Fiona Phillips
GMTV presenter Fiona Phillips was born in Canterbury, Kent on January 1st 1961.
BBC Kent has a detailed account of Fiona Phillips's childhood - after which she went to Southampton and the University of Birmingham.
Fiona Phillips has been GMTV's main anchorwoman presenting GMTV Today for the last eight years. Nearly all of that time was with Eamonn Holmes, of whom Fiona said when he decided to leave GMTV:
"I have spent more time with Eamonn than I have with my own husband. I will miss him more than words can say."
Fiona Phillips's husband is GMTV's Editor, Martin Frizell, and GMTV's website provides a very full biography and interesting account of her career.
Fiona Phillips partnered Brendan Cole in series 3 of Strictly Come Dancing.
After Fiona had decided to go on the dance show, her husband said to her 'I hope you don't get that Brendan'!
In spite of coming last in the judges' ranking (partly due to an illegal lift) in week one, Brendan and Fiona survived thanks to the audience vote.
In week two Brendan Cole and Fiona Phillips again failed to impress the judges but still survived. However, in week 3 Fiona and Brendan were voted out.
It had reportedly been a difficult time for Brendan and Fiona. According to The News of the World, Fiona had complained to the BBC that Cole was a bully.
In November 2007, it emerged that Fiona Phillips had turned down a job advising Gordon Brown.