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Kirsty Wark

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Kirsty Wark

Known For

Acting

Gender

Female

Birthday

Feb 3, 1955 (71 years old)

Place of Birth

Dumfries, Dumfriesshire, Scotland, UK

Biography

Kirsteen Anne "Kirsty" Wark FRSE is a British journalist and television presenter, best known for fronting BBC Two's news and current affairs programme Newsnight since 1993, and its weekly arts spin-off Newsnight Review from 2002 to 2014. Wark was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh in March 2017.

Known For

Acting
2025City Lights: Pure Dead BrilliantSelf
2025Forensics: Murder CaseSelf - Presenter
2024Joan Rivers at the BBCSelf (archive footage)
2024Douglas Is CancelledInterviewer
2023The Women Who Changed Modern ScotlandSelf
2023Lives Well LivedSelf - Presenter
2021Bridget Riley: Painting the LineHerself - Interviewer
2021The Weakest LinkSelf
2021The Years that Changed Modern ScotlandSelf - Presenter
2019Good OmensTelevision Newsreader
2019Joe Lycett's Got Your BackSelf
2018Royal Academy of Arts: Summer Exhibition 2018Self
2018The Many Primes of Muriel SparkHerself - Presenter
2017Carnage: Swallowing the PastHerself
2017Walks with My DogSelf
2017Richard Osman's House of GamesSelf - Contestant
2016Absolutely Fabulous: The MovieKirsty Wark
2015Wolf Hall: The Inside StorySelf - Presenter
2013The Politician's HusbandHerself
2013The Great Comic Relief Bake OffSelf - Contestant
2011Black MirrorAward Presenter
2011Celebrity Antiques Road TripSelf - Participant
2010The Review Show
2010Home Movie Roadshow
2009A Question of Genius
2008My Family at War
2007Party Animals
2007The Book Quiz
2007Would I Lie to You?Self
2006Newsnight Review
2006The IT CrowdHerself
2006The One ShowSelf
2005Doctor WhoKirsty Wark
2004Vivienne Westwood Talks to Kirsty WarkSelf
2004Cast & Crew: If....Self - Presenter
2003The Pink Floyd and Syd Barrett StoryNarrator
2002SpooksNewsnight Presenter
2002SpooksNewsreader
2001Dino De Laurentiis: The Last Movie MogulHost
2001Lee Miller: A Crazy Way of SeeingSelf - Narrator (voice)
2001Empire of the Nude: The Victorian NudeNarrator
1994Room 101Self - Guest
1992Absolutely FabulousSelf
1990Have I Got News for YouSelf
1980Newsnight
-Have I Got a Bit More News for YouSelf - Panellist