Lorraine Kelly CBE

Lorraine Kelly was born in Glasgow and joined her local weekly newspaper “The East Kilbride News” as a cub reporter straight from school aged seventeen.

In 1983 she joined BBC Scotland as a researcher and a year later she became TVam's Scottish correspondent covering stories like the Piper Alpha disaster and the Lockerbie bombing. In 1989 she was chosen as the new TVam presenter alongside Mike Morris, winning the TRIC (Television and Radio Industry Award) for best newcomer in 1990.

When TVam lost its franchise, Lorraine was the only presenter to be retained by GMTV.

In 2024, she was awarded a BAFTA for her outstanding contribution to the television industry, marking four-decades of her unstoppable and impressive broadcasting career, as a hugely significant presence on British television.

In addition to her eponymous show, she has also presented many other TV programmes including The Last Leg, Queens for the Night and Have I Got News For You?.

She has made guest appearances on The Masked Singer, The Graham Norton Show, Ant & Dec Saturday Night Takeaway, RuPaul’s Drag Race UK, Late Night Lycett and Portrait Artist of the Year.

In addition to her distinguished career in broadcasting, Lorraine is a best selling author, most recently with her debut fiction novel, The Island Swimmer. The uplifting and completely heartwarming tale sees character Evie returning to Orkney to care for her ill father, confronting her past and estranged sister. With the help of a cold-water swimming group, she uncovers family secrets and finds healing.

In 2012, Lorraine was awarded the OBE, for services to charity and the armed forces, by HM The Queen at Holyrood palace in Edinburgh. In 2020, Lorraine also received a CBE for services to broadcasting, journalism and charity.

Lorraine was elected Rector of Dundee University from 2004 to 2007. In June 2009, she was invited to be Honorary Colonel of the Black Watch Cadets. In 2019, she was awarded the title of National Honorary Colonel of the Army Cadet Force (ACF).

She is a keen charity supporter and is a patron of Help for Heroes and the STV Children’s Appeal.

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