Sharon Carpenter
Sharon Carpenter
02.03.1982 (42 years) (England)
Sharon Lee Carpenter (born 2 March 1982) is a British broadcast journalist, television host, and producer. She has worked as an on-air personality for a number of top American television networks including CBS, BET, Sean "Diddy" Combs' REVOLT TV, and VH1. Currently, she is a host for BBC America and often contributes on CNN, Good Morning America and UK morning show "Lorraine." She also co-hosts a pop culture podcast with Hollyoaks actress Jorgie Porter, "Loose Lips." Carpenter recently won both a Telly Award and a Webby Awards honor for an Instagram Live series she created during the coronavirus pandemic - a celebrity interview show called "Let's Go Live!" From 2019 - 2021, she was the host of "The Royal Report" - a weekly entertainment news web-series, by People Magazine and People TV, that covered the royal family. Sharon was also a host for the viral mobile trivia game HQ Trivia. She presented the UK version of the show twice daily weekdays and once on Saturdays and Sundays and regularly hosted the U.S. version of the show. Until it was cancelled in 2022, she could also be seen as a regular contributor on The Wendy Williams Show. Carpenter guest-starred in an episode of FOX's Empire where she played herself.After building her career in the U.S., Carpenter reached what the Huffington Post described as "cult figure" status in the U.K. in the first few months of her presenting there. In 2018, she was named one of the most influential people in London by the Evening Standard on their Progress 1000 list.Carpenter initially rose to fame as an anchor and reporter for Black Entertainment Television (BET) and BET International – the only British TV personality to have represented the brand. Carpenter also received international attention for her news coverage as a correspondent for the BBC program BBC World News America. In 2013, she co-created her first television show, VH1's The Gossip Game, and appeared on the series as a main cast member. The docu-soap followed the lives and careers of seven female media personalities reporting on the entertainment industry. Carpenter has won four awards from the New York Association of Black Journalists (NYABJ) two Telly Awards and a Webby Awards honor. She currently lives in Los Angeles and serves as an ambassador for Oxfam America.