Laura Jackson (presenter)


Laura Emma Jackson is an English television presenter and columnist. She presented the quiz shows Ready or Not on BBC One and on ITV2.

Early life and education

Jackson was born in Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, and raised in Kirkburton. She has four siblings. She was educated at Shelley College.

Career

Jackson was spotted while working as a receptionist at Shoreditch House, a members club and hotel in London. She began her career presenting the T4 music show Freshly Squeezed alongside Nick Grimshaw, and went on to present on on ITV2, This Morning on ITV, The Clothes Show on BBC One and Big Brother's Little Brother on Channel 4. In 2018, she hosted Ready or Not on BBC One.
She runs an East London supper club, Jackson&Levine, with Alice Levine. Jackson and Levine are food columnists for Elle, Marie Claire and Company magazine, and have published a cookbook. They also have a homeware line with Habitat.

Personal life

Jackson married photographer Jonathan Gorrigan in 2017. They had their first child, a daughter named Sidney Frances, in May 2019.