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{{Short description|British television presenter}}
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'''Lowri Gwyneth Turner''' is a British former 1980s–2000s fashion journalist and television presenter, who works as a private nutritional therapist and clinical hypnotherapist.
==Early life==
Turner was born in 1964 in London, to Welsh parents Mervyn and Shirley Turner. She received her formal education at the [[Grey Coat Hospital|Grey Coat Hospital School]], and [[Camden School for Girls]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://uk.linkedin.com/pub/lowri-turner/45/551/776 |title=Lowri Turner &#124; LinkedIn |publisher=Uk.linkedin.com |date= |access-date=18 February 2015}}</ref>
==Journalism career==
==Television career==
Turner's television career started on [[GMTV]] in 1993. She was a regular panellist on the [[Channel 5 (UK)|Channel Five]] series ''[[The Wright Stuff]]''.
She was a contributor to ''[[Doctor Who: Thirty Years in the TARDIS]]'', a documentary celebration of the 30th anniversary of ''[[Doctor Who]]'' in 1993, in which she discussed the [[Edwardian era|Edwardian]] feel to the Doctor's costumes and her fondness for [[Jon Pertwee]]'s portrayal of the character.
She has made appearances as a celebrity panelist on BBC2's quiz show ''[[Going, Going, Gone (TV series)|Going, Going, Gone]]'', and has presented the shows ''Looking Good'', ''Shopping City'', ''Housecall'', ''[[Would Like To Meet]]'' and ''[[DIY SOS]]''.
In 2004, Turner took part in the reality TV show ''[[Celebrity Fit Club]]''.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.nowmagazine.co.uk/celebrity-profiles/diets/235863/lowri-turner-i-tried-the-hamptons-diet/1/ |title=Lowri Turner: I tried the Hamptons diet - now |publisher=Nowmagazine.co.uk |date=26 March 2007 |access-date=18 February 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120217095121/http://www.nowmagazine.co.uk/celebrity-profiles/diets/235863/lowri-turner-i-tried-the-hamptons-diet/1 |archive-date=17 February 2012 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
In 2006, she had a cameo as herself in the third episode of the [[List of Extras episodes#Series 2 (2006)|second series]] of ''[[Extras (TV series)|Extras]]''.<ref>{{cite web |title=Lowri Turner |url=https://www.comedy.co.uk/people/lowri-turner/ |website=[[British Comedy Guide]] |access-date=18 August 2023}}</ref>
==Health career==
Turner now works as a lifestyle advisor in London specialising in diet, having acquired a 'Diploma in Nutritional Therapy' from the Institute for Optimum Nutrition.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Lowri Turner Weightloss Hypnotherapy and Nutrition — Lowri Turner: Weightloss Hypnotherapy and Nutrition |url=https://www.lowriturner.com/ |access-date=2022-11-16 |website=www.lowriturner.com}}</ref>
==Personal life==
Turner has been married twice and has three children, two with her first husband [[Paul Connew]], and one daughter with second husband, Nicol Batra, an Indian physician, from whom she is also divorced.<ref>{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=2007-07-06 |title=Lowri Turner on being the mother of a mixed race baby |url=http://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2007/jul/07/familyandrelationships.family2 |access-date=2022-11-16 |website=the Guardian |language=en}}</ref>
==References==
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==External links==
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[[Category:British fashion journalists]]
[[Category:British people of Welsh descent]]
[[Category:British women television presenters]]
[[Category:Journalists from London]]
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[[Category:People educated at Addey and Stanhope School]]
[[Category:People educated at Camden School for Girls]]
[[Category:Television personalities from London]]
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