Laura Jackson
Laura Emma Jackson (born 30 April 1986) is a TV broadcaster and co-founder of homeware brand Glassette. She presented the quiz shows Ready or Not on BBC One and Take Me Out: The Gossip on ITV2
Jackson was born in Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, and raised in Kirkburton. She has four siblings. She was educated at Shelley College.
Jackson was spotted while working as a receptionist at Shoreditch House, a members club and hotel in London. She began her career presenting the T4 music show Freshly Squeezed alongside Nick Grimshaw, and went on to present on Take Me Out: The Gossip on ITV2, This Morning on ITV, The Clothes Show on BBC One and Big Brother's Little Brother on Channel 4. In 2018, she hosted Ready or Not on BBC One.
She ran an East London supper club, Jackson&Levine, with Alice Levine. Jackson and Levine are food columnists for Elle, Marie Claire and Company magazine, and have published a cookbook. They also have a homeware line with Habitat.
Jackson married photographer Jonathan Gorrigan in 2017. They had their first child, a daughter named Sidney Frances, in May 2019.
In 2021, Jackson went onto start her homeware brand Glassette which she co-founded with Daniel Crow.
Acting
TV
This Morning
as Self
1988
TV
Pointless Celebrities
as Self - Contestant
2011
TV
The Weakest Link
as Self - Participant
2021
TV
Stand By Your Man
2014
Impractical Jokers
as Narrator
2012
TV
The Wright Stuff
as Self - Guest Panelist
2000
TV
100% Hotter
as Self - Narrator (voice)
2016
TV
The Great Big Tiny Design Challenge
as Self - Judge
2022
TV
Celebrity Catchphrase
as Self - Contestant
2018
TV
Britain's Best Beach Huts
as Presenter
2023
Celebrity Super Spa
as Self - Presenter
2013
Big Brother's Bit on the Psych
as Self - VT Presenter
2013
Celebrity Advice Bureau
as Self
2016
The Luke McQueen Pilots
as Self - Presenter
2018