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Kate Heavenor - Presenter
Kate presented the Eureka pop science show & moved on to the Disney Channel. Born in Glasgow, she was a Brownie."Sometimes it's easy to chase rainbows so much you forget that what makes you happy is under your nose."
That we had a very distinct culture. I was in Kilmelfort for New Year at my parent's holiday cottage. We saw in the New Year in the village hall. There is a big ceilidh there every year and it feels very unifying to have something like the dances that everyone knows and just gets up does.
This sounds funny but it's Glaswegian fish and chips! The first thing I do when I arrive home is get a fish and chip supper! It doesn't taste the same in London- It's rubbish! They don't use Haddock and I am very fussy about the vinegar I like I only like non- brewed condiment.
I'd grab Jean, fly to Edinburgh to get Kelda, stop off in Giffnock for Gillian, and got via
Glasgow to get Claire (who is soon to be my sister in law) and I would go to Turnberry with
them…. Not for the golf obviously!
They have the most amazing spa there. I took my mum for the day when she got a first in her
degree. It is total heaven!
Girl paradise! We had three hours of treatments and then gossiped on the lounges for the rest
of the day!
I did Television and Young People a Course at the Edinburgh Festival. It was excellent. It comes every year.
So difficult to choose! I love live shows because it's so exhilarating.
Sunderland Empire Playing Cinderella was the best fun I ever had! It was with Darren Day (no
need to raise an eyebrow!) and Sid Little. Not only was the show wonderful the cast got on really
well. Sid little played electric guitar in the pub one night! Classic!
The one thing I have never done is Panto in Scotland… I would love to fulfill that ambition
because I love the Panto humour in Scotland.
I'd love to! I started off at RSAMD so had a taste for it but I had to leave when I got permanent
presenting work. I'd love to play Elisa in My Fair Lady because the two accents would be such
a challenge and the songs suit my voice…But Janet In Rocky Horror could also be fun!
In terms of TV Rose in DR WHO would be wicked…I think Billy Piper plays it very well.
Hosting a show that really suits my personality.
I used to be in the Gang Shows in the Kings Theatre. We had to rehearse really hard- and not only did I make some great friends I also had to overcome a massive fear: dancing in public..I am really clumsy usually! Plus there was the added interest of good-looking Scouts in the show….
I think it's important to have goals and ambitions. I also think it's equally important remember to be grateful for what you have when you have it. Sometimes it's easy to chase rainbows so much you forget that what makes you happy is under your nose.
I think it can take a while for you to feel comfortable in your own skin. 13-17 is such a horrible
age..You worry because your friends are taller and you are not or that you have bigger hips
than your pal.
I wish I hadn't worried about my figure so much… now when I look a photos of me on the
beach when I was 16 I can't believe I was ever stressed out!
So enjoy it while you can- a bikini will never look as good on you again!
Hells Kitchen - because I love cooking and I recon I would be quite good at it. I could never do Strictly Come Dancing because I have no grace… not even in the kitchen when I making supper and my boyfriend thinks it's funny to hurl me round the kitchen!
Passing my Highers. I was diagnosed with dyslexia when I was about 8 and really struggled with reading and writing until I was 11.
Then I moved school and had a wonderful, inspirational teacher, Sheila Anderson. She saw me twice a week up until I was 17 and even when I didn't need her support so much she was still always there for me to look over an essay or even just to listen to me having a wee moan.
She also taught me to stop raising my eyebrows to teachers as it always got me into trouble because they thought I had an attitude! So my overcoming it was really vastly attributed to her and the self-esteem she helped me build.
Alice Temperley I bought a dress from her winter collection- it was my Xmas present
from Mum, Dad, marry, Kenny, Gran and my brother Mark- it is absolutely beautiful. She cuts
for woman like me- big hips! I actually decided to look at her stuff because Kate Winslet wears
lots of her clothes and she has a similar body shape.
So I'll never give that dress away because I feel like a million dollars in it!
