Michelle Doherty
{{Short description|Irish presenter, model, actress, and DJ}}
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| known_for = Xposé (Entertainment/celebrity gossip TV show) presenter,
presenting Night Shift,
Radio presenter Phantom FM (now TXFM)
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Michelle Doherty is an Irish radio/television presenter, model, actress, and DJ. She has presented various television shows including Xposé, a daily entertainment/celebrity gossip TV show on TV3 in Ireland,{{Cite web|url=http://www.independent.ie/entertainment/tv-radio/im-over-the-moon-michelle-doherty-revealed-as-tv3-xposs-new-host-29773277.html|title=Michelle Doherty revealed as TV3 Xposé's new host|date=21 November 2013|publisher=Irish Independent}} Arthur's Day, RTÉ Two television series Under Ether, the weekday breakfast show, Pure Morning on Phantom FM now TXFM, and Night Shift and Day Shift on Channel 6 for a number of years before the closure of the station on 31 December 2008.{{Cite web|url=http://www.independent.ie/entertainment/tv-radio/new-3e-station-joins-ratings-battle-1592118.html|title=New 3e station joins ratings battle|date=5 January 2009|accessdate=16 January 2009|publisher=Irish Independent}}
Career
Doherty is a model with Morgan The Agency, having got her career break whilst working in Dublin, Ireland as an air stewardess for the airline Aer Lingus, where she had worked since 1997. She entered the Miss Ireland pageant in both 1995 and 1997, the latter of which she was Miss Belfast.{{cite news|url=https://www.thefreelibrary.com/SEXY%2C+SASSY+%26+JUST+GR-EIGHT!%3B+Miss+Ireland+beauties+show+they%27re+a...-a061061526|title=SEXY, SASSY & JUST GR-EIGHT!; Miss Ireland beauties show they're a bit of all bright.|first=Anne|last=Boylan|date=20 August 1997|newspaper=Daily Mirror|location=London|via=thefreelibrary.com}}
She was among twelve well-known females who took part in the "Max Factor Salutes Great Moments in Fashion" show for which she was styled in vintage fashions and hair styles, photographed by fashion photographer Sarah Doyle and wore a figure-hugging black dress by Louise Kennedy for a portrait which was then sold off at a charity auction.{{Cite web|url=http://www.inishowennews.com/MichelleAuction.htm|title=Portrait of Malin model graces auction|date=1 November 2007|accessdate=16 January 2009|publisher=Inishowen News}} She presented Night Shift, the short lived alternative music show on Channel Six, seven nights per week and also on two weekend afternoons. The decision not to renew the show left both her and Elton Mullally, the co-presenter of the show, feeling "completely bewildered, and absolutely gutted".{{Cite web|url=http://www.state.ie/blog/channel-6s-night-shift-to-be-taken-off-air/ |title=Channel 6's NightShift to be taken off air |date=8 December 2008 |accessdate=25 December 2008 |work=State |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20081212115155/http://www.state.ie/blog/channel-6s-night-shift-to-be-taken-off-air/ |archivedate=12 December 2008 }}
An online campaign to reinstate her on the new 3e roster was launched immediately.{{Cite web|url=http://www.independent.ie/entertainment/day-and-night/columnists/loaded-19122008-1580571.html|title=Loaded: 19 December 2008|date=19 December 2008|accessdate=12 January 2009|publisher=Irish Independent}} The programme is rumoured to be returning in 2014. Doherty's other careers have included a radio show, Finest Work Songs{{Cite web|url=http://www.independent.ie/entertainment/news-gossip/bentleys-bashes-and-book-launches-1475260.html |title=Bentley's bashes and book launches|date=14 September 2008|accessdate=16 January 2009|publisher=Irish Independent}} and Pure Morning{{Cite web|url=http://www.phantom.ie/shows/190.191.196.217/1035/Pure%20Morning |title=Phantom 105.2 |accessdate=30 June 2012 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120619112520/http://www.phantom.ie/shows/190.191.196.217/1035/Pure%20Morning |archivedate=19 June 2012 }} on Phantom 105.2,{{Cite web |url=http://www.hotpress.com/archive/4668786.html |title=Michelle Doherty leads new Phantom schedule |date=23 July 2008 |accessdate=12 January 2009 |work=Hot Press}} co-hosting of the next-to-inaugural Choice Music Prize at Vicar Street, Dublin in February 2007 and being nominated for an IFTA. She also had a presenting role during the Arthur's Day events in Dublin in 2009.