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| Giedroyc was born in ] in ] and grew up in ]. Her father, a history writer, is a ] who came to England in 1947. She is a ], and has ], ], ] ancestry. She attended the independent ] in ] and later attended ], ], where she took a degree in ]. <ref>{{web cite | url= http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/how-we-met-mel-giedroyc-and-sue-perkins-1046300.html | title= How We Met: Mel Giedroyc And Sue Perkins}}</ref> | Giedroyc was born in ] in ] and grew up in ]. Her father, a history writer, is a ] who came to England in 1947. She is a ], and has ], ], ] and ] ancestry. She attended the independent ] in ] and later attended ], ], where she took a degree in ]. <ref>{{web cite | url= http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/how-we-met-mel-giedroyc-and-sue-perkins-1046300.html | title= How We Met: Mel Giedroyc And Sue Perkins}}</ref> | ||
| She is married to Ben Morris, a TV director, with two children: Florence (born May 2002), and Vita (born February 2004). | She is married to Ben Morris, a TV director, with two children: Florence (born May 2002), and Vita (born February 2004). | ||
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| Mel Giedroyc | |
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| File:Giedroyc.jpgMel Giedroyc playing Boyka, a North Bosnian presenter, in Craig Christie's musical Eurobeat - Almost Eurovision | |
| Birth name | Clare Sophie Giedroyc |
| Born | (1968-06-15) 15 June 1968 (age 56) Epsom, Surrey, England |
| Nationality | British |
| Genres | Comedy |
| Spouse | Ben Morris |
| Notable works and roles | Mel and Sue Light Lunch |
Melanie ("Mel") Clare Sophie Giedroyc (Template:Pron-en or /ˈɡjɛdrɔɪtʃ/; born 5 June 1968, Epsom, Surrey) is an English television presenter, actress, and writer.
Personal life
Giedroyc was born in Epsom in Surrey and grew up in Leatherhead. Her father, a history writer, is a Polish-Lithuanian who came to England in 1947. She is a Roman Catholic, and has Belgian, Polish, Lithuanian and Belarussian ancestry. She attended the independent Oxford High School in Oxford and later attended Trinity College, Cambridge, where she took a degree in Modern Languages.
She is married to Ben Morris, a TV director, with two children: Florence (born May 2002), and Vita (born February 2004).
Her sister, Coky Giedroyc, is a TV director.
Mel and Sue
Giedroyc is best known for presenting comedy items alongside Sue Perkins. The two met whilst students at Cambridge and both were members of the famous Footlights comedy club.
As Mel and Sue, the duo were short-listed for the Daily Express Best Newcomers Award at the Edinburgh Festival in 1993. After a few years writing for French & Saunders, they hosted a lunchtime show on Channel 4 called Light Lunch (and the early evening version, Late Lunch).
Television projects
Giedroyc has also been a presenter on Channel 4's RI:SE. She narrated Celebrity Driving School in 2003. Some other ventures include being a contestant on the 2005 series of The Games, co-starring in the 2005 BBC One sitcom Blessed and co-presenting Richard Hammond's 5 O'Clock Show on ITV1. She was in one episode of The Vicar of Dibley.
Giedroyc was the sixth student to be voted out of Comic Relief does Fame Academy and was a celebrity judge on the 2007 edition of Making Your Mind Up along with John Barrowman. She starred as one of the presenters in the show EUROBEAT: Almost Eurovision! at the Edinburgh Fringe and subsequently in the West End at the Novello Theatre. She recently finished playing the Fairy Liquid in a production of Jack and the Beanstalk at London's Barbican theatre in December 2007. She is currently performing in a children's sketch show for the BBC, called Sorry I've Got No Head. In 2010 she was a celebrity guest team captain on What Do Kids Know? along with Rufus Hound, Joe Swash and Sara Cox on Watch (TV channel).
Mel has been a panellist on Five's The Wright Stuff in 2007, 2008 and most recently February 2010.
Books
- From Here to Maternity (ISBN 978-0091897505), is the diary based on her first pregnancy.
- Going Ga-Ga (ISBN 978-0091905910) follows a similar theme ("Is there life after birth?").
See also
References
External links
- IMDb
- Interview at Edinburgh Fringe Festival 2007
- Paul Theroff. Giedroyc family genealogy
- Profile of Mel Giedroyc
- Official Mel and Sue website (has not been updated in many years)
- Alumni of Trinity College, Cambridge
- English comedians
- English diarists
- British people of Belgian descent
- English people of Lithuanian descent
- English people of Polish descent
- English Roman Catholics
- English television presenters
- Fame Academy participants
- People from Epsom
- People from Leatherhead
- 1968 births
- Living people