Lauren Harries
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Lauren Charlotte Harries (formerly James Charles Harries), is a media personality, born in Surrey, England in 1978. Harries first appeared on BBC television at the age of twelve, on Wogan, Terry Wogan's UK chat show.
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[edit] Personal life
Harries has had sex reassignment surgery.[1] On July 8, 2005, a gang of five to seven men attacked Lauren, her father and her brother.[2] One 17 year old boy was later fined and given a supervision order for his role in the incident.[3]
[edit] Television and media appearances
As a child, Harries' family encouraged him to appear in the media. His first appearance was on Wogan. The twelve-year-old boy demonstrated what seemed to be a knowledge of antiques which, combined with a striking appearance including bow ties, hair in thick golden curls, formal attire and a precocious manner of speaking which made him memorable to British viewers. He was considered to be somewhat of an antiques expert.[4]
In 2004, after Harries had changed gender, Channel 4 broadcast a documentary Little Lady Fauntleroy made by actor Keith Allen in which he interviewed the Harries family.[5][6] The documentary was then released on 4 July 2005 as a commercial DVD.
In October 2006, Harries appeared in a Five television series Trust Me...I'm A Beauty Therapist,[7] which was filmed on location in a beauty therapists in Swansea, Wales. In August 2007, Harries launched her and her family's website, which charges to view a fly-on-the-wall vlog of herself and her family.
In 2005, she appeared on Big Brother's Big Mouth to discuss the contestants on Big Brother,[8][9] and in 2007 it was rumoured in the national press that she would participate as a contestant on Celebrity Big Brother.[10] However, she threatened to pull out unless she was able to bring medical supplies she has needed to use since her gender reassignment surgery,[11] and eventually did not enter the house.
In March 2008 it was reported that Lauren was getting her own television show where she will undertake various unpleasant challenges.[12]
[edit] References
- ^ Transsexual to move to 'safer' LA. BBC News (2005-09-06). Retrieved on 2008-04-13.
- ^ Anna Hammond (2005-07-13). Sex change ex-child star in brutal attacked. icWales. Retrieved on 2007-04-04.
- ^ Gareth Llewellyn (2005-09-19). Youth who attacked transsexual spared jail. icWales. Retrieved on 2007-04-04.
- ^ Julia Stuart (2001-04-13). Lauren Harries: The boy in the made-up world. The Independent. Retrieved on 2008-04-13.
- ^ Joe Joseph (2004-06-29). TV Review. Times Online. Retrieved on 2008-04-13.
- ^ Jill Foster (2004-06-28). Switched On: Antiques Fraud Show. Mirror.co.uk. Retrieved on 2008-04-13.
- ^ Rachel Mainwaring (2006-10-15). Sweet link for sexy Welshies. icWales. Retrieved on 2008-04-13.
- ^ Big Mouth Tonight. channel4.com. Retrieved on 2008-04-13.
- ^ Shout, Shout. channel4.com. Retrieved on 2008-04-13.
- ^ Host of mystery stars prepare to enter the Big Brother house tonight. Daily Mail (2007-01-03). Retrieved on 2008-04-13.
- ^ Lauren is very un-nappy (2007-01-02). Retrieved on 2008-04-13.
- ^ Beth Hilton (2008-03-06). TV Show news report. Retrieved on 2008-03-06.
[edit] External links
- Just call me Lauren - Lauren Harries interviewed by Matt Seaton for The Guardian (April 13, 2001)
- Lauren Harries - interviewed by James Doorne for Bizarre magazine (October 2005)
- Lauren Harries on the Tongs Wiki