{{Cite web|url=http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/theticket/2009/0911/1224254253841.html|title=Acts for Guinness birthday bash|date=11 September 2009 |accessdate=12 September 2009|work=The Irish Times|quote=The four studio venues (Whelan's, Tripod, the Academy and Vicar St) will be hosted by the BBC's Colin Murray, Phantom FM's Michelle Doherty and TV presenter Michelle de Swarte.}} She has presented (When) Under Ether for RTÉ Two on Tuesday nights.{{Cite web|url=http://www.hotpress.com/Michelle%20Doherty/news/Michelle-Doherty-lands-new-TV-music-show/5989424.html|title=Michelle Doherty lands new TV music show|date=5 November 2009|accessdate=5 November 2009|work=Hot Press}}
She presented Haiti Aid on 3 February 2010 at Whelan's and The Village in Dublin.{{Cite web|url=http://www.hotpress.com/Ham%20Sandwich/news/Lineup-announced-for-Haiti-Aid-taking-place-in-Whelans-and-The-Village-on-Tuesday-February-3/6188688.html|title=Line-up announced for Haiti Aid, taking place in Whelan's and The Village on Tuesday February 3|date=29 January 2010|accessdate=29 January 2010|work=Hot Press}}
Doherty played the part of "Liv" in Lenny Abrahamson's critically acclaimed, award-winning film What Richard Did{{Cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2092011/fullcredits?ref_=tt_cl_sm#cast|title=What Richard Did (2012) – Full cast and crew|publisher=IMDb}} and played the lead role, Katelin Ballantine, in independent Irish film The Hit Producer.{{Cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2544624/|title=The Hit Producer (2013)|publisher=IMDb}}
Personal life
Doherty is originally from County Donegal. After spending many years between London, Dublin and Melbourne,{{cite news|url=http://www.independent.ie/life/family/mothers-babies/mumtobe-michelle-doherty-busy-nestbuilding-in-new-london-pad-30247975.html|title=Mum-to-be Michelle Doherty busy nest-building in new London pad|newspaper=Irish Independent|date=6 May 2014|first=Eimear|last=Rabbitte}} she recently{{when|date=March 2020}} relocated with her family to Sydney where she currently{{when|date=March 2020}} resides.{{Citation needed|date=March 2020}}
Awards and nominations
As well as being nominated for an IFTA, Doherty has also been nominated for Ireland's TV Personality of the Year award.{{Cite web|url=http://www.independent.ie/lifestyle/the-reluctant-celebrity-1418490.html|title=The reluctant celebrity|date=22 June 2008|accessdate=12 January 2009|publisher=Irish Independent}}
Doherty has won the Best Irish Radio DJ category in the Hot Press Annual Poll in 2009 and 2010 becoming the first ever female DJ to do so.{{Cite web|url=http://www.phantom.ie/station-info/press-releases/3839-phantoms-michelle-doherty-tops-the-poll--again.html |title=Phantom's Michelle Doherty Tops The Poll ... again! |date=26 March 2010 |accessdate=15 April 2010 |publisher=Phantom 105.2 }}{{dead link|date=June 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
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Category:Irish women radio presenters
Category:Irish television personalities
Category:Broadcasters from County Donegal
Category:RTÉ television presenters
Category:Television presenters from the Republic of Ireland
Category:Irish women television presenters