Charlotte Louise Jackson (born 29 June 1978)In the closet with Charlotte Jackson ''Sunday Express'' magazine supplement 23 October 2011, p.33 Accessed 9 January 2015 is an English journalist and television presenter, who was formerly a presenter on

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. She played lacrosse and tennis for Hampshire, while her mother played lacrosse for England.

Biography

Although she is from

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, she is a lifelong supporter of

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as her family originated from

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. She spent much of her early years in Wickham, a village just north of Portsmouth.

Career

She was also a singer and backing vocalist and was a backing vocalist for

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for a TV appearance of his hit, "

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". She hosted the

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Young Supporters Concert from 2005–2009, and participated in ''Catfight'' in 2007, a boxing match in

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Broadcasting

In 2004 Jackson wrote and presented sports news for a variety of sports websites, including

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.com, TEAMtalk,

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and Golf365 among other sports-related websites—where she wrote and presented sports bulletins. Jackson also presented the coverage of the National Hunt Festival for the official Cheltenham website in 2006. She joined Setanta Sports News in 2007, co-hosting ''Lunchtime Live'' alongside Murray Dron, and presented various live events, including BetFred League of Legends

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tournament. She presented the ''Beijing Bulletin'' for Al Jazeera +3 Sport's coverage of the 2008 Summer Olympics, with Rhodri Williams. In 2005 she appeared in
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as a dancer. After the channel ceased broadcasting in June 2009, she joined

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in August 2009, presenting on

. She also regularly appears with Tim Shaw on his radio show, ''Absolution''. She hosted the 2009 FIFA World Player of the Year Awards Ceremony in Zurich alongside Pedro Pinto. She appeared as a reporter in the Keith Lemon film. Jackson presented

Football quiz show ''Take it Like a Fan'' with John Fendley. The show is based on going to different British football league grounds and asking quiz questions. She also presented the second series of ITV's ''

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'' alongside

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, and was team captain for the girls for ITV's '' The Big Quiz—Sports Special''. In 2013, she was a contestant in ITV's celebrity diving show '' Splash!'', where she reached the semi-finals, despite breaking a toe.

Personal life

She is married to former Sunderland A.F.C and

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manager Chris Coleman. She announced in June 2014 that they were expecting their first child and a son arrived on 22 December, followed by a daughter in 2016.

Andy Gray incident

In late 2010, Sky Sports commentator Andy Gray and presenter

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were caught making off-air comments about a female assistant referee, which were considered sexist. Shortly afterwards, footage emerged of Gray making a comment to Jackson that was also deemed sexist, and ended up costing Gray his job.

References

External links

Charlotte Jackson at TV Newsroom
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