CHARLOTTE Hawkins found fame as a a newsreader.
She is best known for being on Good Morning Britain, but what else do we know about her? Here's the star's story...
Who is Charlotte Hawkins?
Charlotte Hawkins is a newsreader and co-host of Good Morning Britain on ITV, who lives in Surrey.
She was born in Chichester, West Sussex.
Before finding fame, she had a job flipping burgers at Goodwood Racecourse, before studying English Literature at the University of Manchester and broadcast journalism the London College of Printing.
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Where has Charlotte Hawkins worked?
Charlotte began her career as a newsreader for ITN in 1999 and also as a reporter for LBC Radio.
She first found telly fame through Meridian Tonight in 2003, and went on to host Sky's show Sunrise with Eamonn Holmes in 2006.
After occasional appearance on This Morning as a reviewer, she then returned to ITV in 2014 when GMB was launched, alongside the other three main hosts Susanna Reid, Ben Shephard and Sean Fletcher.
In March 2018, it was announced that she would be taking place in the BBC v ITV Sport Relief rowing challenge.
She was on a team with former Towie star Ferne McCann, Coronation Street’s Nicola Thorp, Emmerdale’s Chris Bisson, Benidorm’s Jake Canuso and Love Island star Chris Hughes.
Is Charlotte Hawkins in a relationship?
In 2008, Charlotte married her boyfriend of five years Matt Herbert, at Chichester Cathedral.
They had a daughter together, called Ella Rose, in February 2015.
This meant Charlotte took maternity leave from Good Morning Britain from January to June that year.
When was Charlotte Hawkins on Strictly Come Dancing?
In the 2017 series of Strictly, Charlotte was paired up with Brendan Cole for what turned out to be his final season.
During her time on the show, she came under intense scrutiny by the judges panel - causing several spats between them and Brendan who jumped to her defence.
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Shortly after, Brendan announced he had been axed from the show after fifteen series - and he announced his removal from the show on ITV's Lorraine.
He told her: “It’s quite, actually, hard to talk about. The BBC haven’t renewed my contract. We get contracted year upon year. They’ve made an editorial decision to not have me back on the show. I’m a little bit in shock. I’m quite emotional, a bit raw about it."
Talking on GMB the next day, Charlotte said: "That makes it look like it's my fault, like it was my dancing that was the last straw."
Her co-host Piers Morgan said: "You have to ask, were you so bad?"
"I hope it was nothing to do with me. It's a BBC decision. I think it's really sad. He's been there from the start and done 15 series," she responded.
"He is the one that spoke his mind. He did have my back when the judges were being harsh during criticisms."
