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{{Short description|English media personality (born 1980)}}

'''Kate Louise Lawler''' (born [[May 6]], [[1980]] in [[Beckenham]], [[London]], [[England]]) is a [[United Kingdom|British]] woman who became known in 2002 for winning the [[Big Brother (UK series 3)|third British season]] of ''[[Big Brother (UK)|Big Brother]]''. She was the first female winner of Big Brother UK. She received over 3 million votes, one million more than runner up Jonny. Since leaving Big Brother, she has worked as a [[television presenter]] and also as a [[glamour model]].

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| name = Katie Lawler

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| birth_name = Katie Louise Lawler

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1980|05|07}}

| birth_place = [[Beckenham]], [[Bromley]], [[Greater London]], England

| occupation = {{hlist|Television personality|presenter|model|DJ}}

| television = ''[[Big Brother (British TV series) series 3|Big Brother]]'' <br /> ''[[RI:SE]]''<br />''[[Celebrity Wrestling]]''<br />''[[Love Island (2005 TV series)|Love Island]]''

| years_active = 2002–present

| parents =

| spouse = {{marriage| Martin Bojtos| 11 June 2022}}

| children = 1

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'''Kate Louise Lawler''' (born 7 May 1980){{citation needed|date=May 2022}} is an English television personality, presenter, model and [[disc jockey|DJ]]. She became the first female winner of ''[[Big Brother (British TV series)|Big Brother UK]]'' after winning the [[Big Brother (British TV series) series 3|third series]] of the reality series in 2002. Since ''Big Brother'', she has presented various radio shows including [[Capital (radio network)|Capital FM]] and [[Virgin Radio]]. She has also appeared in television series including ''[[Celebrity Wrestling]]'' and ''[[Love Island (2005 TV series)|Love Island]]''.

== Career since ''Big Brother'' ==

Lawler entered the [[Big Brother (British TV series) series 3|third series]] of ''[[Big Brother (British TV series)|Big Brother]]'' on day one in 2002. The series lasted 64 days. During her time on ''Big Brother'' she received two strikes out of a possible three. Housemates received strikes for breaking ''Big Brother'' rules. Any housemate that received three strikes would be ejected from the ''Big Brother'' house. Lawler’s first strike was for discussing nominations with Allison Hammond. Her second strike was for sending a birthday message to her twin sister. The final episode of the series was watched in 10.01 million households.<ref name="barb">{{cite web|url=http://www.barb.co.uk/whats-new/weekly-top-30? |title=Weekly Top 30 Programmes|publisher=[[Broadcasters' Audience Research Board]]|access-date=31 August 2011}}</ref> Lawler won ''Big Brother 3'', which meant she was the first woman to win the UK version of ''Big Brother''.

== Later career==

In September of [[2002]], sheLawler became a [[disc jockey]]DJ on [[95.8 Capital FM|Capital FM]], a position she held until December [[2003]]. She co-presented the [[Channel 4]] breakfast TV show ''[[RI:SE]]'' from February [[2003]] until it was axed in December of that year. In [[2005]], she was one of the competitors in the [[ITV Network|ITV]] show ''[[Celebrity Wrestling]]'', competing under the name, ''The Brawler''. She helped her team, theThe ''Warriors'', win the team championship, but was eliminated in the semi-finals of the individual competition by fellow model [[Leilani Dowding]].

Lawler wrote a twice-weekly ''[[Big Brother (British TV series) series 7|Big Brother 7]]'' column for ''[[The Sun (United Kingdom)|The Sun]]'' online for the duration of the series.

She now works as a club [[disc jockey]] in [[Europe]] and [[Japan]], and is an occasional columnist for the UK-based celebrity gossip magazines ''[[OK!]]'' and ''New''. As with many reality tv celebrities, Lawler has managed to retain a degree of media exposure including paparazzi shots of her at the beach and elsewhere and appearing in men's magazines wearing minimal clothing in photo features. On [[July 24]], [[2006]] [[Ann Summers]] announced that Lawler would be the company's new model in its lingerie advertisements. In [[2006]], she appeared on [[Brainiac: Science Abuse]], being electrocuted in an electric chair.

