Kirsty Wark

Acting

Born: February 3, 1955

Birthplace: Dumfries, Dumfriesshire, Scotland, UK

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.