Kirsty Gallacher Bio | Wiki
Kirsty Gallacher ( Full name: Kirsty Jane Gallacher) is a Scottish television presenter and model. She started her career at Sky Sports News in 1998. Kirsty hosted Kirsty’s Home Videos, RI: SE, and Simply the Best prior to returning to Sky Sports News where she worked from 2011 to 2018. She has co-presented The Great British Breakfast on GB News. Since June 2021.
Kirsty Gallacher Age
She was born on January 20, 1976, in Edinburgh, Scotland, UK. Kirsty is 46 years old.
Kirsty Gallacher Height
She is a woman of average stature. Kirsty stands at the height of 5 ft 5 in ( Approx 1.65 m).
Kirsty Gallacher Family
She was born to her parents in Edinburgh, Scotland. The family moved south to Virginia Water, England after Kirsty’s father got a job as a professional at Wentworth Golf Club. By then Kirsty was only 18 months old. She and her younger brother and sister were raised on the Wentworth Estate. Their close neighbors included Bruce Forsyth. Her sister Laura is married to an English comedian and actor called Russell Brand.
Kirsty Gallacher Dad | Father
Her father Bernard Gallacher is a 73-year-old Scottish professional golfer who was born on February 9, 1949, in Bathgate, Scotland. Bernard stands tall at 5 ft 9 in ( Approx 1.75 m) and weighs 175 lb (79 kg; 12.5 st). He took up golf at the age of eleven and won the Lothians Golf Association Boys Championship in1965. In 1967, he won the Scottish Amateur Open Stroke Play Championship and turned professional golfer the same year.
Kirsty Gallacher Husband | Partner | Married
She was married to rugby player Paul Sampson. The couple was hitched in 2010. They gave birth to two sons before they split in 2015. Kirsty is the cousin of golfer Stephen Gallacher. The journalist was named patron of Hibernian Women at the end of February 2013.
Kirsty Gallacher Education
She attended school at Coworth Flexlands before joining St George’s School in Ascot, Berkshire.
Kirsty Gallacher Sky Sports News | Sky
She was approached by Mark Sharman, then deputy head of sport at Sky, at a Ryder Cup dinner. Kirsty started working as a production assistant in 1996. She later moved on to the position of editorial assistant on Sky Sports. In 1998, she got her presenting break on Sky Sports News and since then, she has been associated with many other sports shows such as 90 Minutes, Kirsty and Phil (on BBC Radio 5 Live), Soccer Extra, and Soccer AM.
Kirsty hosted the Sky One show called Kirsty’s Home Videos, a satellite equivalent of ITV’s You’ve Been Framed! from 2000 to 2004. Viewers of this show send home videos to be screened. Kirsty presented the morning show RI: SE in 2002. In 2004, she started the show Simply the Best. Kirsty presented the All-Star Cup on Sky1 in 2005 and also on ITV in 2006. The journalist has made guest appearances on shows such as They Think It’s All Over and A Question of Sport.
Kirsty’s Colleagues At Sky News Include:
Hind Hassan– correspondent
Kirsty Gallacher – presenter
Mark Austin – presenter
Deborah Haynes– Editor
Kirsty Gallacher Saturday Night Takeaway
Kirsty presented the popular strand called Ant vs Dec on Ant & Dec’s Saturday Night Takeaway. She won the third series of the popular Channel 4 reality television series The Games in 2005. Then, she presented in 2006 alongside Jamie Theakston. Kirsty released a DVD entitled Body Sculpt with Kirsty Gallacher in December 2005 in which she shows a variety of workouts. She co-presented the BBC reality TV show Only Fools on Horses in July 2006.
The journalist presented the new version of Gladiators on Sky One in 2008 alongside Ian Wright. However, she did not return for the second series. On 30 August 2008, Gallacher appeared on Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? with Duncan Bannatyne. Apart from that, Kirsty guest presented GMTV in August 2010 alongside Lorraine for two weeks and Lorraine on ITV Breakfast. She returned to Sky Sports in May 2011 to present for Sky Sports News.
Kirsty Gallacher GB News
It was confirmed on August 27, 2015, that Kirsty would be taking part in the 2015 series of Strictly Come Dancing. Another announcement was made on September 5, 2015, that Kirsty would be paired with professional dancer Brendan Cole for the series. However, the pair was eliminated on week 6; finishing eleventh. It was announced in May 2018 that Kirsty was leaving Sky Sports.
Another announcement made on March 29, 2021, stated that the journalist would be joining GB News to present a breakfast program on the channel. H In December 2021, she left GB News after discovering she had a benign tumor in her inner ear canal which was causing Tinnitus. Kirsty said that the early starts for the news channel were exacerbating her symptoms. She hosted for the first time on Smooth Radio on April 2021, starting at 4:00 pm BST.
Kirsty Gallacher Salary
She is a tv and radio broadcaster, and sports & fitness instructor with an average salary of $112,693 per year.
Kirsty Gallacher Net Worth
She is a Scottish television presenter and model. Kirsty has an estimated net worth of $7,693,414
How Old Is Kirsty Gallacher
Kirsty is 46 years old. She was born on January 20, 1976, in Edinburgh, Scotland, UK.
Is Kirsty Gallacher Married
She was married to rugby player Paul Sampson in 2010. They gave birth to two sons before they split in 2015.