“I remember after a year in London, I was at an MTV party and a friend saying to me that it was such a brave thing to do to come over to London by myself. I never thought it was a big deal. It was my dream. I am so independent. It is just ridiculous. I am too independent for my own good.”

Irish media personality, model, and actress

Laura Whitmore is an Irish media personality, model, and actress based in London. She first came to wider attention as an MTV video jockey in 2008, and later became known for presenting television programmes in the UK. Her work has included This Morning in 2014, Survival of the Fittest in 2018, and Love Island from 2020 to 2022. In 2020, she also became a team captain on Celebrity Juice. In 2023, she hosted Laura Whitmore's Breakfast Show and released the ITVX documentary series Laura Whitmore Investigates.