Emma Willis Biography
Emma Willis (Full name: Emma Louise Willis) is an English television presenter and former model born on 8th March 1976 in Birmingham, West Midlands. She is a presenter on The Voice Uk 2018 and a former Big Brother presenter.
Emma attended Wylde Green Primary and later joined Sutton Coldfield. At the age of 17, she began modeling and was signed by Models One. She has worked for magazines, retailers, and companies such as Marie Claire, Elle, Vogue, GAP and Chanel. In 2015 she became the celebrity ambassador for Gillette Venus and Oral-B.
In 2012 she got her big break as a presenter on MTV and has since presented many shows. Since 2013 she has presented Big Brother and Celebrity Big Brother and has also presented its spin-off show Big Brother’s Bit until 2015.
Emma Willis Maiden Name
Emma’s maiden name is Griffiths
Emma Willis Age
Emma Louise Willis is an English television presenter and former model. She was born on 18 March 1976 in Birmingham, West Midlands.
Emma Willis Parents
Her parents are Cathy Griffiths, a theatre assistant and Steve Griffiths a postman. Emma said that she thought she would end up in healthcare just as her parents. She once said: “I loved blood and stuff.”
In 2017 she took to Instagram where she posted a photo of her parents and her sisters, people were quick to notice the likeness between her dad and Piers Morgan.
During an interview on Loose Women, Emma said that her decision to have a third child was inspired by her mother as she also had her sister at 40.
“I was getting to 40 and my mum was 40 when she had my sister and it was her third and I probably thought I’d be the same because I’m obsessed with my mum. She’s amazing.”
Emma Willis Sisters
Emma has two sisters an older sister Sharon and a younger one Rebecca
Emma Willis Husband
Emma revealed during an interview that she surprised herself when she fell in love with Matt who was a pop star from an uncool band and had a drinking problem as she had developed a ‘radar for good guys’.
‘I think I surprised myself. I remember going home to my mum and dad’s with this 21-year-old guy with tattoos everywhere and a blue Mohican and not quite explaining what was going on because I wasn’t quite sure myself. We were there for a couple of hours and Matt was just chatting away. My mum thought he was great and from the start, both of them were really supportive.’
Matt had a stint in rehab, she revealed that he had a meltdown after his then band ‘Busted’ broke up and he had to deal with music magazines reveling in their downfall.
‘It wasn’t like he went into rehab and that was it. It took time and I understood it was going to be like that. He had a lot of problems. But you don’t walk away from someone because they have problems. You have to see who they are underneath all that, and I could see who Matt was. I could see this decent, funny bloke just struggling, and I was going to be there.’
Emma Willis Wedding
Emma and Watt Willis got married in 2008 at Rushton Hall, Northamptonshire. The wedding was featured in OK magazine. Ten years later in 2018, they renewed their vows in the same place they originally married.
During an interview on Lorraine Watt explained the reason the couple decided to have a second wedding ten years on.
“The day after we got married, Emma said to me, she was devastated that the wedding was over because she had planned it for such a long time, she was really upset and she said, ‘We are coming back here in ten years and we are doing it all again!’ I was, ‘Alright, fine’.
I put it to the back of my mind. Every year she was ‘Nine years left, eight years left’ and then she was like, ‘Party time!’ and I was like, ‘Oh we are doing this?’ It was really fun. Stephen Mulhern did the ceremony. It felt like a roasting. I stood there and had the mickey taken out of me for 20 minutes. It was an amazing day.”
Emma Willis Kids
Emma and Watt have three children, two daughters Isabelle born on June 2009 and Trixie Grace Willis born on May 2016, and a son, Ace Willis, born on November 2011.
Emma Willis Children’s Names
Her first child, a daughter is called Isabelle. Her second child, a son is called Ace, and her third child, a girl is called Trixie.
Emma Willis Net Worth
Throughout her career, she has been recognized for her presenting talents, and in September 2013, she received a longlist nomination for Most Popular Entertainment Presenter at the National Television Awards 2014. Emma also took away the Glamour Award for Presenting in the same year. Emma has an estimated net worth of $3 million dollars as of 2019.
Emma Willis Model
At the age of 15, Emma was spotted by a Birmingham model agency. At the age of 17, she was picked by Models One. She once said that her family accompanied her to the agency.
‘It was like a scene from that comedy, Bread. My family does everything together so they all came with me to the agency. I was told I’d be taken on if I cut all my hair off and dyed it dark brown. The plan was that I’d move into the agency flat with three other girls and see what happened.
I wanted to do it, mainly because I was really into the boy band Bros and I knew Bros lived in London, but my family couldn’t afford it so it wasn’t going to happen.’ She has worked for a range of magazines, retailers, and companies including Marie Claire, Elle, Vogue, GAP, and Chanel.
Emma Willis TV Presenter
Emma Watkins ITV
Emma began her TV career in 2002 as a presenter on MTV before presenting various other shows, including guest-hosting shows such as CD: UK, This Morning and Loose Women.
In 2007 Emma joined ITV2 as a presenter for the spin-off series I’m a Celebrity…Get Me Out of Here! NOW! with her husband, Matt, until she left in 2008. Between 2008 and 2014 she presented numerous episodes of The Hot Desk.
In 2012 Emma began a permanent presenter on This Morning where she presented segments in ‘The Hub’ until 2014 when the feature was terminated.
In 2012 and 2013 she ‘Girlfriend’, a reality show on ITV2. She was drafted into guest anchor ‘Loose Women’ on 16th November 2012 and has since presented on several occasions as a stand-in presenter.
Willis began co-presenting ‘Sunday Morning Breakfast’ with Stephen Mulhern across the Heart network on 5th August 2012.
