Celebrity Fantasy Homes: Kelly Hoppen
06:00 am - 07:00 am, Saturday, March 28 on Really (44)
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Kelly Hoppen
Season 2, Episode 3
Interior designer Kelly Hoppen gets help from Gaby Roslin in her search for a rural property in Oxfordshire on a £3million budget
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Gaby Roslin
(Presenter)
Born:
July 12, 1964
in
Hendon
Best Known For:
Co-hosting The Big Breakfast
Early-life:
Born July 12, 1964, in Hendon. The oldest of two children, she had ambitions to become a TV presenter from the age of three. Her father Clive was a radio newsreader who used to sneak her into the office to watch the team at work. After getting an A-level in drama she went to stage school in Surrey.
Career:
Within a month of leaving she landed a job presenting the kids' show Hippo. Gaby later fronted the series Motormouth. Her big break came in 1992 when she was picked out of 1,000 hopefuls to present The Big Breakfast. In 1996, she was savaged by the critics for her live Channel 4 series, The Gaby Roslin Show. Today, her career is back on track. She has worked on Whatever You Want, co-presented Children in Need, The Terry and Gaby Show, The Holiday Show, and appeared on Most Haunted. She also starred in West End hit Chicago.
Quote:
'I'm definitely not your making jam and living in the country type.'
Trivia:
Roslin is a patron of children's cancer charity CLIC Sargent.
Kelly Hoppen
(Contributor)
Best Known For:
Being an interior designer and an investor on Dragons' Den.
Early-life:
Kelly Elaine Hoppen was born in Johannesburg in July 1959 into a Jewish family of Irish descent. She began her interior design career at the age of 16 when she was given the opportunity to design a family friend's kitchen. She never looked back.
Career:
She established Kelly Hoppen Interiors and her celebrity clients have included David and Victoria Beckham. She has designed homes, yachts and jets for private clients, and commercial projects such as hotels, restaurants and offices. She has written a number of design books. In 2011, she presented her own show on Channel 5 called Superior Interiors. In 2013, she became a dragon on BBC Two's Dragons' Den. She stayed with the show for three series. She has appeared as herself on Room 101, Tipping Point: Lucky Stars, and 8 Out of 10 Cats.
Quote:
'I grew up with money but I grew up in a world where you got up and went to work.'
Trivia:
Hoppen was made an MBE in 2009.
