Andrea McLean
Andrea McLean was born in Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom on October 5th, 1969 and is the TV Show Host. At the age of 54, Andrea McLean biography, profession, age, height, weight, eye color, hair color, build, measurements, education, career, dating/affair, family, news updates, and networth are available.
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McLean started her career in 1993 as a freelance travel writer. She joined Central Press Features in May 1994 and was promoted to Production Editor in 1995. In June 1996, McLean joined The Weather Channel, and worked as a weather reporter for Talk Radio. In 1997, she worked on Channel 5's daily talk show Espresso as one of the programme's panellists.
In June 1997, McLean joined GMTV as a weather presenter. She co-hosted GMTV Today with Ben Shephard and Eamonn Holmes, and hosted LK Today in Lorraine Kelly's absence. Her bubbly personality and journalistic training brought her to the attention of various producers, resulting in her presenting shows such as the first series of Our House for UKTV Style, and as a guest panellist on Loose Women for ITV. After announcing her decision to leave in November 2008, McLean was replaced as GMTV weather presenter by the BBC's Kirsty McCabe. McLean presented her final broadcast on 31 December 2008, with a special tribute of her career at GMTV.
In January 2006, McLean took part in ITV's ice-skating competition Dancing on Ice. She partnered with professional skater Doug Webster and was eliminated in the third week. McLean and fellow ex-contestant Andi Peters then presented the weekday fan show Dancing on Ice Extra for the remainder of the show's run.
McLean filled in for Jackie Brambles on Loose Women when Brambles went on maternity leave. In July 2008, it was announced that McLean would quit working on GMTV to focus on her role on Loose Women, to share the permanent host job with Brambles. Brambles left the show on 7 August 2009, Kate Thornton took her place as the new anchor when the show returned for its 10th anniversary on 1 September 2009 and shared the job with McLean. In 2011, Thornton was replaced by Carol Vorderman. In 2013, Kaye Adams became an anchor and Ruth Langsford returned to the programme in January 2014. In July 2014, Vorderman announced her departure from Loose Women. McLean continued to co-anchor Loose Women 2 or 3 days a week. Langsford and Christine Lampard are the other anchors. On 30 November 2020, McLean announced she was to leave the show after 13 years to pursue other endeavours. She departed the show on 16 December 2020.
In August 2010, McLean appeared as one of the panellists on ITV's afternoon debate show 3@Three. In 2011, McLean played the role of Dr. Audrey Grey in the British drama film A Landscape of Lies.
In August 2014, McLean took part in the BBC One gymnastics series Tumble partnered with professional gymnast Alex Uttley and on 16 August, she was the first celebrity to be eliminated.
In June 2018, McLean launched her own website, This Girl Is On Fire with husband Nick Feeney. Born out of the response of her best-selling book, Confessions of a Menopausal Woman, McLean decided to create an online community for women not only going through the menopause, but also wanting to 'relight their fire'. In June 2019, McLean and Feeney celebrated the site's first birthday with a party attended by website contributors and special guests such as Amanda Lamb, Jo Malone and Brenda Edwards. The event was covered by Hello! magazine.
In June 2021, McLean, alongside husband Nick Feeney, became a certified life coach.