Emma Vardy

Meet Emma Vardy

Emma is the BBC’s Los Angeles Correspondent, reporting on a wide variety of stories from the 2024 US presidential election to Hollywood‘s red carpet awards as well as business and the rapidly evolving world of technology.

An engaging and versatile broadcaster, Emma was previously the BBC’s Ireland Correspondent, best known for guiding viewers through the complexities of politics in Northern Ireland, leading audiences through the twists and turns of Brexit, and for her “brave and fearless reporting” on paramilitary groups and the legacy of the Troubles.

For her broadcasting work Emma has won two Royal Television Society Awards and been named the Political Studies Association “Journalist of the Year”. She regularly appears on the BBC News bulletins at six and ten as well as Today on Radio 4, the BBC’s Newscast podcast and other BBC programmes. She has reported from the Ukraine conflict, from Washington DC and been a political Correspondent in Westminster, as well as presenting Newsnight and hosting the business news on BBC Breakfast.

Emma began her broadcasting career at Sky Sports and Sky News and reported for the host broadcasters at the London 2012 Olympics, and the Vancouver and Sochi Winter Olympic Games.

She is passionate about sport, has played women’s football and rugby and regularly travels the world to surf in far flung destinations. Emma appeared in the famous chair on Celebrity Mastermind with Clive Myrie, answering questions on “the History of Surfing”. Having become a mother she has also reported on the changing attitudes to fitness in pregnancy.

With Emma’s warm and entertaining style as a speaker and host she brings a fresh approach to a wide variety of subjects. Her specialism in politics has brought her to the forefront of reporting on high profile news events, while her ability to connect with a wide range of audiences and demystify even the most difficult of subjects has seen her become one of the most respected and well-liked BBC on-screen talents.

Emma has hosted events and chaired panels for organisations including the
Royal College of Midwives, Queens University, the Political Studies Association, Tony Blair and Bertie Ahern – 25th Anniversary of the Good Friday Agreement, Belfast Book Festival and Libraries NI.