Jennifer 'Jenni' Falconer (born 12 February 1976 in Glasgow)[1] is a Scottish television presenter.
After her family relocated to the South of England when she was 7, Falconer moved to Leeds in 1994 to study Spanish and Italian, with minors in Latin, Geography and Management Studies.[2] However, she dropped out after a couple of years.
Falconer made her television debut in 1994 as a contestant on Blind Date, and later presented BBC Scotland's Big Country and ITV's We Can Work It Out.[1] She was the main co-host of Entertainment Today from its launch on in 2000[1] until its end in July 2008 on GMTV. As of 2009 she presents travel segments for GMTV.
Her other work includes reporting on I'm a Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here! in Australia for GMTV in November 2005, becoming the host of the National Lottery Draws in September 2006 and hosting Cirque de Celebrité in October 2007. She has also actively participated in reality shows, winning BBC One's Only Fools on Horses in 2006. In the summer of 2007 Falconer starred as the 'hidden' celebrity in an episode of the CBBC gameshow Hider in the House. She was a contestant on All-Star Family Fortunes in December 2007. She also appeared on All-Star Mr and Mrs in February 2010. Falconer has also branched out into acting, having a role in Ecstasy, a film adaptation based on the #1 bestselling book Ecstasy: Three Tales of Chemical Romance by Irvine Welsh.[3]
She won the Sport Relief showjumping competition Only Fools on Horses riding an 8 year old 16 hands mare called J-Lo. Falconer has also posed for photographs in FHM dressed in a black brassiere and panties.[4]
Falconer is currently one of the hosts of the popular daytime quiz show Wordplay on Five.
In June 2009, she was unveiled as the face and body of Adore Moi underwear range by Ultimo.
In the Summer of 2009, Falconer was a guest presenter on STV's daily lifestyle show The Hour, alongside main anchor Stephen Jardine. She presented between 17–21 August. The Scottish magazine programme airs weekdays at 5pm.
Falconer lives in London with her fiancé James Midgley, an actor best known for his role in Cutting It, who now runs his own post production facility.[5]
On 11 August 2009 she announced that she had become engaged to long term partner James Midgley after he proposed in New York City, this announcement was jointly made on Twitter.[citation needed]
Falconer has described herself[6] as obsessed by handbags and high heel shoes, and has a collection of bags, both affordable high-street and designer. The designer bags are by Marc Jacobs, Mulberry, Chloe, Bracher Emden, Vivienne Westwood, Prada and Gucci - as well as a few vintage bags. She admitted in July 2007[6] that the most she had ever spent on a bag was £595 on a Mulberry bag, but that her boyfriend had bought her most expensive ones. When asked "How much is too much?" he said that she thought that too much was when you can't pay your bills. "It's one thing to have a great handbag, it's another to be able to buy food."[citation needed]
