{{short description|Irish radio presenter}} {{About||the English heptathlete|Jenny Kelly (athlete)|the TV characters|The Girl from Tomorrow#Jenny Kelly{{!}}The Girl from Tomorrow|and |List of Sabrina the Teenage Witch (1996 TV series) characters#Jennifer "Jenny" Kelley{{!}}Sabrina, the Teenage Witch}} {{Use dmy dates|date=May 2015}} {{Use Hiberno-English|date=May 2015}} {{Infobox person | name = Jenny Kelly | image = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1972|5|6|df=y}} | birth_place = [[Dublin]], [[Republic of Ireland|Ireland]] | death_date = | death_place = | other_names = Jenny D'Arcy | known_for = Co-hosting ''[[The Ray D'Arcy Show]]'' on Today FM | education = | alma_mater = [[Trinity College, Dublin]] | employer = [[Today FM]] | title = | height = | spouse = {{marriage|[[Ray D'Arcy]]|2013}} | children = 2 | signature = | website = }} '''Jennifer D'Arcy''' (née '''Kelly'''; born 6 May 1972) is an [[Irish people|Irish]] radio personality who came to prominence during the 2000s as [[Ray D'Arcy]]'s producer on his [[The Ray D'Arcy Show|self-titled]] radio show on [[Today FM]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://twitter.com/cupidkelly|title=Producer of The Ray D'Arcy Show on Today FM|work=Cupid Kelly}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|first=Melanie|last=Finn|url=https://www.independent.ie/regionals/herald/im-not-motivated-by-money-but-i-am-very-well-paid/27976806.html|title=I'm not motivated by money ... but I am very well paid|newspaper=Evening Herald|date=31 March 2011|access-date=31 March 2011}}</ref> The pair now have one daughter and one son together. Kelly previously worked for [[East Coast FM]] and then for the state broadcaster's pop music station [[RTÉ 2fm]].
Reared in [[South Dublin]] county, Kelly's father Michael was a lawyer and a major influence on her career.<ref name=onair_shocker_for_radio_couple>{{cite news|url=https://www.mirror.co.uk/celebs/news/2011/04/09/heartbreaking-115875-23048411/|title=On-air shocker for radio couple at news Jenny's dad has died|first=Paul|last=Martin|newspaper=Daily Mirror|date=9 April 2011|access-date=9 April 2011|quote=Last night pals revealed how lawyer Michael was the "light of Jenny's life" and a huge influence on her radio career. Mr O'Reilly added: "They were like the best of mates. I saw them together at the races recently and they were just so close ... They were buddies, he loved the horses.}}</ref> Jenny would attend horse races with him, and was seen at the [[Galway Races]] in 2003 whilst running in the 2.30 race.<ref name=onair_shocker_for_radio_couple/><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.independent.ie/national-news/racing-to-galway-for-great-craic-at-the-track-207342.html|title=Racing to Galway for great craic at the track|newspaper=Irish Independent|date=2 August 2003|access-date=2 August 2003|quote=Michael Kinane , who had a hectic and hugely successful week at the Galway races, attended with Catherine. Justin Carthy of Chronicle bookmakers and Paul Collins and Jenny Kelly of Today FM also turned up.}}</ref> She attended St Joseph of Cluny's primary school and Newtown School in [[Waterford]] for her secondary education before spending time delved in theatre studies at [[Trinity College, Dublin]].
