Kirsty Wark

Kirsty Wark

Actor Feb 3 (age 71) Dumfries, Dumfriesshire, Scotland, UK 1980–2025 (45 year career)

6.9 avg rating

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

Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie

Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie

Kirsty Wark

Carnage: Swallowing the Past

Carnage: Swallowing the Past

Herself

Black Mirror

Black Mirror

Award Presenter

The Pink Floyd and Syd Barrett Story

The Pink Floyd and Syd Barrett Story

Narrator

Good Omens

Good Omens

Television Newsreader

Doctor Who

Doctor Who

Kirsty Wark

The IT Crowd

The IT Crowd

Herself

Newsnight

Newsnight

Filmography

Acting (45)

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Movies (13)

Joan Rivers at the BBC

Joan Rivers at the BBC

as Self (archive footage)

Bridget Riley: Painting the Line

Bridget Riley: Painting the Line

as Herself - Interviewer

The Many Primes of Muriel Spark

The Many Primes of Muriel Spark

as Herself - Presenter

Royal Academy of Arts: Summer Exhibition 2018

Royal Academy of Arts: Summer Exhibition 2018

as Self

Carnage: Swallowing the Past

Carnage: Swallowing the Past

as Herself

Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie

Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie

as Kirsty Wark

Wolf Hall: The Inside Story

as Self - Presenter

Cast & Crew: If....

Cast & Crew: If....

as Self - Presenter

Vivienne Westwood Talks to Kirsty Wark

Vivienne Westwood Talks to Kirsty Wark

as Self

The Pink Floyd and Syd Barrett Story

The Pink Floyd and Syd Barrett Story

as Narrator

Empire of the Nude: The Victorian Nude

Empire of the Nude: The Victorian Nude

as Narrator

Dino De Laurentiis: The Last Movie Mogul

as Host

Lee Miller: A Crazy Way of Seeing

Lee Miller: A Crazy Way of Seeing

as Self - Narrator (voice)

Television (32)

Forensics: Murder Case

Forensics: Murder Case

as Self - Presenter

Douglas Is Cancelled

Douglas Is Cancelled

as Interviewer

Lives Well Lived

Lives Well Lived

as Self - Presenter

The Women Who Changed Modern Scotland

The Women Who Changed Modern Scotland

as Self

The Weakest Link

The Weakest Link

as Self

The Years that Changed Modern Scotland

The Years that Changed Modern Scotland

as Self - Presenter

Good Omens

Good Omens

as Television Newsreader

Joe Lycett's Got Your Back

Joe Lycett's Got Your Back

as Self

Richard Osman's House of Games

Richard Osman's House of Games

as Self - Contestant

Walks with My Dog

Walks with My Dog

as Self

The Great British Sewing Bee

The Great British Sewing Bee

as Self

The Great Comic Relief Bake Off

The Great Comic Relief Bake Off

as Self - Contestant

The Politician's Husband

The Politician's Husband

as Herself

Black Mirror

Black Mirror

as Award Presenter

Celebrity Antiques Road Trip

Celebrity Antiques Road Trip

as Self - Participant

The Review Show

Home Movie Roadshow

A Question of Genius

My Family at War

Would I Lie to You?

Would I Lie to You?

as Self

Party Animals

Party Animals

The Book Quiz

The One Show

The One Show

as Self

The IT Crowd

The IT Crowd

as Herself

Newsnight Review

Doctor Who

Doctor Who

as Kirsty Wark

Spooks

Spooks

as Newsnight Presenter

Room 101

Room 101

as Self - Guest

Absolutely Fabulous

Absolutely Fabulous

as Herself

Have I Got News for You

Have I Got News for You

as Self

Newsnight

Newsnight

Have I Got a Bit More News for You

Have I Got a Bit More News for You

as Self - Panellist