On 14 August 2006, Lawler entered ''[[Love Island (2005 TV series)|Love Island 2]]'' as a new arrival. She was third-top female in the final.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://loveisland.itv.com/NewsArticle.aspx?nid=389&tid=1 |title=ITV Entertainment |publisher=Loveisland.itv.com |date=27 May 2011 |access-date=27 January 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061019202031/http://loveisland.itv.com/NewsArticle.aspx?tid=1&nid=389 |archive-date=19 October 2006 }}</ref>

She was a presenter on ''[[Playdate]]'', a late-night [[dating]] programme on [[ITV2]], however it has now been axed. [http://playdate.itv.com/presenterInfo.php?presenterId=8]

In 2006, Lawler appeared on ''[[Brainiac: Science Abuse]]'', receiving an electric shock in an "electric chair". She was a presenter on ''[[Playdate (British TV series)|Playdate]]'', a late-night [[dating]] programme on [[ITV2]].

== Personal life ==

Lawler has appeared in various men's magazines, including ''[[Loaded (magazine)|Loaded]]'', ''[[Front (magazine)|Front]]'', ''[[Nuts (magazine)|Nuts]]'' and ''[[Zoo (magazine)|Zoo]]''. On 24 July 2006 [[Ann Summers]] announced that Lawler would be the company's new model in its lingerie advertisements.

Lawler was engaged to footballer [[Jonathan Woodgate]], they split due to 'pressure of being apart'.

She has been linked to [[Russell Brand]], though she maintains they are just friends.

Lawler suffers from anorexia, and her weight has been debated in many glossy magazines.

She admitted to having a stalker in the summer of 2006.

Kate Lawler has a non-identical twin sister, called Karen.

She also has an older sister called Kelly and a brother called Robert.

In 2007, Lawler appeared on the [[BBC]] comedy ''[[Rob Brydon's Annually Retentive]]''.

==Controversy==

On 1 October 2007, Lawler joined [[Kerrang! Radio]], co-presenting the breakfast show, ''[[Tim Shaw (DJ)#The Morning After|The Morning After]]'', alongside [[Tim Shaw (DJ)|Tim Shaw]] from 7&nbsp;a.m.–10&nbsp;a.m. When Shaw was suspended from the station on 23 April 2008, Lawler temporarily helmed the breakfast show on her own until Shaw's dismissal was confirmed. At this point, on 12 May 2008, she moved to ''Drive!'', Kerrang's 4&nbsp;p.m.–7&nbsp;p.m. show, which she presented on her own until [[OJ Borg]] joined the show as her co-presenter on 27 October 2008. After the departure of Borg in October 2009, she became a solo presenter once again. Lawler was nominated for a Sony Radio Award for Best Entertainment in 2013. Kerrang stopped broadcasting on FM in the West Midlands, and was just broadcast digitally in the summer of 2013, and Lawler was made the breakfast host.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.kerrangradio.co.uk/on-air/kate-lawler/|title=Kerrang! Radio – Everything That Rocks|website=Kerrang! Radio}}</ref>

Lawler wrote a twice-weekly ''[[Big Brother (UK series 7)|Big Brother 7]]'' column for ''[[The Sun (newspaper)|The Sun]]'' online for the duration of the series. Early in the series she spoke about her opinion and feelings towards ''BB7'', branding the housemates "weird" and "fame-hungry". Although she previously denied rumours that she would participate, on [[August 14]], [[2006]] she entered ''[[Love Island|Love Island 2]]'' as a new arrival. Fellow contestant [[Sophie Anderton]] was not impressed as she had had it written into her contract for the show that Lawler, along with three other unnamed celebrities, would not also appear. Sophie had been rude to Kate at a party in London, to which Kate retaliated; this had caused Sophie's animosity towards Kate. However once on Love Island Sophie and Kate made up, and became friendly. Kate came third top female in the final of Love Island.

