Presenting three weather bulletins a day along with interviewing some of the world's biggest names in entertainment , Lara Lewington's life is pretty busy. Yet she loves her work, and at only 29 already has a huge wealth of TV presenting and journlistic experience...
The Weather
Since January 2003 Lara's been the face of Five's weather; being seen every weekday, come rain or shine, at the end of each of Five's news programmes (12.30pm, 5pm and 7pm).
Showbiz
With a light touch and disarmingly charming style, Lara's interviewees often reveal more than they should. Funny, chatty and not to be underestimated, Lara asks the questions - and gets the answers - on the matters we all want to hear about.
Whether it’s reporting from star studded events, a sit down chat or making a news package on breaking stories from the world of entertainment, Lara’s cheeky charm always gets the best out of people. The list of interviewees huge including J Lo, Halle Berry, Michael Douglas, Leonardo Di Caprio, Cameron Diaz, Joan Collins, Tom Cruise, David Schwimmer, Will Smith, Matt Damon, J Lo, Alice Cooper, Jerry Springer and scores of others.
Prior to her days at Five News, Lara was working for the BBC’s Liquid News and was already interviewing some of showbiz's biggest names.
Journalism
Lara's an NCTJ trained journalist and currently writes a weekly newspaper showbiz column and occassional pieces for the Mail on Sunday.
TV Presenting
Lara has hundreds of hours of live studio and location experience in news, programmes and entertainment. She's been on countless shows including ITV’s Celebrities Exposed, Five‘s Greatest Ever Movies, Five's Milkshake, Channel 4’s Ri:se and Five's Cooking The Books.
A regular panellist and 'talking head', Lara can currently be seen worldwide on E!. She’s appeared as a celebrity guest on a host of programmes including BBC1's The Weakest Link: News and Weather Presenter special and BBC1’s Superstars: The Battle of the Channels, had a weekly cameo role on ITV1’s The Impressionable Jon Culshaw, and made regular appearances on ITV1’s Win, Lose or Draw.
Things you mightn't know...
Lara's tried her hand at acting too, working alongside Paul Whitehouse in BBC2 comedy, Happiness. She even unexpectedly found herself in the Hollywood Blockbuster Superman Returns, presenting the weather on a monitor in the Daily Planet newsroom.
Lara is engaged to Money Saving Expert Martin Lewis