Katie Puckrik
Katie Puckrik is a broadcaster, writer and performer – and with the worldwide success of her popular YouTube channel and blog, Katie Puckrik Smells, a respected fragrance expert. Katie’s snappy patter and irreverent interviews were a highlight of hit variety series The Word (Channel 4), the show she co-hosted after beating out 5,000 other applicants for a coveted presenter’s slot. She went on to host and write The Sunday Show (BBC2), Pyjama Party (ITV), 4 Goes to Glastonbury (Channel 4) and many other TV and radio programmes. In the US, she executive produced and hosted two series for Oxygen, Pajama Party and Who Needs Hollywood?, the latter winning a Gracie Award for Best Reality Series. Additionally, Katie is a journalist writes on pop culture, entertainment, lifestyle and travel for a range of publications including the Guardian, Elle, Marie Claire and the Sunday Times. Reviewers have called her memoir, Shooting From the Lip, “Gonzette journalism…an ammunition-packed bad girl’s guide to life.”
Katie began her career as a singer and dancer, including a tour across the globe with the Pet Shop Boys. More recently, she performed at the 2011 Los Angeles Film Festival in the Sparks opera, The Seduction of Ingmar Bergman, recreating her role from the album of the same name. Katie was born in Virginia, but her father’s career as a U.S. Air Force intelligence officer led the family to Berlin when she was three and to Moscow when she was 10. Thrill seeking and ill-advised romance has led her everywhere else.
http://www.katiepuckriksmells.com/