Actor profile

Kirsty Wark

3rd February 1955 Dumfries, Dumfriesshire, Scotland, UK Acting

Kirsteen Anne "Kirsty" Wark FRSE is a British journalist and television presenter, best known for fronting BBC Two's news and current affairs programme Newsnight since 1993, and its weekly arts spin-off Newsnight Review from 2002 to 2014. Wark was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh in March 2017.

13 Movies 28 TV Shows 50 Credits

Filmography

Movies & TV Shows

City Lights: Pure Dead Brilliant poster

City Lights: Pure Dead Brilliant 30th November 2025 as Self

Joan Rivers at the BBC poster

Joan Rivers at the BBC 8th September 2024 as Self (archive footage)

Bridget Riley: Painting the Line poster

Bridget Riley: Painting the Line 19th November 2021 as Herself - Interviewer

Royal Academy of Arts: Summer Exhibition 2018 poster

Royal Academy of Arts: Summer Exhibition 2018 16th June 2018 as Self

The Many Primes of Muriel Spark poster

The Many Primes of Muriel Spark 31st January 2018 as Herself - Presenter

Carnage: Swallowing the Past poster

Carnage: Swallowing the Past 19th March 2017 as Herself

Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie poster

Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie 1st July 2016 as Kirsty Wark

Cast & Crew: If.... poster

Cast & Crew: If.... 12th June 2004 as Self - Presenter

Vivienne Westwood Talks to Kirsty Wark poster

Vivienne Westwood Talks to Kirsty Wark 13th April 2004 as Self

The Pink Floyd and Syd Barrett Story poster

The Pink Floyd and Syd Barrett Story 24th March 2003 as Narrator

J.K. Rowling - Harry Potter and Me poster

J.K. Rowling - Harry Potter and Me 28th December 2001 as Narrator

Lee Miller: A Crazy Way of Seeing poster

Lee Miller: A Crazy Way of Seeing 25th August 2001 as Self - Narrator (voice)

Empire of the Nude: The Victorian Nude poster

Empire of the Nude: The Victorian Nude 1st January 2001 as Narrator

Forensics: Murder Case poster

Forensics: Murder Case 21st July 2025 as Self - Presenter

Douglas Is Cancelled poster

Douglas Is Cancelled 27th June 2024 as Interviewer

Lives Well Lived poster

Lives Well Lived 30th December 2023 as Self - Presenter

The Women Who Changed Modern Scotland poster

The Women Who Changed Modern Scotland 21st February 2023 as Self

The Weakest Link poster

The Weakest Link 18th December 2021 as Self

The Years that Changed Modern Scotland poster

The Years that Changed Modern Scotland 5th January 2021 as Self - Presenter

Good Omens poster

Good Omens 31st May 2019 as Television Newsreader

Joe Lycett's Got Your Back poster

Joe Lycett's Got Your Back 5th April 2019 as Self

Richard Osman's House of Games poster

Richard Osman's House of Games 4th September 2017 as Self - Contestant

Walks with My Dog poster

Walks with My Dog 9th March 2017 as Self

Was It Something I Said? poster

Was It Something I Said? 6th October 2013 as Self - Narrator

Tipping Point: Lucky Stars poster

Tipping Point: Lucky Stars 9th June 2013 as Self - Contestant

The Politician's Husband poster

The Politician's Husband 25th April 2013 as Herself

The Great Comic Relief Bake Off poster

The Great Comic Relief Bake Off 21st January 2013 as Self - Contestant

Black Mirror poster

Black Mirror 4th December 2011 as Award Presenter

Celebrity Antiques Road Trip poster

Celebrity Antiques Road Trip 24th October 2011 as Self - Participant

Would I Lie to You? poster

Would I Lie to You? 16th June 2007 as Self

Party Animals poster

Party Animals 31st January 2007

The One Show poster

The One Show 14th August 2006 as Self

The IT Crowd poster

The IT Crowd 3rd February 2006 as Herself

Doctor Who poster

Doctor Who 26th March 2005 as Kirsty Wark

Spooks poster

Spooks 13th May 2002 as Newsnight Presenter

Spooks poster

Spooks 13th May 2002 as Newsreader

Room 101 poster

Room 101 4th July 1994 as Self - Guest

Absolutely Fabulous poster

Absolutely Fabulous 12th November 1992 as Self

Have I Got News for You poster

Have I Got News for You 28th September 1990 as Self

Newsnight poster

Newsnight 30th January 1980

Omnibus poster

Omnibus 13th October 1967