Emma Watkins Big Brother
Willis guest-hosted the tenth week of Big Brother’s Big Mouth in 2007. In 2010 she began presenting Celebrity Big Brother’s Big, a Celebrity Big Brother online spin-off show. She was also the co-presenter on the final series of Big Brother’s Little Brother alongside George Lamb.
She also co-presented Big Brother’s Little Brother. In 2011 she rejoined Channel 5 to present the spin-off show Big Brother’s Bit on the Side.
On 2nd April it was announced that Emma was the new host of Big Brother on Channel 5 replacing Dowling. She began presenting the fourteenth series of Big Brother on 13th June 2013.
Emma continued to host the spin-off show Bit on the Side alongside Rylan Clark until 2nd February 2015 when she presented her final edition of Bit on the Side that night. Clark took over as the main presenter of the spin-off.
Emma Watkins BBC
Emma joined BBC on 11th January 2014, as a replacement for Holly Willoughby, as a co-presenter on the BBC One talent show The Voice UK alongside JLS singer Marvin Hume. The show was renewed for two other seasons by BBC until it was axed in 2006. In 2017 the show moved to ITV for its sixth season.
Emma Willis TV Shows
Delivering Babies The Circle Since – 2018
Big Brother (UK) 2000 – ;
Celebrity Big Brother 2001 – ;
The Voice UK Since – 2012
This Morning Since – 1988
The Voice Kids Since – 2017
Who Do You Think You Are? Since – 2004
Big Brother’s Little Brother Since – 2001
I’m a Celebrity…Get Me Out of Here! NOW! Girlfri3nds – 2012 – 2013
Text Santa 2011 – 2015
ITV Specials Since – 2008
Live from Studio Five – 2009 – 2011
Prized Apart – 2015
I’m a Celebrity Get Me Out of Here Now Since – 2003
The Hot Desk – 2007 – 2017
Prize Island – 2013
What Would Be Your Miracle? Your Song Since – 2017
Big Brother TRL UK 2003 – 2005
Brit Awards – 2017
Reality Bites – 2015
Girlfriends – ;
On TV with Sara Wallis: Emma Willis’ The Circle ‘both horrifying and fascinating’
“We are live on Channel 4 and it feels so good to be here!” yelled Emma Willis in front of a live studio audience. Flashback to Davina on Big Brother circa 2000. I assume contestants are still not allowed to swear.
The Circle returned this week – the stand-out reality contest from last year but now with Willis for extra cool TV points.
In essence, it’s social media in action on the telly. It’s Big Brother for the modern age – instead of living together in a house, the contestants sit alone in separate apartments glued to social media. Just like real life. What a depressing thought.
Set to give us a reason for existence at 10 pm most nights for nearly a month, we will watch strangers communicate through a voice-activated platform called The Circle.
Yes, voice-activated. Which means lots of excruciating emoji descriptions. “Open message, how are you this morning babe? Winky face, double heart emoji, crying with laughter face, end message.” By next week, we’ll all be talking like that and hating ourselves for it.
Players can be whoever they want to be on their Circle profiles – last year’s winner Alex pretended to be a woman called Kate for the entire show.
“What does it take to be a successful catfish?” Emma quizzed Alex. Preparation and confidence, he said. Should we really be glamorizing this? At this point I’m as horrified as I am fascinated, and yet… I am still watchin.
The players, all vying to win £100,000, only have to be the most popular. That’s it. No song and dance, no baking a cake, no human interaction, straight down to business.
They are a mixed bag. Among them, professor, ex-monk and Robin Williams look alike Tim; Katie, pretending to be her son Jay; James, pretending to be a single mum; and Woody, son of famous folks Zoe Ball and Norman Cook.
Emma announced the first “cruel twist, shock face emoji” – the players had to rate each other on first impressions.
“We have to rate them before we even talk to them!?” wailed model Emelle, astonished. Imagine that. Judging people on social media without knowing them. Nah, never heard such nonsense.
Poor Emelle was blocked within about 24 hours. Brutal. This viewing is good for ratings but it’s not good for the soul, and yet I still seem to be watching. In other news, the nation’s favorite embarrassing uncle Richard Madeley entered to “stir things up a bit” as a 27-year-old called Judy.
Emma Willis’ Next style edit has everything you need for winter
he high street retailer is best known for its casual styles and affordable prices for good quality products- and with the help of Emma Willis is attracting more fashion lovers than ever.
The styles brought to life in the star’s latest edit include plenty of chunky knits, wide-leg trousers, longline coats- and other staple designs you need for a winter wardrobe update.
The presenter has released previous style edits with the top store which have had huge success and now there is lots of inspiration for fashion fans found in their latest collaboration too.
Throughout the collection is plenty of styles and color variation with pinks, reds, greys, and nudes all prime colors- and in all shapes and sizes.
The latest styles including the wide leg trouser and asymmetric shaped skirts- it’s looking to be a hit with those wanting fast fashion at high street prices.
Emma Willis Shirts
Emma Willis shirt maker in London, trained at The Slade School of Art before starting her business in 1987, designing and making men’s luxury bespoke and ready to wear shirts, all made in England.
In 1999 she opened her elegant and intimate shop in Jermyn street, on the corner of St James’ and in 2010 her English shirt-making factory in the center of historic Gloucester. Her philosophy is to adhere to traditional English shirt-making techniques, using luxurious Swiss and West Indian Sea Island Cottons, Linens, Cashmere Cottons, and Silks.
Her International clientele includes HRH The Prince of Wales, Benedict Cumberbatch, David Gandy, and Daniel Craig. On 20 September, the store will host an evening event from 6-7.30pm.
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