Before obtaining a position in RTÉ, Kelly volunteered for a place at Dublin South Community Radio and received in return a weekly half-hour arts programme to present. She began working with state broadcaster RTÉ in 1994, working on 2FM where her first national broadcast took place from on top of the world's biggest, fastest [[roller coaster]]. In 1997, she joined [[East Coast FM|East Coast Radio]], where she co-presented ''The Breakfast Show'' and produced the mid-morning show. Early in 2000, she transferred to Today FM to work in music programming with Phil Cawley and Tim Kelly. In September 2000, D'Arcy joined the station and ''The Ray D'Arcy Show'' began. When Kelly's father, Michael, died in his sleep on 8 April 2011, she learned of the death from Today FM chief executive Willie O'Reilly while on air. ''The Ray D'Arcy Show'' was abruptly taken off the air, prompting thousands of texts and calls from worried listeners.<ref>{{cite news|first=Ken |last=Sweeney |url=http://www.independent.ie/national-news/darcys-show-taken-off-air-after-cohosts-father-dies-2614608.html |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120803171346/http://www.independent.ie/national-news/darcys-show-taken-off-air-after-cohosts-father-dies-2614608.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=3 August 2012 |title=D'Arcy's show taken off air after co-host's father dies |newspaper=Irish Independent |date=9 April 2011 |access-date=9 April 2011 }}</ref>
Living in Dublin,<ref>{{cite news|first=Olaf|last=Tyaransen|author-link=Olaf Tyaransen|url=http://www.hotpress.com/Ray-DArcy/features/interviews/Glad-to-be-Ray/6279599.html|title=Glad to be Ray|work=Hot Press|date=25 February 2010|access-date=25 February 2010}}</ref> the pair have two children: daughter Kate was born 25 November 2006, shortly after 20:00, at Mount Carmel Hospital and weighing just above seven pounds.<ref>{{cite news|first=Alison|last=O'Riordan|url=http://www.independent.ie/national-news/ray-happy-with-roses-as-he-rules-out-run-at-late-late-1462188.html|title=Ray happy with Roses as he rules out run at 'Late Late'|newspaper=Sunday Independent|date=24 August 2008|access-date=10 November 2008}}</ref> She went into labour after laughing when watching [[Pat Kenny]] get [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OiIsIE8iT28 heckled] on live television on ''[[The Late Late Show (Ireland)|The Late Late Show]]''.<ref>{{cite news|title=The Ray D'Arcy Show|date=28 November 2008|work=Today FM}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|first=Edel|last=Kennedy|url=http://www.independent.ie/entertainment/news-gossip/dj-ray-on-night-shift--as-a-dad-70709.html|title=DJ Ray on night shift - as a dad|newspaper=Irish Independent|date=28 November 2006|access-date=26 December 2008}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.hotpress.com/news/D-Arcy-wants-Dunphy-back-on-radio/6208358.html|title=D'Arcy wants Dunphy back on radio|work=Hot Press|date=11 February 2010|access-date=11 February 2010}}</ref> The pair were stalked by the tabloid press when D'Arcy publicly exposed their partnership on ''[[Saturday Night With Miriam]]'' in 2005.<ref>{{cite news|first=Larissa|last=Nolan|url=http://www.independent.ie/entertainment/news-gossip/pregnancy-finally-fixes-the-big-ray-and-jenny-question-133016.html|title=Pregnancy finally fixes the big Ray and Jenny question|newspaper=Sunday Independent|date=30 July 2006|access-date=10 November 2008}}</ref> They attended the wedding of [[Tommy Tiernan]] as a couple.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.independent.ie/lifestyle/independent-woman/celebrity-news-gossip/comic-timing-for-tommy-as-bride-keeps-him-waiting-1855346.html |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120802121509/http://www.independent.ie/lifestyle/independent-woman/celebrity-news-gossip/comic-timing-for-tommy-as-bride-keeps-him-waiting-1855346.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=2 August 2012 |title=Comic timing for Tommy as bride keeps him waiting |newspaper=Sunday Independent |date=9 August 2009 |access-date=9 August 2009 }}</ref> In January 2012, they announced their engagement and that they were pregnant with a second child.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.rte.ie/ten/2012/0103/darcyr.html|title=D'arcy engaged and expecting second child|work=RTÉ Ten|date=3 January 2012|access-date=3 January 2012}}</ref> In June 2012, D'Arcy and Kelly had their second baby, a son called Tom Michael D'Arcy.{{citation needed|date=January 2020}}
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== * {{Twitter|name=Cupid Kelly}}
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