Vicky Coren
| Works: | 18 works in 47 publications in 6 languages and 587 library holdings |
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| Roles: | Author, Editor |
| Classifications: | PR6053, 828.91409 |
Victoria Coren is the only daughter of humorist and journalist Alan Coren and his wife Anne Kasriel. She grew up in north London and graduated from St John’s College, Oxford, with a first-class. Victoria Coren Mitchell hails from a family of four comprised of her mother Anne Kasriel, her father Alan Coren, and her older brother, Giles. Mitchell’s mom is a medical doctor while her late father was a renowned satirist. Alan wrote for several publications including The Sunday Express, Daily Mail, The Times, and The New Yorker.
- Victoria Coren Mitchell is a writer, broadcaster, presenter of Only Connect on BBC Two and a competitive international poker player. Still not sure whose website you’ve stumbled onto by mistake? Try the BIOGRAPHY page. The month’s upcoming events appear on the NEWS page.
- Team PokerStars Pro Vicky Coren enjoyed a great run at this month's PokerStars Caribbean Adventure main event, finishing 30th for $40,000. With life tournament winnings of more than $1.2 million, including $941,513 for the EPT London title in 2006.
- Victoria was born 18 August 1972 in Hammersmith, London, UK. She has many talents. Coren is a columnist for The Observer and The Guardian, host of TV show Only Connect, and a professional poker player. She’s married to David Mitchell since 2012.
- For richer, for poorer : a love affair with poker by Victoria Coren( Book )
- Once more, with feeling : how we tried to make the greatest porn film ever by Victoria Coren( Book )
- For richer, for poorer : confessions of a player by Victoria Coren( Book )
9 editions published between 2008 and 2009 in English and held by 215 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Edited by his children, Giles and Victoria, Chocolate and Cuckoo Clocks is an anthology of writing from the former editor of Punch and Radio 4 national treasure Alan Coren, who died in October 2007. In a prolific forty-year career Alan Coren wrote for The Times, Observer, Tattler, Daily Mail, Mail on Sunday, Listener, Punch and the New Yorker, and published over 20 books including The Sanity Inspector, Golfing for Cats and The Collected Bulletins of Idi Amin. Even twenty years ago he estimated that he had published six million words, or ten copies of War and Peace. This anthology draws together the best of his published work as new unpublished autobiographical material
4 editions published in 2017 in English and held by 35 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Dawn French reveals what she wrote on the back of her first car; Olivia Colman tells us the nickname of her beloved Morris Minor; Sarah Millican describes a traffic jam that led to some desperate measures; and Germaine Greer talks about Australia's own car, the mighty Holden. Through their stories, they explore what cars symbolise to women today, including freedom, power, refuge, novelty and familiarity. Women Talking About Cars is a witty, chatty and fabulously funny motoring show that offers a fresh new perspective on the lives of four of the country's most remarkable women. Josette Simon provides 'brochure style' car descriptions, and there are contributions from the BBC Radio Theatre audience
2 editions published in 1989 in English and held by 32 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
2 editions published in 2019 in English and held by 9 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
1 edition published in 2009 in English and held by 9 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
A new poker classic from one of the world's top players
5 editions published in 2004 in Undetermined and English and held by 4 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
The auctioning of art belonging to André Breton - poet and critic, high priest of surrealism and dabbler in the erotic - sent shockwaves through French cultural circles
1 edition published in 2003 in German and held by 4 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
1 edition published in 2003 in Dutch and held by 3 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Speels verslag van het maken van een pornofilm door twee amateur-regisseurs
1 edition published in 2003 in English and held by 2 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Vicky and Charlie, 20-something, one the son of a vicar, the other daughter of a much loved Radio 4 and Times columnist, friends for years but never boyfriend/girlfriend, decide to make a hardcore porn movie. This is the hilarious story of their journey from a sofa in North London, through the heart of the sex industry in California, to their own film set in Amsterdam. What happens when a nice girl falls in love with a rent-boy, and a vicar's son attempts to film a gang-bang? Vicky and Charlie learned to see the world through new eyes, and the sex-workers learned how to play cribbage. And together they produced perhaps the most baffling skinflick in history
1 edition published in 2005 in Hebrew and held by 2 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
1 edition published in 2011 in English and held by 1 WorldCat member library worldwide
1 edition published in 2014 in English and held by 1 WorldCat member library worldwide
1 edition published in 2011 in English and held by 1 WorldCat member library worldwide
1 edition published in 2006 in Polish and held by 1 WorldCat member library worldwide
1 edition published in 2010 in Italian and held by 1 WorldCat member library worldwide
1 edition published in 2014 in English and held by 1 WorldCat member library worldwide
1 edition published in 2013 in English and held by 0 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
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Vicky Coren Net Worth
- Coren, Alan 1938-2007 Author
- Coren, Giles Editor
- Millican, Sarah 1975- Narrator
- Greer, Germaine 1939- Narrator
- French, Dawn Narrator
- Colman, Olivia Narrator
- Waley-Cohen, Jack Author
Victoria Coren Mitchell Split
German (1)
Italian (1)
Polish (1)
Hebrew (1)
Dutch (1)
- Nationality:
- United Kingdom
- Nickname:
- 'Teacup'
- Age:
- 48 years
- Poker Earnings:
- $1.7 million
Victoria Coren, born Victoria Elizabeth Coren is an English writer, presenter and professional poker player.
