{{short description|British television presenter and actress (born 1982)}} {{BLP sources|date=June 2022}} {{Use dmy dates|date=July 2020}} {{Use British English|date=August 2012}} {{Infobox person | name = Zoe Hardman | birth_name = Zoe Kristi Hardman<ref>{{cite tweet|user=Zoehardman|author=Zoe Hardman|number=414448776045395968|date=21 December 2013|title=Goodbye you lovely bunch. Happy Christmas and let's make 2014 the best year ever :) x}}</ref> | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1982|11|16|df=yes}} | birth_place = Kent, England, UK | occupation = Television presenter, actress | spouse = Paul Doran-Jones | children = 2
}} '''Zoe Kristina Hardman''' (born 16 November 1982) is a British radio and television presenter. She first appeared on TV in Channel 4's reality game show ''Playing It Straight'' in 2005.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Benson |first=Rhianna |date=2021-11-04 |title=Presenter Zoe Hardman discusses going through menopause in her 30s |url=https://www.bristolpost.co.uk/whats-on/whats-on-news/tv-presenter-radio-dj-zoe-6161169 |access-date=2023-03-18 |website=HullLive |language=en}}</ref>
==Career== Hardman was born in Kent, England. She was a presenter on ITV's phone-in quiz show ''Glitterball''. She is heavily involved in the Entertainment and Fashion show weekly for the online entertainment syndication company ReelKandi TV. She also continues to do commercials, acting and voiceover work. In 2011, Zoe was the showbiz news reporter for an on-line channel (T5M) and also spent time filming at The Ashes (Cricket) series for the ECB. Hardman was one of the main presenters on the Nuts TV channel on Friday and Saturday nights.
In January 2012,<ref>{{Cite web |last=Fletcher |first=Alex |date=2011-12-13 |title=Mark Wright hosts 'Take Me Out' spinoff |url=http://www.digitalspy.com/tv/reality-tv/a355780/towie-mark-wright-zoe-hardman-to-front-take-me-out-spinoff-show/ |access-date=2023-03-18 |website=Digital Spy |language=en-GB}}</ref> she began hosting ''Take Me Out: The Gossip'' on ITV2 alongside Mark Wright,<ref>{{Cite news |title=Zoe: Take Me Out girls so brave |language=en-GB |work=BelfastTelegraph.co.uk |url=https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/entertainment/news/zoe-take-me-out-girls-so-brave/28924845.html |access-date=2023-03-18 |issn=0307-1235}}</ref> until the show was rested in 2014. She did not return to the show when it was revived in 2015.<ref>{{cite news |last=Minn |first=Hayley |date=2018-01-13 |title=Take Me Out fans threaten to boycott show after major disappointment |url=http://www.mirror.co.uk/tv/tv-news/take-out-fans-threaten-boycott-11847657 |access-date=2023-03-18 |website=Daily Mirror |language=en}}</ref> She also appeared as MC at the Boodles tennis tournament at Stoke Park in Buckinghamshire.
In June 2015, Zoe started hosting her own late night radio show across the Heart network from 10pm-1am, later switching to Sunday afternoons in August 2016. By January 2020, Hardman was the host of Heart Weekend Breakfast, covering Saturday afternoons and Sunday mid-mornings following the departure of presenter Sian Welby. Since 2023, she hosts Sundays from 9pm-midnight.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Heart |url=https://www.heart.co.uk/radio/shows-presenters/zoe-hardman/ |access-date=2023-03-18 |website=Heart |language=en}}</ref>
Zoe always steps in to cover for Amanda Holden on Heart Breakfast when she’s off. She presents ''Made by Mammas: The Podcast'' alongside Georgia Dayton.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Made by Mammas: The Podcast - Podcast |url=https://www.globalplayer.com/podcasts/42KqBU/ |access-date=2023-03-18 |website=Global Player |language=en}}</ref>
==Personal life== On 25 April 2016, Hardman announced that she was expecting her first child with her rugby player boyfriend, Paul Doran-Jones. Their daughter, Luna,<ref>{{cite tweet|user=Zoehardman|author=Zoe Hardman|number=790505366404657152|date=24 October 2016|title=Introducing our beautiful ray of sunshine, Luna 💞💞 she has completely captured our hearts. Read our full interview…}}</ref> was born on 19 September 2016.<ref>{{cite tweet|user=Zoehardman|author=Zoe Hardman|number=779259315811184640|date=23 September 2016|title=On Monday evening our beautiful little girl arrived into the world. Now I know what perfection is. We love u so muc…}}</ref> A further son, Kit, was born on 28 April 2018.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2018-08-21 |title=Zoe Hardman introduces baby son Kit as she discusses traumatic birth - exclusive |url=https://www.hellomagazine.com/healthandbeauty/mother-and-baby/2018082161463/zoe-hardman-introduces-baby-son-kit-hello-exclusive/ |access-date=2023-03-18 |website=HELLO! |language=en}}</ref>
She spoke about going through the menopause aged just 34.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2020-07-31 |title=Zoe Hardman 'bravely' admits she went through early menopause at the age of 34 |url=https://www.hellomagazine.com/healthandbeauty/health-and-fitness/2020073194520/zoe-hardman-talks-menopause-age-34/ |access-date=2023-03-18 |website=HELLO!}}</ref>{{dubious|reason=Menopause is "the end of the reproductive stage". She was 34 in 2016, so how did she have a second child in 2018?|date=December 2025}}
==Television credits== *''Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat'' (1999) *''Quiznation'' *''Richard & Judy'' *''Health & Beauty'' *''The Big Gay Out'' *''Music Zone Special'' *''Playing It Straight'' (2005) *''No Bananas'' (2005) *''Used Car Roadshow'' (2005) *''Sport Relief'' (2006) *''Playdate'' (2006) *''Glitterball'' (19 February, March–August 2007) *''Nuts TV'' (14 September 2007 – 2014) *''After You've Gone'' (2008) *''My Life as an Animal'' (2009) *''Take Me Out - The Gossip'' (2011–2013) *''This Morning's Hub'' (2012–2013) *''Morning Live'' (BBC1, 2025)
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==External links== *[https://web.archive.org/web/20070318063650/http://www.karushi.com/karushi/artists_zoe_hardman.php Zoe Hardman] at Karushi Management. *{{IMDb name|0362471|Zoe Hardman}}.
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