Ulrika Jonsson Gladiator - Born 16 August 1967 Sollentuna, Stockholms län, Sweden
Birth Name Eva Ulrika Jonsson
Height 5' 7" (1.7 m)
Mini Bio (1) Ulrika Jonsson was born on August 16, 1967 in Sollentuna, Stockholms län, Sweden as Eva Ulrika Jonsson. She is an actress, known for The Annunciation of Marie (1991), Bob the Builder: Snowed Under (2004) and Boyzone: When the Going Gets Tough (1999). She has been married to Brian Monet since March 8, 2008. They have two children. She was previously married to Lance Gerrard-Wright and John Turnbull.
Brian Monet (8 March 2008 - present) 2 children M1. Malcolm Charles Trip Monet (7 June 2008) Adopted Bo from previous relationship
Lance Gerrard-Wright (9 August 2003 - 2006) divorced 1 child F1. Martha Sky Hope Gerrard-Wright (28 May 2004)
John Turnbull (29 September 1990 - 1995) divorced 1 child M1. Cameron Oskar George Turnbull (Cameron Turnbull) (October 1994)
Markus Kempen Dating/Separated 1 child F1. Bo Eva Coeur Jonsson (November 2000)
Granddaughter of famous Swedish opera-singer Folke Jonsson.
She lives at Cookham Dean, Berkshire, England, with her children and a nanny.
Husband Lance proposed to her on the steps of St Paul's Cathedral in London on May 1, 2003.
Emigrated to the UK in 1979.
In 2009, she won series 6 of Celebrity Big Brother (2001).
In her 2002 autobiography she alleged she had been raped by a famous television presenter many years earlier. She did not name him but John Leslie was accidentally named in connection with it by Matthew Wright on his Channel 5 series The Wright Stuff (2000). Leslie's career never recovered.
Gave birth to her 1st child at age 27, a son named Cameron Oskar George Turnbull (Cameron Turnbull) in October 1994. Child's father is her now ex-1st husband, John Turnbull.
Gave birth to her 3rd child at age 36, a daughter named Martha Sky Hope Gerrard-Wright on May 28, 2004 and weighed 8lb. Child's father is her now ex-2nd husband, Lance Gerrard-Wright.
Gave birth to her 2nd child at age 33, a daughter named Bo Eva Coeur Jonsson in November 2000. She was named after Ulrika's father. Child's father is her now ex-boyfriend, Markus Kempen. In August 2014 her 3rd husband Brian Monet legally adopted Bo with the consent of her biological father.
Gave birth to her 4th child at age 40, a son named Malcolm Charles Trip Monet on June 7, 2008, weighing in at 10 lbs. Child's father is her 3rd husband, Brian Monet.
Personal Quotes (1) "25% of women have been victims of domestic violence - and I'm one of them" - speaking in support of campaign targeting domestic abuse.
Ulrika Eva Jonsson (born 16 August 1967) is a Swedish-British television presenter and model. She became known as a TV-am weather presenter, moved on to present the ITV show Gladiators, and as a team captain of the BBC Two show Shooting Stars.
Personal life Jonsson lives in South Moreton, Oxfordshire. She has been married three times and has four children. She is a Manchester United fan.
She married cameraman John Turnbull in 1990. They moved to Cookham Dean in Berkshire the following year. They have one son (b.1994). They divorced in 1995
Jonsson subsequently dated footballer Stan Collymore. In June 1998, during the 1998 World Cup, Collymore issued a public apology after he was violent towards Jonsson during an argument in a Paris bar. Soon after the end of her relationship with Collymore, she began dating German hotel manager Marcus Kempen. They have one daughter (b. 2000). Jonsson's relationship with Kempen ended soon after the birth.
In April 2002, Jonsson confirmed reports that she had had an affair with Sven-Göran Eriksson, then manager of England's football team, who had a long-time girlfriend. She stated that her relationship with Eriksson had recently ended. Partly as a result of her involvement with Eriksson, she was given the job as a columnist for the News of the World newspaper in 2003, in which she regularly commented on Eriksson's personal life. Her column was dropped in 2007, a year after Eriksson resigned as England manager. It was announced in 2011 that she had taken legal proceedings against the newspaper over allegations that an investigator had hacked into her mobile phone.
While presenting Mr. Right in 2002, Jonsson met Lance Gerrard-Wright, a contestant on the show. They subsequently began a relationship. They married in August 2003. They have one daughter (b.2004). They divorced in October 2006.
Jonsson married her third husband, American advertising executive Brian Monet, in March 2008. They have one son (b.2008). In April 2019, it was announced that they had divorced. She told Best magazine that they had tried to salvage their relationship with counselling but failed.
In 2019, she went on the dating show First Dates Hotel and began dating her match on the show, Paul.
You can find people similar to Ulrika Jonsson by visiting our lists Association footballers' wives and girlfriends and British women television presenters.
Full name at birth | Eva Ulrika Jonsson
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Claim to fame | TV-am breakfast show “weather girl”, moved on to present the ITV show Gladiators, and as a team captain of the BBC Two show Shooting Stars
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Date of birth | 16 August 1967
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Place of birth | Sollentuna, Stockholms län, Sweden
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Occupation | Actress, television presenter, journalist, novelist
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Height | 5' 10" (178 cm)
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High school | Burnham Grammar School
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University | St Aldate`s Secretarial college in Oxford.
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