Giovanna Fletcher

Giovanna Fletcher (née Falcone; born 29 January 1985) is a British author, presenter, actress, blogger, and vlogger and an adult in the CBeebies show The Baby Club since 4 March 2019.

Giovanna Fletcher
Giovanna Fletcher, 2017
Born
Giovanna Falcone

(1985-01-29) 29 January 1985
Essex, England,
United Kingdom
OccupationAuthor, presenter, actress, blogger, vlogger
Spouse(s)
(
m. 2012)
Children3
Relatives
Websitegiovannasworld.com

Early life

Falcone was born in Essex, England. Daughter of an Italian father, Mario and Argentine mother, Kim Falcone, she has two siblings: Giorgina and Mario. Her brother Mario Falcone is an English television personality, best known for appearing in the ITV2 semi-reality programme The Only Way Is Essex.

She attended the performing arts school, Sylvia Young Theatre School in London, followed by the Rose Bruford College of Theatre and Performance,[1] graduating in 2006.

Career

Television and film work

Fletcher has been on screen several times, including an uncredited role in The Boat That Rocked, as a guest on Loose Women, and as a contestant on All Star Mr & Mrs. And most recently as the presenter of The Baby Club on CBeebies.[2] She has had appearances on ITV's morning TV show Lorraine since 2015, including presenting a segment for the show called Take 5.[3]

Writing

Fletcher's writing career started with an unpublished satirical project entitled Dating McFly is for Dummies.[4]

Prior to becoming an author, Fletcher wrote for several magazines, including work experience at Heat, where she wrote book reviews and copy for their website, and an internship at Bliss magazine. Fletcher also worked at Recognise Magazine[4]

Today she has a regular blog feature on Hello! magazine's website.[5]

Through her blogging and book reviewing work, Fletcher networked with authors and literary folk at book events. It was in one of these events that Fletcher spoke to novelist Dorothy Koomson, and it was this pivotal conversation that inspired Fletcher to write a book of her own.[4]

Fletcher's debut novel, Billy and Me, was published in May 2013, followed by You're the One That I Want in May 2014. Dream a Little Dream was published in June 2015, and a fourth novel, Always with Love followed in June 2016.[6]

In 2017 she published her first non-fiction book, Happy Mum, Happy Baby: My Adventures in Motherhood.

Music

Fletcher has sung in musical performances on several YouTube videos, posted to her husband, Tom's, YouTube channel. She has performed duet covers in a series called "Me & Mrs F", covering songs including "How Do You Like Your Eggs In the Morning?",[7] "It Ain't Me Babe",[8] "L-O-V-E",[9] "You Really Got a Hold on Me",[10] "Moon River",[11] "Love Is on the Radio",[12] and "Tonight You Belong to Me".[13] Most of these covers have over half a million views each, with "Love Is on the Radio" having accumulated 1.8 million views over 3 years.

In December 2016 she had her professional concert debut, singing on stage in London's West End in Alan Menken's A Christmas Carol at the Lyceum Theatre.[14]

In December 2017 she performed in the musical production of husband Tom Fletcher's novel The Christmasaurus alongside Tom, Carrie Hope Fletcher, Harry Judd, and Matt Willis.[15]

YouTube

In October 2011 Fletcher launched her own YouTube channel, Giovannasworld where she films videos for an audience of over 180,000 subscribers and counting, amassing over 17 million views to date.

Of her vlogs and social media presence, she says her aim is to "create a fun and positive little place on the Internet for people to come and feel uplifted. I document my life as an author, presenter, blogger and columnist, but most importantly my roles as wife to Tom and mum to Buzz and Buddy."[16]

Personal life

On 18 April 2011, Fletcher became engaged to her schoolmate and longtime boyfriend Tom Fletcher. He proposed to her at the Sylvia Young Theatre School where they first met at age 13.[17] They were married on 12 May 2012 with his McFly bandmates and best friend Jonny Hansen serving as his groomsmen. The McFly song All About You was written by Tom about Giovanna as a Valentine's present in 2004. Tom reworked the song, as well as Obviously and The Heart Never Lies, for his wedding speech.

It was announced on Tom's YouTube channel on 29 October 2013 that the couple were expecting their first child, with a video titled, We Have Some News...[18] At exactly 7 pm on 13 March 2014, their son Buzz Michelangelo Fletcher was born.[19] Tom and Giovanna created a YouTube video, called Bump to Buzz to announce the arrival of their first son Buzz,[20] which has over 13 million views.

The Fletchers announced on 3 September 2015, again on YouTube, that Giovanna was expecting their second child, by means of a video entitled 'Player 2'.[21] On 16 February 2016, their second son Buddy Bob Fletcher was born. The video announcing the birth of their second son was titled Bump to Buddy, where they took pictures documenting their second pregnancy,[22] together along with their son Buzz present.

