Claudia Winkleman during the final of Strictly Come Dancing 2021 (Guy Levy/BBC/PA)
Claudia Winkleman shows no sign of slowing down as she celebrates her 50th birthday.
The presenter, who marks the milestone on Saturday, appears busier than ever with a new BBC Radio 2 show and book alongside her regular duties co-hosting Strictly Come Dancing.
Winkleman, known for her floppy black fringe, took over Graham Norton’s slot on Radio 2 last February after he quit to go to Virgin Radio.
And Quite, a collection of essays about her personal and professional lives, was published the previous October and became a Sunday Times top 10 bestseller.
Last year, she told the Women’s Health Going for Goal podcast she was excited by the prospect of reaching five decades.
“I love getting older… I can’t wait to be 50,” she said.
Winkleman said she wanted to look like veteran rockers Gene Simmons and Alice Cooper in her old age, adding: “So it’s not like I want to look young and bouncy and fresh.”
The host has been married to film producer Kris Thykier since 2000 and they have three children.
Sporting a different different style of fringe at the 1999 Baftas (PA)Winkleman at the premiere of the film Lady Salsa in 2001 (PA)Attending Christie’s auction house in London in 2002 (Yui Mok/PA)Arriving at the Glamour Woman of the Year Awards 2009 (PA)Winkleman hosting Strictly Come Dancing with Tess Daly in 2015 (BBC/PA)Arriving at BBC Wogan House to present the Radio 2 Saturday slot for the first time in 2021 (Jonathan Brady/PA)Claudia Winkleman and husband Kris Thykier at the premiere of Bond film No Time To Die in 2021 (Ian West/PA)
Claudia Winkleman busier than ever as she marks 50th birthday