[http://loveisland.itv.com/NewsArticle.aspx?nid=389&tid=1]

On 26 January 2008, Lawler returned to ''Big Brother'' as a hijacker for a day in the new show ''[[Big Brother Celebrity Hijack]]''. She ran the Flora [[London Marathon]] on 13 April 2008 wearing only Ann Summers lingerie, raising funds for the Cystic Fibrosis Trust.<ref name="NZ_Herald_10504029">{{cite news |url=http://www.nzherald.co.nz/section/2/story.cfm?c_id=2&objectid=10504029 |title=Another success for the 28th London Marathon |author=Taylor, Jerome |date=14 April 2008 |work=[[The New Zealand Herald]] |access-date=8 October 2011}}</ref>

She appeared on the BBC game show ''[[Hole in the Wall (British game show)|Hole in the Wall]]'' in autumn 2009 and won the £10,000, which she donated to a [[cystic fibrosis]] charity.

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On 18 September 2010, she appeared on ''Celebrity [[Total Wipeout]]'', coming third.

== External links ==

* [http://www.katelawler.net/ Official site]

*[http://playdate.itv.com/presenterInfo.php?presenterId=8 Kate Lawler] at [[itv.com]]

* {{imdb name | id=1197719 | name=Kate Lawler}}

In 2013, Lawler joined Manchester-based [[Key 103]]; her show was networked on other [[Northern England|northern]] stations such as [[Radio Aire]], [[Viking FM]] and [[Rock FM (British radio station)|Rock FM]],<ref>{{cite news| url = http://www.lep.co.uk/what-s-on/music/big-brother-star-ready-to-rock-1-5962762| url-status = dead| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20140103135333/http://www.lep.co.uk/what-s-on/music/big-brother-star-ready-to-rock-1-5962762| archive-date = 3 January 2014| title = Big Brother star ready to rock |newspaper=Lancashire Evening Post |first=Malcolm |last=Wyatt |date=18 August 2013}}</ref> scheduled Monday–Thursday from 10{{nbsp}}p.m. to 1{{nbsp}}a.m. In summer 2014 Liverpool's Radio City 96.7 also began broadcasting the show. She also started to do the shows from Sunday through to Thursday. Lawler's last show with Key 103 was in May 2015. Lawler continued to host her ''Kerrang Radio Breakfast'' show each morning until February 2016, in which she joined [[Virgin Radio]], which launched on 30 March, with Lawler hosting weekday afternoons from 1&nbsp;p.m. to 4&nbsp;p.m. In August 2019, Lawler moved to present ''Drivetime'' on Virgin Radio which runs from 4&nbsp;p.m. to 7&nbsp;p.m. She also started a podcast called Maybe Baby in 2019.

== Personal life ==

Kate is married and has a daughter.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thebabyshow.co.uk/speakers/kate-lawler|last=The Baby Show|title=Kate Lawler|date=2025|accessdate=13 March 2025}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.closeronline.co.uk/celebrity/news/kate-lawler-marriage|last=Closer|title=Kate Lawler on break-up fears: 'Marriage needs time out and therapy'|___location=London|date=17 February 2025|accessdate=13 March 2025}}</ref>

== Selected works ==

* {{cite book|last=Lawler|first=Kate|title=Maybe baby|___location=London|date=2022|ISBN=9781399602389}}

==References==

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== External links ==

* {{Official website|http://www.katelawler.co.uk/}}

* [http://www.kerrangradio.co.uk/sectional.asp?id=18907 The Morning After webpage]

* {{imdbIMDb name | id=1197719 | name=Kate Lawler}}

* [https://web.archive.org/web/20070928125145/http://www.4clubbers.net/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=1085 Recent interview]

* [https://web.archive.org/web/20080802232740/http://blogs.sundaymercury.net/kate-lawler/ Lawler's blog]

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