On 3 March 2018, the Fletchers announced via their YouTube channel that they were expecting their third child. The video is titled Snow Way...we have something to tell you. and shows Tom and Giovanna, with their two sons Buzz and Buddy, building a snowman which shows the scan of their third child.[23] On 24 August 2018, they welcomed their third son called Max Mario Fletcher.

Bibliography
  • Fletcher, Giovanna (2013). Billy and Me. (Billy and Me Series Book #1) London: Penguin. ISBN 1250077125
  • Fletcher, Giovanna (2014). You're the One That I Want. London: Penguin. ISBN 1405909978
  • Fletcher, Giovanna (2014). Christmas With Billy and Me. (Billy and Me Series Book #1.5) London: Penguin. ISBN 9780718180454
  • Fletcher, Giovanna (2015). Dream a Little Dream (Dream a Little Dream Series Book #1). London: Penguin. ISBN 9781405925877
  • Fletcher, Giovanna (2015). Dream a Little Christmas Dream (Dream a Little Dream Series Book #1.5). London: Penguin. ISBN 1405919167
  • Fletcher, Giovanna (2016). Always With Love. (Billy and Me Series Book #2) London: Penguin. ISBN 1405919183
  • Fletcher, Giovanna (2017). Happy Mum, Happy Baby: My Adventures in Motherhood. London: Coronet. ISBN 1473651204
  • Fletcher, Giovanna (2017). Some Kind of Wonderful. London: Penguin.

ISBN 9781405924863

References
  1. Francis, Anna (14 November 2014). "Tom and Giovanna Fletcher: A love story in pictures". CelebsNow.co.uk. Retrieved 25 February 2017.
  2. "Giovanna Fletcher". Internet Movie Database. Retrieved 25 February 2017.
  3. "Giovanna Fletcher Joins The Lorraine Family For Autumn With Take 5 | Lorraine". Lorraine. 8 September 2015. Retrieved 26 February 2017 – via YouTube.
  4. Fletcher, Giovanna (6 March 2016). "Coffee with Gi - Becoming an Author". YouTube. Retrieved 26 February 2017.
  5. Fletcher, Giovanna (25 February 2017). "Giovanna Fletcher on Hello! Magazine". Hello! Magazine. Retrieved 25 February 2017.
  6. Shields, Danielle (14 June 2016). "7 on trend books to read this summer – Giovanna Fletcher pens the ultimate beach read". OK! Magazine. Retrieved 12 October 2016.
  7. Fletcher, Tom (12 March 2013). "Me and Mrs F". YouTube. Retrieved 26 February 2017.
  8. Fletcher, Tom (12 July 2013). "It Ain't Me Babe (cover) - Me & Mrs F". YouTube. Retrieved 26 February 2017.
  9. Fletcher, Tom (14 February 2014). "L-O-V-E - Me & Mrs F (cover)". YouTube. Retrieved 26 February 2017.
  10. Fletcher, Tom (16 April 2013). "You Really Got A Hold on Me". YouTube. Retrieved 26 February 2017.
  11. Fletcher, Tom (10 June 2013). "Moon River - Me & Mrs F". YouTube. Retrieved 26 February 2017.
  12. Fletcher, Tom (27 November 2013). "Me & Mrs F - Love Is on the Radio". YouTube. Retrieved 26 February 2017.
  13. Fletcher, Tom (9 October 2015). "Tonight You Belong To Me - Me & Mrs F Cover". YouTube. Retrieved 26 February 2017.
  14. Hewis, Ben (25 November 2016). "Exclusive: Robert Lindsay, Carrie Hope Fletcher and Giovanna Fletcher to star in A Christmas Carol". whatsonstage.com. Retrieved 25 February 2017.
  15. "Tom Fletcher Sets London Cast for THE CHRISTMASAURUS Onstage; Special Musical Edition Released!". Broadway World. 31 October 2017. Retrieved 4 November 2017.
  16. Fletcher, Giovanna. "Giovanna Fletcher". YouTube. Retrieved 26 February 2017.
  17. https://www.standard.co.uk/showbiz/mcflys-tom-fletcher-engaged-6394154.html
  18. Fletcher, Tom (29 October 2013). "We Have Some News..." YouTube. Retrieved 26 February 2017.
  19. Fletcher, Giovanna (14 April 2014). "My labour was the most amazingly powerful experience I've ever had". Hello! Magazine. Retrieved 4 November 2017.
  20. Fletcher, Tom (20 March 2014). "Bump to Buzz". YouTube. Retrieved 26 February 2017.
  21. Fletcher, Tom (3 September 2015). "Player 2". YouTube. Retrieved 26 February 2017.
  22. Fletcher, Tom (6 March 2016). "Bump to Buddy". YouTube. Retrieved 26 February 2017.
  23. Fletcher, Tom (3 March 2018). "Snow Way...we have something to tell you". YouTube. Retrieved 6 June 2018.
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