Josie d'Arby

Josephine d'Arby (born 3 October 1972) is a Welsh television presenter and painter from Newport, Wales.

[2] As a teenager she attended the Anna Scher Theatre in London before winning a place at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art.

[8] Her first high-profile dramatic acting role was as series regular WPC Jodie Finn, in the BBC drama Merseybeat.

D'Arby won a Royal Television Society award for her work presenting the current affairs programme Inside Out for BBC West.

[11] [failed verification] On 23 August 2018, d'Arby hosted the final of Eurovision Young Musicians 2018 at the Usher Hall in Edinburgh alongside Petroc Trelawny.

She was a celebrity ambassador for the British Red Cross for whom she has travelled to both South Africa and Cambodia[9] and been a guest speaker at their national assembly.