Josie D'Arby (born 3 October 1972) is a
Welsh actress and
television presenter from
Newport,
Monmouthshire,
Wales.
Biography
D'Arby went to
Lliswerry High School in her younger years then went on to attend the
Anna Scher Theatre School, and later the
London School of Journalism.
D'Arby began a presenting career while still a student of acting at
RADA. In the early 1990s she presented on
Children's BBC and then on
SMart. She has since presented a number of high profile programmes including the
Bigger Breakfast (a spinoff from
The Big Breakfast) and
Top of the Pops. Recently she has been a presenter on the daytime TV show,
Loose Women,
Just Up Your Street, a talent show on BBC Wales, and
, a BBC regional programme in the West of England.
In 2003, she was a contestant in the first series of the
Channel 4 reality TV show,
The Games, where she came third and received a bronze medal. As a result of appearing on this, she later appeared on
Back To Reality, where she came fifth. She appeared in
The Games Champion of Champions, helping finalists from series 1 of The Games, to win this competition.
She has also worked in radio, as a co-presenter of
The Steve Wright Show for
BBC Radio 2.
D'Arby's first high-profile acting role was as WPC Jodie Finn, in the BBC drama,
Merseybeat from 2002-2003. From February 2005, she starred as Pealy Maghti, one of the presenters of the
BBC's spoof of 1980s science programming,
Look Around You. D'Arby has appeared in the
Channel Four sketch series...
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