Stephanie Rose McGovern HonFREng (born 31 May 1982)[1] is an English journalist and television presenter.

[6][7] At the age of 19, she was awarded the Young Engineers Clubs' "Young Engineer for Britain",[8][9][10][11][12][13] and during a gap year Year in Industry before a then-planned mechanical engineering degree at Imperial College, McGovern was a junior member of Black+Decker's Six Sigma team in Spennymoor, saving Black+Decker £150,000 a year by improving production techniques used for the Leaf Hog (Blower/Vacuum/Mulcher) later receiving EEF/Year in Industry Award[14][15][16] for Contribution to the Business.

[20] McGovern started at the BBC doing work experience on the Tomorrow's World programme, before securing part-time employment as a researcher in current affairs.

In 2018, McGovern presented a six-part BBC series called Made in Great Britain.

[citation needed] In October 2018, McGovern stated that she found Donald Trump "creepy" after he referred to her as "beautiful" during an interview in 2012.

She is said to have brushed off Trump's comments by telling him she had heard "better lines" in Middlesbrough's Club Bongo.

[35] In September 2024, McGovern announced she had joined the cast of the upcoming BBC LGBTQ+ comedy Smoggie Queens, in her first acting role.

[36] In 2025, McGovern was a finalist on Netflix's reality competition television series, Celebrity Bear Hunt.