Alexandra "Alex" Lovell was born on 28 March 1973 and is an English television presenter, actress, newsreader and voice-over artist who is employed by ITV West Country.
16 Facts About Alex Lovell
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Alex Lovell began her career as a stage actress, in roles which included Linda in Blood Brothers at the Birmingham Repertory Theatre.
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Alex Lovell was later appointed as the female presenter for Disney Channel's Playhouse Disney strand with fellow-Fun Song Factory presenter Dave Benson Phillips which began in September 1999, and latterly, on the Playhouse Disney Channel, until they were made redundant from the network in late August 2006.
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Alex Lovell later began presenting on Auction World's sister network Chase-it.
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Alex Lovell was the only presenter on the show who lasted the entirety of the show's run-up to its axing in March 2007 after the 2007 British premium-rate phone-in scandal.
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Alex Lovell moved into regional news by joining the BBC Points West team in July 2005, becoming its lead female anchor.
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Until 2020, she normally co-presented alongside David Garmston until COVID-19 related cuts removed co-presenting roles, with Alex Lovell then presenting alone.
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Alex Lovell did a narration role for Fool Around With.
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Alex Lovell has made one-off appearances on various television shows.
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Alex Lovell appeared in one episode of ITV's The Bill, broadcast on 14 November 2007, playing a television news reporter, Lisa Spence.
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On 6 August 2011, Alex Lovell starred in an episode of Bristol-made BBC programme Casualty as an on-scene television news reporter.
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On 31 October 2023, it was announced Alex Lovell would leave Points West after 18 years and join ITV News West Country.
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Alex Lovell made her last appearance on 1 December 2023, and made her on-air debut on ITV News West Country on 2 January 2024.
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Alex Lovell has visited the Woodside Sense Centre in Bristol and attended the fundraising ball at Tortworth Court in aid of Woodside.
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In January 2019,69-year-old Gordon Hawthorn, a viewer of Points West, was jailed for his six-year stalking campaign against Alex Lovell, following a police appeal.
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Alex Lovell had suffered panic attacks as a result of receiving 'crude and very graphic' greetings cards at her workplace, sent by Hawthorn, beginning in 2013.