Laura Hamilton

Laura Hamilton

Laura Hamilton is an English television presenter and property expert. She participated in series six of Dancing on Ice in 2011, finishing in second place. Since February 2012, Hamilton has been a presenter on Channel 4’s A Place in the Sun and also co-presented Cowboy Builders & Bodge Jobs for Channel 5.

About Laura Hamilton in brief

Summary Laura HamiltonLaura Hamilton is an English television presenter and property expert. She participated in series six of Dancing on Ice in 2011, finishing in second place. Since February 2012, Hamilton has been a presenter on Channel 4’s A Place in the Sun and also co-presented Cowboy Builders & Bodge Jobs for Channel 5 in 2015. Hamilton grew up in Dartford, Kent. She turned down an offer to study Law and Psychology at university for a one-year contract at Channel 4 television, as a runner for Dermot O’Leary. She left Channel 4 after her contract ended and worked as an Assistant Floor Manager on productions including Top of the Pops, The Buckingham Palace Jubilee Celebrations, The Games, T4, Party in the Park, Robbie Williams at Knebworth and Big Brother.

Her first break in front of the camera came as ‘Melody’ in the popular pre-school show Fun Song Factory for CITV, which she played for two and a half years until the show ended in 2006. In 2006, Hamilton became the female face of kids’ TV channel Nickelodeon, and has presented Nickheads, Slime Across the UK in summer 2007, and ME: TV for the channel. In 2009, Hamilton co-hosted the UK version of Staraoke on Boomerang with Nigel Clarke.