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Angela Marie Scanlon (born 29 December 1983) is an Irish television presenter and broadcaster for

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. She initially broadcast on Irish television, presenting a number of programmes on

including the documentary ''Oi Ginger!'' in 2014. Since 2016, she has appeared as a reporter on ''

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'', and presented in the absence of

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. She undertook her first role on a major British show as a co-host of '' Robot Wars'' with

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in 2016.

Early life

Angela Scanlon was born in

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, Ireland. Her father worked in construction and her mother worked in administration. She has three sisters. She attended school in Dunshaughlin, Meath. Scanlon then went on to study business at

Technological University Dublin Technological University Dublin ( ga, Ollscoil Teicneolaíochta Bhaile Átha Cliath) or TU Dublin is Ireland's first technological university, established on 1 January 2019, and with a history stretching back to 1887 through the amalgamated Dub ...

(TU Dublin). After graduating, she travelled for a period of time, including six months in New York (where she worked in an

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), in Australia, and South East Asia. Scanlon planned to set up a fashion shop upon returning to Ireland.

Career

Scanlon has worked as a stylist and a journalist, before moving into television. She wrote for ''

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'', ''

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'', ''

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'', ''U Magazine'', and ''

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Style'' magazine. She also writes the column "Out of the Closet" for the ''

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s ''Weekend'' magazine. She has been featured in magazines including ''

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'', ''

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Japan'', ''Sunday Times Style'', ''Company'' and ''TWIN''. In 2001, Scanlon was a dancer with the O'Shea Irish Dance Company and appeared in the Irish Thunder show at

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in Virginia, USA. In 2012, ''

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'' described Scanlon as one of "10 Irish

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mers You Need to Follow". Scanlon was named as the "one to watch" by Vogue in 2013, and was cited in ''

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''s regular ''Why We're Watching'' feature as the UK's new onscreen fashion queen. ''

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'' also commended Scanlon's talents in ''Who's That Girl''. In 2013, she fronted a campaign for Louis Vuitton. After working on fashion shows ''

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'' and '' Off the Rails'' for RTÉ and on

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's ''

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'', Scanlon went on to join RTÉ's ''

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'' as a reporter, and on ''The Love Clinic'' in 2012. In 2013 and 2014, she appeared on the popular ''

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'' with host Brendan O'Connor. Scanlon joined the panel of ''Next Week's News'' in February 2014 and also put together a Yahoo! 12-part series ''Work the Look'' demonstrating how to pull off key essential looks. Her first major documentary ''Oi Ginger!'' was broadcast in 2014. ''Angela Scanlon: Full Frontal'' was her follow-up series airing in October 2014, addressing subjects sometimes considered taboo. Scanlon was featured on Republic of Telly's ''Ginger is the New Black'' in October 2014. In 2014, she hosted

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end for a third time, a job she took over from

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after hosting the Vodafone Live Lounge for the

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at the event for two years. Scanlon co-hosts

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/RTÉ's popular holiday programme, ''Getaways'', having taken over from

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. Scanlon also launched

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's pop-up Halloween shop with

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in aid of

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. In November 2016, it was announced that Scanlon, along with

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, would provide maternity cover for Alex Jones and co-present ''

'' with

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in early 2017. In 2016, she presented her own series, ''Angela Scanlon's Close Encounters!'', and the documentary, ''Trump's Unlikely Superfans'', for

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. In 2017, Scanlon was revealed as a Garnier ambassador, alongside Holly Willoughby and Davina McCall. She did not appear as part of the advertising campaign in 2018, leaving Willoughby and McCall to continue to work with the brand. From 2018 to 2021, Scanlon hosted her own

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show on Sunday mornings from 4 to 6am. Her final show aired on 25 April 2021. She covered for

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while Sara was covering for Chris Evans on ''

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'' on 11 and 15 to 18 October 2018. On 16 April 2019, Scanlon started presenting a new 15-part TV series for

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called '' Your Home Made Perfect'', a home

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series that pits the architects Laura-Jane Clark and Robert Jamison against each other to see who can come up with the best design for a problem home. Ground-breaking

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technology and

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are employed to showcase the two potential renovation solutions, with the couple finally choosing which design to proceed with. A second series was commissioned and broadcast from 9 October 2019. In January 2022, Scanlon appeared on BBC1's ''

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'' as a guest expert on redheads.

Personal life

She has been married to Roy Horgan since 2014; they have two daughters. They reside in North London.

Filmography

Television

References

External links

BBC ''One Show'' profile
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Scanlon, Angela 1983 births Living people Irish television presenters Irish women television presenters Fashion journalists Irish columnists Irish women journalists Irish women columnists People from County Meath BBC television presenters RTÉ television presenters Television presenters from the Republic of Ireland Alumni of Dublin Institute of Technology Robot Wars (TV series) presenters BBC Radio 2 presenters