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Shanie Ryan

SPEAKER AT BTF 2024

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In 2024,
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ABOUT
Shanie Ryan

sPEAKER AT BTF 2024

sPEAKER AT BTF

After being branded a natural in front of the cameras by top TV producers, Shanie landed her first big presenting job, cov­ering backstage interviews at 'Wireless Festival' for MTV’s show "The Wrap Up". Most recently she presented the artist interviews for LadBible at BBC Radio 1’s Big Weekend & hosted the red carpet for ITV & Marks & Spencer at the premiere for their brand new TV show 'Dress The Nation'. As well as MTV, she has led programmes for Fashion TV, GRM Daily and a guest spot on NBC's The Today Show. Throughout her career, Shanie has hosted live events for The BFI, Nike, London Fashion Week & Black Tech Fest. Shanie put her brilliant interviewing skills to the test when she presented 'Your Cinema' in association with Vue Cinema. Having interviewed some huge actors from both film and televi­sion including Oscar winning actor Daniel Kaluya, Dr Who's Tosin Cole & Mandip Gill, Top Boy's Ashley Wal­ters, Homelands David Harewood, Snowfalls' Damson Idris & The Maze Runner's Aml Ameen.This opportunity allowed bubbly charming personality to come through. If you haven't caught Shanie live or on camera then you may have heard her voice through your airwaves. She has previously presented the weekend breakfast show on Rinse 106.FM & Breakfast on Select Radio 99.3FM. However, Shanie then joined the presenting team at Global Radio's Capital Xtra 96.9FM. In October 2019 Shanie launched her podcast 'Influence Me' which is available to listen to on Apple Podcasts, Spotify and all major listening platforms. 'Influence Me' was named as one of the Radio Times top 20 podcasts to listen to in 2020. In 2024 Shanie joined the LAD Bible Group, as host & interviewer of digital content covering everything from film premiers to festivals & events, the brand has an impressive global reach of 400 million!

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