Terri Seymour

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Terri Seymour
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Seymour at the premiere for The Proposal in June 2009
Born
Terri Louise Seymour

(1973-01-27) 27 January 1973 (age 51)
Little Chalfont, Buckinghamshire, England
NationalityBritish
Occupation(s)Entertainment reporter, actress
Known forExtra, The Xtra Factor
Children1

Terri Louise Seymour (born 27 January 1973) [1] is an English entertainment reporter and actress. Seymour joined the American entertainment news show Extra as a correspondent in 2004.

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Early life

Seymour was born in Little Chalfont, Buckinghamshire in 1973. Her mother, Margaret, was a single mother. [2] Although Seymour did not have a relationship with her father, she has said her father was West Indian and her mother is white. Seymour began modelling at age 12. [3]

Career

Early in her career Seymour was a commercial model. [1] Later she appeared in music videos for George Michael and Soul II Soul. [2] She played the role of Eve in In the Beginning (miniseries), an American biblical television miniseries from the year 2000. She also became a hostess on the ITV game show Wheel of Fortune , alongside John Leslie, then Paul Hendy. Her first episode aired 9 January 2001. [2] [4] After Wheel of Fortune ended later that year, Seymour moved to the United States where she continued working as a host and model. [2]

Seymour joined the American entertainment news program Extra in 2004. [3] She still made some appearances on British television, working as a reporter on ITV2's The Xtra Factor and This Morning . [1] Seymour began to appear more frequently on Extra, where she started as a freelance reporter covering American Idol for the programme before joining as correspondent. [3]

Personal life

While modelling in her early twenties, Seymour experienced joint pain which was diagnosed as systemic lupus. [5] The lupus caused peritonitis requiring surgery and medication. [5] Seymour's lupus eventually went into remission although she did undergo additional tests and monitoring during her pregnancy in 2015. [5]

Seymour dated Simon Cowell from 2002 to 2008. [6] During their relationship the pair lived in London and Los Angeles, though Seymour spent more time in Los Angeles for her work. [7] [8] She and Cowell remained friends after their split. [9] [10] On 9 March 2015, Seymour and boyfriend Clark Mallon's daughter, Coco, was born. [9]

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