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Jaci Stephen (born 1958) is a Welsh journalist, broadcaster, actress and writer. She is best known as a newspaper columnist and television critic for the London Evening Standard, the Daily Mirror, Daily Mail and The Mail on Sunday.
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Early life
She was born in Wales and attended Durham Road Junior School in Newport, Monmouthshire, Brynteg Comprehensive secondary school (Ysgol Brynteg) in Bridgend and Cardiff University where she gained a B.A. (Hons) degree in English and a post graduate Certificate in Education.
Career
She became an English teacher and then a full-time writer after completing and MA in Creative Writing at Lancaster University. Since the 1980s she has written articles for numerous newspapers and magazines including: The Times, The Sunday Times, The Daily Telegraph, The Guardian, The Independent, The Times Literary Supplement, Marie Claire and Cosmopolitan. She currently writes 'Soapwatch - The ultimate insight into this week's soaps'; a review of soap operas for the Daily Mail Weekend magazine.
She has made several television appearances; including a spell as an expert on soaps on This Morning and in 2002 presenting the ITV lifestyle and chat show Loose Women.