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Emma Freud (Emma Vallencey Freud) was born on 25 January, 1962 in London, England, is an English broadcaster. Discover Emma Freud's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is she in this year and how she spends money? Also learn how she earned most of networth at the age of 62 years old?
Popular As |
Emma Vallencey Freud |
Occupation |
Television presenter, cultural commentator |
Age |
62 years old |
Zodiac Sign |
Aquarius |
Born |
25 January 1962 |
Birthday |
25 January |
Birthplace |
London, England |
Nationality |
United Kingdom
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She is a member of famous Television Presenter with the age 62 years old group.
Emma Freud Height, Weight & Measurements
At 62 years old, Emma Freud height not available right now. We will update Emma Freud's Height, weight, Body Measurements, Eye Color, Hair Color, Shoe & Dress size soon as possible.
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Who Is Emma Freud's Husband?
Her husband is Richard Curtis (m. 2023)
Family |
Parents |
Sir Clement Freud
June Flewett |
Husband |
Richard Curtis (m. 2023) |
Sibling |
Not Available |
Children |
4; including Scarlett Curtis |
Emma Freud Net Worth
Her net worth has been growing significantly in 2023-2024. So, how much is Emma Freud worth at the age of 62 years old? Emma Freud’s income source is mostly from being a successful Television Presenter. She is from United Kingdom. We have estimated Emma Freud's net worth, money, salary, income, and assets.
Net Worth in 2024 |
$1 Million - $5 Million |
Salary in 2024 |
Under Review |
Net Worth in 2023 |
Pending |
Salary in 2023 |
Under Review |
House |
Not Available |
Cars |
Not Available |
Source of Income |
Television Presenter |
Emma Freud Social Network
Timeline
Emma Vallencey Freud (born 25 January 1962) is an English broadcaster and cultural commentator.
Her father's family were Jewish refugees.
Freud was educated in London at the all-female Queen's College school, attended Bristol University and Royal Holloway College.
At 13, she performed at the Queen's Theatre (now called Sondheim Theatre) in the West End as the daughter of Vincent Price in Jean Anouilh's Ardèle, and at 17 she toured Europe with Mike Oldfield as a backing singer on his Tubular Bells tour.
At 24, she co directed at the Regent's Park Open Air Theatre, featuring Ralph Fiennes in his first role out of drama school.
From 1986, Freud co-presented LWT's The Six O'Clock Show.
Since 1986, she has worked for BBC Radio 4 - as a regular co-host on the Saturday miscellany show Loose Ends, as well as hosting The X Factor, Midweek and One to One.
In 1987, she earned a certain media notoriety for presenting a chat show, Pillow Talk, in which she interviewed guests whilst in bed with them, as part of LWT's late-night strand Night Network.
In 1988, she was one of the launch presenters of BBC Radio London's GLR, where she presented the weekday 10am - 12pm programme, produced by Chris Evans.
In 1990 and 1991, Freud presented two series of Plunder, a BBC2 chat show in which she interviewed guests including Spike Milligan, Harriet Harman and Joanna Lumley, and co-hosted the BAFTA Craft Awards with Kenneth Branagh.
On Channel 4 Freud hosted two series of The Pulse, three series of The Media Show and presented the Turner Prize in 1992.
For 3 seasons she fronted the arts show Theatreland for LWT.
Since 1992, Freud has worked with her husband, Richard Curtis, as either script editor or co-producer on all his titles.
These include Four Weddings and a Funeral, Notting Hill, Bridget Jones's Diary, Love Actually, The Boat That Rocked (where she was also 2nd unit director), The Girl in the Café, Doctor Who (the Vincent Van Gogh episode), About Time, Trash, The Vicar of Dibley, and Yesterday.
Freud has written for The Telegraph, The Guardian and Radio Times.
She currently has a column in Luxx Magazine for The Times.
Freud has worked for Comic Relief since 1992 - starting with stuffing envelopes, rising to Executive Producer of Red Nose Day. Together with Richard Curtis, she has helped raise over 1.5bn for projects tackling poverty all over the UK and internationally.
In 1993, Freud was invited by BBC Radio 1's new controller Matthew Bannister to reinvent the lunchtime programme.
From January 1994, she appeared on a permanent basis every weekday between 12pm and 2pm, presenting a mix of music, interviews and interactive news features.
From 2004 to 2005, she was a co-creator of Make Poverty History and the Live 8 concerts.
Since 2009 she has chaired many Platform performances at the National Theatre - interviewing actors, writers and directors including Sir John Mortimer, Sir Nicholas Hytner and Bryan Cranston.
She presents the 'Emma Freud Talks To...’ strand at the Cheltenham Literary Festival - including Sir David Attenborough, Bill Nighy, Helena Bonham Carter, Sir Lenny Henry, and Bono.
She was awarded an OBE for services to the charitable sector in 2011.
Emma is a patron of Suffolk Libraries.
In 2014, she appeared on a celebrity edition of The Great British Bake Off for Comic Relief, and was declared star baker.
Since 2015 she has been a monthly columnist for BBC Good Food, writing about international food culture and interviewing chefs while she cooks one of their signature dishes.
For 6 years Freud hosted the national and international broadcasts for National Theatre Live.
In 2016 Emma won "Columnist of the Year" award for her series of articles in the Telegraph on living in New York.
In 2019 Freud interviewed author David Sedaris for BBC Radio 4 in a 3-hour feature looking back at his life's work.