Lorna Balfour | |
|---|---|
| Born | |
| Alma mater | The University of Utah |
| Occupation(s) | Television Personality, Actress, Producer |
| Awards | Emmy Award |
Lorna Gabrielle Balfour is an American Emmy Award-winning producer and journalist. She is Caribbean-American, with both of her parents hailing from the West Indian country of Trinidad and Tobago.
Raised in Salt Lake City, Balfour attended private liberal arts institution, The Waterford School. [1]
Balfour then attended The University of Utah, where she created her own interdisciplinary bachelor's degree. Her studies focused mainly on broadcasting, production, and marketing. She graduated May 5, 2016. [2]
Balfour had roles in productions filmed in Salt Lake City, such as Touched By An Angel, Everwood, High School Musical 3: Senior Year, and a few other Disney Channel movies.
KSL-TV is the station where Balfour spent time working as a weekend news producer and reporter. Balfour reported on the on-air segment of ‘Your Life Your Health’ [3] and wrote articles for the KSL 5 website’s news features. [4] [5]
Balfour worked at NBC Sports as an Associate Producer for the 2016 Rio Olympic Games. On May 10, 2017, Balfour earned an Emmy Award for "Outstanding Trans-Media Sports Coverage" [6] [7] for the "Games of the XXXI Olympiad". [8]
| Year | Award | Category | Nominated work | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | Emmy Awards | Outstanding Trans-Media Sports Coverage | Games of the XXXI Olympiad | Won |
| Title | Year | Role | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Actress | Producer | |||
| 2016 Rio Olympics: Games of the XXXI Olympiad | 2016 | No | Yes | 20 Episodes |
| Everwood | 2003 | Yes | No | 8 Episodes |
| Touched By An Angel | 2001 | Yes | No | 1 Episode |
| Title | Year | Role | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Actress | Producer | |||
| High School Musical 3: Senior Year | 2008 | Yes | No | |
| Hatching Pete | 2009 | Yes | No | |
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