Series she commissioned for ITV included Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?, Pop Idol, I'm a Celebrity, Get Me Out of Here!, Hell's Kitchen, The X Factor, Ant and Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway, Love Island and Britain's Got Talent.
In April 2020, Rosencrantz was portrayed by Aisling Bea in the television adaptation of the West End play Quiz, commissioned by ITV.
[2][3] Rosencrantz began her career in Fleet Street in 1979, where she worked first as a picture editor and then as a journalist on various publications, including The Daily Telegraph Sunday magazine and Elle, before opting to become a television producer in 1986.
Rosencrantz also produced Barry Humphries Dame Edna Everage's shows for ten years, including winning the Golden Rose of Montreux in 1991.
[4][5] Her next generation of entertainment events, I'm a Celebrity, Get Me Out of Here!, Hell's Kitchen, The X Factor and Ant and Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway remain some of ITV's highest rated shows.
She was also responsible for running ITV's entertainment talent roster – a list that included Cowell, Ant & Dec, Chris Tarrant, Michael Parkinson, Sharon Osbourne, Paul O'Grady, Gordon Ramsay, Davina McCall, and Harry Hill.
Before her departure at the end of 2005, she had also commissioned Soapstar Superstar, Dancing on Ice, Love Island, Harry Hill's TV Burp and Britain's Got Talent which have all proved successful for ITV.
The series of documentaries broadcast leading up to Jade's Wedding, transmitted on 12 March, brought the highest ratings in the history of the Livings channel.
[6] Journalist Maggie Brown of The Guardian broke the story that Rosencrantz had decided to leave post-integration of the channels as she felt there was no suitable role for her in the new structure at Sky.
She has the courage and critical eye to back an original idea, combined with the clarity and drive to create real commercial success.
[10] Inheriting write-downs, she re-structured the group, introducing a centralised operational structure in Oliver's output – across TV, book, digital, commercial and global endorsement.