Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

Gender

Female

Birthday

1955-02-03 (70 years old)

Place of Birth

Dumfries, Dumfriesshire, Scotland, UK

Kirsty Wark

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

8.3%

Black Mirror

Dec 4, 2011

7.5%

Doctor Who

Mar 26, 2005

8.0%

Good Omens

May 31, 2019

8.2%

The IT Crowd

Feb 3, 2006

5.3%

Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie

Jul 1, 2016

7.6%

Spooks

May 13, 2002

7.6%

Spooks

May 13, 2002

7.7%

Would I Lie to You?

Jun 16, 2007

7.1%

Have I Got News for You

Sep 28, 1990

7.1%

Have I Got News for You

Sep 28, 1990

6.6%

Carnage: Swallowing the Past

Mar 19, 2017

6.9%

The Politician's Husband

Apr 25, 2013

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Acting

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Have I Got a Bit More News for You as Self - Panellist

2024		Lives Well Lived as Self - Presenter
2024		Joan Rivers at the BBC as Self (archive footage)

2023

The Women Who Changed Modern Scotland as Self

2021		The Weakest Link as Self
2021		Bridget Riley: Painting the Line as Herself - Interviewer
2021		The Years that Changed Modern Scotland as Self - Presenter

2019		Good Omens as Television Newsreader
2019		Joe Lycett's Got Your Back as Self

2018		Royal Academy of Arts: Summer Exhibition 2018 as Self
2018		The Many Primes of Muriel Spark as Herself - Presenter

2017		Richard Osman's House of Games as Self - Contestant
2017		Carnage: Swallowing the Past as Herself
2017		Walks with My Dog as Self

2016

Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie as Kirsty Wark

2015

Wolf Hall: The Inside Story as Self - Presenter

2013		The Politician's Husband as Herself
2013		The Great British Sewing Bee as Self
2013		The Great Comic Relief Bake Off as Herself - Contestant

2011		Black Mirror as Award Presenter
2011		Celebrity Antiques Road Trip as Self - Participant

2010		Home Movie Roadshow
2010		The Review Show

2009

A Question of Genius

2008

My Family at War

2007		The Book Quiz
2007		Would I Lie to You? as Self
2007		Party Animals

2006		Newsnight Review
2006		The IT Crowd as Herself

2005

Doctor Who as Kirsty Wark

2004		Cast & Crew: If.... as Self - Presenter
2004		Vivienne Westwood Talks to Kirsty Wark as Self

2003

The Pink Floyd and Syd Barrett Story as Narrator

2002		Spooks as Newsnight Presenter
2002		Spooks as Newsreader

2001		Lee Miller: A Crazy Way of Seeing as Self - Narrator (voice)
2001		Dino De Laurentiis: The Last Movie Mogul as Host
2001		Empire of the Nude: The Victorian Nude as Narrator

1994

Room 101 as Self - Guest

1990		Have I Got News for You as Self - Panellist
1990		Have I Got News for You as Self – Panellist

1980

Newsnight