Lauren Layfield

English radio and television personality Lauren LayfieldBorn (1987-12-01) 1 December 1987 (age 38)Warwick, EnglandEducation University of Salford Leeds Trinity University National Council for the Training of Journalists (NCTJ) OccupationTelevision presenterYears active2014–presentSpouseLuke BeddowsChildren1 Lauren Layfield (born 1 December 1987) is an English television and radio presenter and journalist who has worked for CBBC, Capital FM and Radio 1. Early life Lauren Layfield was born on 1 December 1987 in Warwick to a Guyanese mother who worked for the NHS and an English father from Manchester. Layfield graduated with a degree in English and creative writing from the University of Salford and a degree in Broadcast Journalism from Leeds Trinity University in 2010. Career Layfield joined CBBC continuity in September 2015, at the end of the one-off TV special Hacker's Birthday Bash: 30 Years of Children's BBC, going on to co-host the BAFTA-winning design series The Dengineers with Mark Wright. In April 2017, Wright left and was replaced with Joe Tracini, who Layfield continued to present with until her own departure in 2019. In January 2016, she joined another children's televis