Jenny Powell April 08, 1968 in Ilford, London), is a British television presenter. She attended Woodford County High School for Girls in Woodford Green.
Powell began her career in 1986 presenting the BBC2 music programme No Limits. Later, she became the hostess on ITV's version of Wheel of Fortune (produced by Scottish Television), and co-presented CITV's Saturday morning show Ghost Train
More recently, she has presented Soap Fever, Live Talk, Getaway, and "Our House" for UK TV Style. She tried to make it as a stand-up comedian in Granada Television's "Stand Up Jenny", and was a regular on ITV1's "Loose Women". In 2005, she was one of the competitors in the ITV reality TV show, Celebrity Wrestling, competing under the name, The Avenger.
In 1997 she appeared on Channel 4's "Brass Eye", a satirical spoof documentary show produced by Chris Morris. She talked earnestly about the perils of 'heavy electricity' and warned that the south of England could be catapulted towards Finland if people did not bang on wires with hammers.
Powell has recently started presenting on BBC One's "To Buy or Not to Buy".
She is engaged to Toby Baxendale.
Her daughter Constance was born on 18 January 2001.
