Anne Foy
{{Short description|British TV presenter (born 1986)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2023}}
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|birth_date={{birth date and age |df=yes|1986|1|23}}
|occupation=TV presenter, actress
|years_active=2001–present
|birth_place=Langold, Nottinghamshire, England
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{{cite web
|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/cbbc/cbbcstars/cbbc_star.shtml?anne_foy
|title=Anne Foy profile
|work=CBBC Stars
|publisher=BBC
|year=2007
|accessdate=1 September 2007
}}
{{cite web
|url=http://annefoy.co.uk
|title=Official site
|publisher=Concorde International Artistes
|accessdate=3 September 2007
|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070915103718/http://www.annefoy.co.uk/
|archivedate=15 September 2007
|url-status=dead
}}
in Langold, Worksop{{cite news |title=What my family means to me |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/cbbcnews/hi/newsid_6560000/newsid_6568300/6568349.stm |publisher=BBC News |date=2007-04-19 |access-date=2024-07-24}}) is a children's television presenter for the BBC. Until March 2008, she worked for the CBBC Channel and on CBBC. She can currently be heard as the voiceover on the music channel 4Music.
Recent work
Anne has been presenting CBBC weekdays on BBC One or on CBBC Extra on Saturday mornings. Anne appears on Stitch Up!, setting up unsuspecting members of the public to be humiliated for the benefit of the cameras. She has made appearances on The Saturday Show and in the summer of 2003 she presented Britain's Amazing Mates.
Anne is the voice of the female veterinarian in CBBC's online game "Vet Set Go"{{cite web | url = https://www.bbc.co.uk/cbbc/games/play/play_tz.shtml | title = CBBC Games – T-Z | publisher = BBC }} and hosted the BIG GIG 2005 (an event with over 21,000 girl guides). In the Easter holidays, Anne carried out various tasks for the entertainment of CBBC viewers such as abseiling down a cliff face and learning to drive a tractor. Anne had also done some radio work on BBC 7's The Big Toe Show.
Anne was spotted by a CBBC producer in 2001 after appearing on a CBBC show called DIY TV, hosted by Josie d'Arby, where young people made their own television show.{{cite web | url = http://www.bbc.co.uk/communicate/archive/josie_darby/page1.shtml | title = DIY TV Interview with Josie D'Arby | publisher = BBC }} Anne went on to present the hidden-camera
show, Stitch Up!. In between causing Mayhem on the streets and dressing in a series of ridiculous costumes, Anne went on to star in the CBBC sitcom Bad Penny playing the lead role.
{{cite web
|url=http://www.deanwilkinson.co.uk/badpenny.html
|title=Bad Penny
|work=Dean Wilkinson website
|publisher=Dean Wilkinson
|year=2004
|accessdate=3 September 2007
|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070928191012/http://www.deanwilkinson.co.uk/badpenny.html
|archivedate=28 September 2007
|url-status=dead
}}
It wasn't long before CBBC asked her to guest-present their summer location tour in 2003, with Anne becoming a full-time face on CBBC in early 2004. She left CBBC in March 2008.{{cite web |date=2015 |title=CBBC 30th anniversary: Hacker's Birthday Bash |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/latestnews/2015/cbbc-30th-anniversary-bash |access-date=2024-07-28 |website=BBC Media Centre |publisher=BBC}}
Personal life
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Foy married Sam Nixon{{cite web | url=https://whiteroseweddings.blogspot.com/2013/01/sam-nixon-wedding.html | title=White Rose Weddings, Celebrations & Events: Sam Nixon Wedding | date=9 January 2013 }} in December 2012. They have a daughter, Meridon (born in 2014{{cite web |title=TV duo Sam and Mark become dads within days of each other |url=https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/midlands-news/tv-duo-sam-mark-become-8039372 |website=Birmingham Mail |date=3 November 2014 |access-date=23 July 2024}}), and a son, Doyle together.
References
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External links
- {{Cite web|url=http://www.badpenny-online.co.uk/cast.html |title=Bad Penny – Meet the Cast |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070207075615/http://www.badpenny-online.co.uk/cast.html |archivedate=7 February 2007 }}
- {{Cite web | url = http://annefoy.co.uk | title = AnneFoy.co.uk | access-date = 2 July 2008 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070915103718/http://www.annefoy.co.uk/ | archive-date = 15 September 2007 | url-status = dead }}
- {{IMDb name|id=1477189|name=Anne Foy}}
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Category:British television presenters
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