Susanna Reid : Personal Life
Born on 1970 in Croydon, south London, Susanna Victoria Reid celebrates her birthday on the 10th of December. She received her early education from Croham Hurst School, Croydon High School and St. Paul’s Girls’ School in London. Her father worked as a management consultant and her mother was a nurse.
She has 2 sisters and was the youngest of them. When she was just 9 years old, her parents separated and divorced. Reid pursued Politics, Philosophy and Law at the University of Bristol, where she was offered the opportunity to serve as the editor of the student newspaper, Epigram, which was listed by The Guardian as one of the “Best Student Newspaper” in 1991.
Later she went for a Postgraduate Diploma in Broadcast Journalism at Cardiff School of Journalism. She made her acting debut as an adolescent, with Shirley Anne Field in Agatha Christie’s Spider’s Web.
She currently lives in Balham, south London. She had married Dominic Cotton, a former sports correspondent in 1998 but the couple separated in 2014 after 16 years of marriage and raising 3 children together. As a football lover, she is a fan of Crystal Palace FC.
Susanna Reid : Professional Life
Susanna Reid started as a reporter and producer for Radio 5 Live. Then she moved on to BBC News 24, serving there for 2 years as a reporter. Her position as a presenter was fixed when the 23:00 presenter didn’t arrive one night and luckily, she was chosen to be the stand-in for the time being. She was three months pregnant with her first child at the time.
In 1998, she reported for Breakfast News. As one of the main presenters on BBC Breakfast, she took on the role for a new program Sunday Morning Live, stepping down from the position of presenter at Breakfast. She got the chance to be the lead presenter in April 2012 along with Bill Turnbill, as the main weekday presenter. She had also worked as the news reader on The Andrew Marr Show.
She took the role of main show presenter for the first time 10th March, 2013, after Marr had taken an extended leave due to a stroke. She was able to cover the 2009 Oscars live from Los Angeles and the 2010 Oscars as well. She became the runner-up in the eleventh series of Strictly Come Dancing in December, 2013. Reid presented the New Year Live on 31st December, replacing Gabby Logan.
ITV were trying to bring Reid over to their side on February 2014 offering her a salary of 1 million pound. On 3rd March 2014, Reid’s move to ITC was confirmed by BBC, for a rival breakfast program Good Morning Britain, co-hosting alongside Ben Shepherd and Piers Morgan. She was named the Newsreader of the Year by the Television and Radio Industries Clubs in March, 2014.
Susanna Reid : Social Media
As the beloved morning show presenter, Susanna Reid has gained a lot a popularity in social media platforms.
Available as @susannareid100 on Twitter, she has amassed 480 thousand fans and followers, tweeting around 26600 times till date. Also available on Instagram as @susannareid100, her followers amount to 153 thousand. Her popularity clearly pronounces how successful her career has turned out to be.
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Susanna Reid : Net Worth and Salary
Reid was brought over to ITV’s morning show after she was offered a salary of 1million pounds annually. The 47-year-old has had a dream-like career until now and she only continues to progress terrifyingly fast.
The lady with a million pound salary has a current estimated net worth of $10 million. This enormous amount certainly reflects her success as a journalist.
She has been able to assemble a huge amount of salary due to her hard work and dedication still her actual salary figure isn't figure.
Susanna Reid : News and Updates
On the occasion of Valentine’s day, the famous ITV morning show host, Susanna Reid decided to post her photo without a single hint of make-up on, quite opposite from the glamorous, glistening Ried that her audience is used to.
And still, contradictory to what you might imagine, the 47-year-old looked absolutely beautiful in her make-up free original form. She posted “Happy Valentine’s #ThisOne #Bae #DateNight #NotActuallyMyValentine” while posing with her green-eyed-cat.
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