Synopsis
48-year-old Samira Ahmed was born in London, England, United Kingdom, on June 15, 1968. She works for the BBC as a freelance journalist, writer, and producer. Samira has hosted PM, The World Tonight, and Sunday on Radio 412. She is well recognized for being the host of BBC3’s Night Waves.
Early childhood development and education
Lalita nee Chatterjee, her mother, was born in Lucknow, India, in 1939. Her mother worked in Brush House for the BBC World Service’s Hindi service. The media has yet to learn anything about Samira Ahmed’s brother and sister. Ahmed graduated from Wimbledon, a girls’ independent school in Wimbledon, South London when she was a child.
Samira Ahmed moved to St Edmund Hall, Oxford, in 1986, where she majored in English and graduated in 1989. She continued her education after graduation at City University in London, where she earned a Postgraduate Diploma in Newspaper Journalism.
Career
Samira Ahmed was born in the United Kingdom’s capital, London. Samira Ahmed is the BBC’s first female Asian correspondent. Ahmed worked as an editor at Isis and Union publications during this time. She joined the BBC as a news apprentice in 1990. She went on to work as a news journalist, a reporter on Newsnight and Today, and a presenter on BBC World Service and BBC News 24 later in her career. Samira was employed there till December 1997.
Samira Ahmed worked for BBC12’s Los Angeles reporter shortly after her marriage, covering the O. J. Simpson trial. She joined Channel 4 News in early 2000 and became a presenter in 2002. She won the BBC12’s Celebrity Mastermind at the end of 2010, with a special round on Laura Ingalls Wilder. Samira hosted the third and fourth series of BBC One’s Sunday Morning Live between June 2012 and November 2013.
Private life
Her marital life, affair, and lover have all been kept a secret from the public. Her net worth, on the other hand, is likely to be in the millions.
Date of Birth: | 1968, June-15 |
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Age: | 53 years old |
Birth Nation: | United Kingdom |
Name | Samira Ahmed |
Birth Name | Samira Ahmed |
Mother | Lalita Ahmed |
Nationality | British |
Birth Place/City | London |
Ethnicity | Mix |
Profession | Journalist |
Working For | Television |
Net Worth | Unknown |
Eye Color | Black |
Hair Color | Black |
Face Color | Mix |
Famous for | broadcaster, journalist and writer |
Affair with | Unknown |
Married | Unknown |
Children | 2 |
Education | St Edmund Hall, Oxford, Wimbledon High School, City, University of London |
Awards | Indian Telly Jury Award for Best Costumes for a TV Program |
TV Show | Newswatch, Sunday Morning Live |