Sophie McDonnell

Sophie McDonnell
Birth name	Sophie McDonnell
Born	(1976-02-03) 3 February 1976 Preston, Lancashire, England
Genres	Pop
Occupation(s)	Television presenter, radio presenter, singer
Years active	1998–present

Sophie McDonnell (born 3 February 1976) is an English television/radio presenter and former singer. She was a member of the group Precious, the UK entry for the Eurovision Song Contest in 1999 at which they placed 12th. She later presented children's television for CBBC until 2006.

Biography

Sophie McDonnell was born in Preston, Lancashire and worked as a model and actress before joining girl band Precious. She has acted in Emmerdale, which is a British soap opera.

She presented in-vision links on the CBBC channel up until summer 2006, and presented The Big Toe Radio Show on BBC7 from 2006 to 2009. She presented the final series of 50/50 on CBBC and co-hosted the channel's coverage of Comic Relief Does Fame Academy in 2005.

In 2007, McDonnell starred in a production of Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs at the Kings Theatre, Southsea.

Filmography

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1999	Eurovision Song Contest	Herself	Part of girl band Precious
2000	Emmerdale	Guest role
2002–06	CBBC	Herself	Continuity presenter
2004	Stupid!	Herself	Episode: Human Food
2005	Comic Relief Does Fame Academy	Herself	Co-presenter of CBBC's coverage
	50/50	Herself	Main presenter for final series
	Bamzooki	Herself	Guest presenter
2006–09	BBC 7	Herself	Main presenter

External links

• Sophie McDonnell at IMDb