Victoria Studd is a British television presenter.

Career

Studd appeared as a presenter on the show '' Wish You Were Here?'', appearing in eight episodes from 1991 to 1996. Prior to that, she spent a brief time presenting ''Holiday'', a travel show that has also provided a presenting venue for the likes of

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over the years. During the 1980s, Studd presented art shows such as '' ORS 85'' and ''Riverside'', and was a co-presenter of the children's show ''

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.'' Studd had just one acting role, playing Lucy in the independent film titled '' Privileged'' in 1982, which was also the feature debuts for future stars

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. In the film, she played the girlfriend of Hugh Grant's character. In an article for Bnet, Studd said that the pair came close to kissing; "So one day when we were walking home with him, I said: 'Hugh, if I'm going to play your girlfriend convincingly, I really should know what it's like to kiss you.' He agreed, and we were just going to kiss for the first time when a friend of his interrupted us." Grant has said that, in a sense, he owes his entire career to Studd; "The first time I was in front of a camera was when I was at Oxford University and we did a very pretentious student film, I didn't have any goal apart from having sex with a girl called Victoria Studd who was in the film. It was the only reason that I did it."

Personal life

Her father was Clifford Studd. She is married to

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, and the couple have three children; Harry, Maud, and Tobias. They married on 1 October 1994 at

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, England. Her married name then became Bonham Carter, but she remains better known as Studd.

References

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