Fiona Phillips

Born in Canterbury on January 1st 1961 and educated in Southampton, Fiona graduated from the University of Birmingham with a B.A. (Hons) in English. She gained a Post Graduate Certificate in radio journalism, before starting her career in independent radio working for local stations County Sound, Hereward Radio and Radio Mercury.

Fiona made her move from radio to television several years later, joining BBC's South and East Weekend Programme as co-presenter. She then took a job as a reporter with Sky News, later moving on to become the station's entertainment's editor, producing, reporting and presenting Sky News' entertainment output.

She joined GMTV at the beginning of 1993 as entertainment correspondent and was promoted to GMTV/Reuters Television's LA correspondent in December 1993. For over two years Fiona provided daily/weekly reports and covered a number of big news stories including the Michael Jackson alleged child molestation case, the LA earthquake, the OJ Simpson trial and the Oscars. She also interviewed some of the screen's hottest names from Leonardo di Caprio and Clint Eastwood, to Brad Pitt and Mel Gibson.

In l996 Fiona was nominated for the RTS Interview of the Year Award.

Fiona has presented the celebrity lifestyle show, 'OK! TV', plus Carlton's entertainment guide 'Good Stuff', LWT`s Friday evening entertainment show 'Start the Weekend', and 'Rich and Famous' series. She also took part in the BBC`s `Strictly Come Dancing` series and has presented ITV 1`s Baby House. She also took part in the ground breaking programme The Killer in Me (ITV1). Fiona currently writes a weekly column for 'The Mirror'.

She is involved in numerous charity organisations and is patron of Barnardos, Alzheimer`s Society, Age Concern, Richard House Hospice, Mildmay Mission Hospital and the Down`s Syndrome Society.

Fiona is married to GMTV's Editor, Martin Frizell. They have two sons, Nathanial, born on May 28th 1999 and Mackenzie, born on May 14th 2002.