities British television presenters British expatriates in the United States People from Buckinghamshire People from Greater Los Angeles Entertainment journalists