Emma Noble | |
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![]() Emma Noble in 2012 | |
Born | Emma Jane Noble 26 June 1971 London, England |
Spouse(s) | James Major (m. 1999;div. 2004)Conrad Baker (m. 2013) |
Children | 1 |
Modeling information | |
Height | 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) |
Hair color | Blonde |
Eye color | Green |
Emma Jane Noble (born 26 June 1971) [1] is an English model and actress. She was hostess on Bruce Forsyth's game show The Price Is Right for four years.
She worked as a catwalk model for John Rocha and Ghost before turning to commercial modelling work. Her acting work includes appearances in Crossroads playing Suzie Samson, Jonathan Creek , Casualty ,[ citation needed ] Dennis Potter's Cold Lazarus ,[ citation needed ] the film The Truth About Love and the UK stage tour of Popcorn by Ben Elton. In 2005, Noble appeared on the Five reality TV programme The Farm , and gave her fee to the National Autistic Society.[ citation needed ] In 2008 she was made Global Ambassador for the National Autistic Society; in this role she headed the successful national campaign "Think differently about Autism".[ citation needed ]
Noble was born and brought up in London.[ citation needed ] Noble met James Major, son of former Prime Minister John Major, at a dinner at London's Café Royal in February 1998. The couple became engaged that May, [2] and were married in May 1999 in the Palace of Westminster in London. [3] The reception was held at The Dorchester and earned them a £400,000 deal from Hello! . After her marriage she was known as Emma Major. The couple have a son, Harrison ("Harry"), born in July 2000, [4] who was later diagnosed as autistic. [5]
The marriage ended in an acrimonious divorce in 2004, with Noble accusing Major of "unreasonable behaviour". [5] Noble was granted a decree nisi on the uncontested grounds that her husband had behaved in such a way that she could not reasonably be expected to continue living with him. [6]
In August 2013, Noble married businessman Conrad Baker in Canterbury Cathedral. The wedding was conducted by the Dean of Canterbury, the Very Rev. Robert Willis, a friend of the Baker family. [7]