Sofie Allsopp

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Sofie Allsopp
Born
Sophia Atherley Allsopp

OccupationTelevision presenter
Years active2006present
SpouseRobert Fletcher
Children1
Parent(s)Charles and Fiona Allsopp
Relatives Kirstie Allsopp (sister)

Sophia Atherley "Sofie" Allsopp (born 1980) is a British television presenter.

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Early life

Her parents are Charles Allsopp, 6th Baron Hindlip and Fiona Victoria Jean Atherley (née McGowan). She is the younger sister of television presenter Kirstie Allsop. [1] Designer and businesswoman Cath Kidston is her cousin. [2]

Career

Allsop has worked as a real-estate agent, a sales and letting negotiator and a relocation agent in Notting Hill, London. She had her own company, specialising in finding houses, managing moves and providing aftercare services to new home-owners. [3] [4]

In 2006, she temporarily replaced her sister Kirstie as co-presenter of Location, Location, Location , while Kirstie was on maternity leave. [5] During this period, she presented an episode in which Hackney was voted as the worst place to live in the UK, which caused some controversy. [6] [7] [8]

In 2008, she began hosting the Canadian television show The Unsellables on HGTV (Canada). Her role on the show was to help people sell their "unsellable" homes. [9] The programme has since been broadcast on the U.S. HGTV and on the BBC in the UK, in which Allsop is paired with property expert John Rennie.[ citation needed ]

Personal life

She has a degree in Medieval History from the University of Edinburgh. [9] [3]

Filmography

YearTitleRoleNotes
2010 This Morning Herself
2009 The Unsellables (Canada)HerselfPresenter
2009 The Unsellables (UK)HerselfPresenter
2006 National Television Awards HerselfPresenter

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  7. Jemima Lewis: Ignore the squalor and savor the romance, Independent.co.uk; accessed 28 July 2018.
  8. "Hackney 'worst place to live in UK'". Evening Standard. 12 April 2012.
  9. 1 2 "News". The Scotsman. Retrieved 9 May 2023.

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