Lauren Laverne Biography

Early Life

Lauren Laverne was born on 28th April 1978, Sunderland, England, in a joint family. Her father was a sociology lecturer at Newcastle University, where as her mother was a teacher.

She joined St. Mary’s R.C. Primary School during 1982. There she became friends with Marie Nixon and guitarist Kenickie. Later, she moved to St. Anthony’s Girls’ School from 1989-1994 where she met Emma Jackson.

In 1996, she passed her degree from City of Sunderland College. She also formed a teen punk band, Kenickie along with Laverne’s brother Peter, Marie du Santiago, Emmy-Kate Montrose and Johnny X.

Career

Lauren started her career as a singer. She was famous for her funny and acerbic interview style in her music on comedy panel shows including Never Mind the Buzzcocks and Have I Got News for You.

Her solo EP, Take These Flower Away, played at the Reading Festival made her top 20 for the only time in her singing career in 2000. Apart from this, she has provided guest vocals on the Divine Comedy’s 2004 single Come Home Billy Bird.

After rising as a singer, she also made her appearance in TV series. Her first television presenting job was Play UK’s series, The Alphabet Show, along with Chris Addison. She also presented Planet Pop and Loves Like A Dog for Channel 4, Fanorama for E4, Party in the Park and Pop for Five and Orange Playlist for ITV.

She is also a reporter of RI: SE. Besides reporting, she also presented a documentary for Sky One on the famous US hit TV show Buffy the Vampire Salary, called Buffy: Television with Bite.

On 6th May 2010, she co-hosted the Alternative Election night of Channel 4’s with Jimmy Carr, David Mitchelle, and Charlie Booker. Likewise, she also rejoined Channel 4’s satirical news program called 10 O’s Clock Live as a co-host in the same year.

Moreover, she has published her own first novel Candypop- Candy and the Broken Biscuits on her journey in the world’s biggest musical festival, Glastonbury, in 2010. Currently, she has been hosting a radio show on BBC 6 Music.

Personal Life

Firstly, Lauren was in a love affair with a music journalist Taylor Parkes while in Kenickie. Later, she was linked with Malcolm Middleton, a Scottish musician.

Lauren married DJ Graeme Fisher in Country Durham. The husband-wife dated few year and tied the knot in August 2005 and are residing in the city of Muswell Hill London. In 2007, she became a mother at the age of 29 with the birth of her child Fergus James.

She also announced that she was pregnant with their second child on her BBC Radio 6 Music. And on 20th September 2010, she gave birth to her second child, Mark.

Net Worth

Lauren is one of the successful British celebrity who has earned name and fame from her career as a singing, television presenter, author, and comedian. Though there is no exact figure regarding her net worth, looking at her lavish lifestyle she probably has a net worth in seven figures. She with her husband also owns a flat located in Sunderland.