BBC News Presenter - Moira Stuart
Elegant newsreader Moira Stuart was born and brought up in Britain, but has spent a lifetime trying to answer the question, 'But where are you from?'
"I couldn't give a definitive answer," she says. "I am a true mongrel - and proud of it."
In fact Stuart is far from being the first member of her family to make their mark here.
"I come from a long line of outsiders - they have been invading this joint for generations," she laughs. "But was the reaction to them hostile? Were they treated as exotic strangers - or were they ignored?"
Stuart's mother Marjorie came to Britain in 1935 and attended a Catholic boarding school.
Moira Stuart joined Breakfast in October 2000 and presents our news bulletins and summaries on the hour and half hour. She also presents the news on Breakfast with Frost each Sunday
In her twenty years in television, Moira has presented almost every news programme devised, including News After Noon, the 5.40 News, the Nine O'Clock News and the Six O'Clock News.
She has also presented a variety of programmes on radio and television including The Quincy Jones Story, The Best of Jazz, Open Forum and The Holiday Programme.
With Adam Shaw, she also presents the personal finance series Cashing In. And she has appeared on The News Quiz on BBC Radio Four.
Moira was voted "Best Newscaster of the Year" in 1988 by the TV and Radio Industries Club Awards, and in 1989 "Best Television Personality" by the Women of Achievement Awards.
In 1994 Moira was named "Best Female Television Personality" by the Black Journalists' Association, and in 1997 "Best Media Personality" by The Voice newspaper.
Moira has served on various boards and judging panels including Amnesty International, The Royal Television Society, United Nations Association, the London Fair Play Consortium and the Human Genetics Advisory Commission.
Her interests include music, film and travel.