Born on the 18th of August in 1972 in the London borough of Hammersmith, Victoria still currently resides in London, UK.
Known as Vicky to her friends, she has achieved a full and successful career both on the poker tables and as a journalist and TV presenter.
The host of many popular TV shows on UK television, both related and unrelated to Poker.
She is also married to famous British comedian David Mitchell after a lavish wedding ceremony in 2012 with an audience packed full of celebrities from the British showbiz industry.
Born to be on TV
She was brought up in Cricklewood, a small village next to the internationally reputed Cricklewood Studios. Her mother is a Doctor and her father is a well known journalist.
Victoria, known in the poker world as Teacup, attended several independent same-sex schools from the age of 5 to 18 before going on to study for her higher education at Saint John’s College in Oxford, where she graduated with a first-class degree in English.
At the tender age of 14, Victoria had a short story professionally published under a pen name, for the Just Seventeen magazine and won a competition held by The Daily Telegraph for her teenage writing topics. She went on to write a play adapted from the newspaper entries of John Diamond, which was performed during the 2000 Edinburgh Festival at the Assembly Rooms, the Grace Theatre and the New End Theatre in London before re-adapting the project for a television show in 2001 broadcast on BBC Two.
Coren has gone on to have a successful TV career, seen here presenting TV quiz show Only Connect
In 2007, as an undercover journalist, Victoria revealed how she had instigated a hoax to trap apparent mourners attending funeral services to mourn for people that they had never actually known. She revealed the truth about the groups, who were only attending the services for the free food and drinks. With a humorous take on a relatively morbid subject, Coren was proud to have foiled these free loaders.
The First Female EPT Champion
Coren first began playing poker professionally in 2006, where she entered the European Poker Tour and became the first female player to win a televised tournament as well as a celebrity tournament; the Celebrity Poker Club.
A frequent visitor of the Victoria Casino (no relation), Coren can be seen clearing tables of opponents in standard Texas Hold ‘Em games. In fact is was at this very casino which shares a name with Victoria that she made her biggest mark on the game.
Her 2006 entry in to the European Poker Tour London leg saw her beating 400 opponents to become the first women ever to win a prestigious EPT title and along with it a huge prize of GBP £500,000. This remains her only major title win, however her winnings don’t stop there with total career earnings to date of $1.7 million.
Coren became the first female ever to win a European Poker Tour event at the 2006 London leg
In November of 2011, Coren finished second at the International Federation of Poker (IFP) “The Table” World Championship, being defeated by Raul Mestre in the final heads up battle. For second place she was awarded $100,000; 10% of which she donated to the well-known Age UK charity, supporting work with the elderly and senior members of society.
Victoria Coren's Major Title Record
- WSOP Bracelets
- 0
- EPT Wins
- 1
- WPT Wins
- 0
Her Career away from Poker
Vicky has established herself as a TV presenter for numerous shows both in the sport of poker, but also in more mainstream subjects.
As a radio presenter, Coren has been involved with such projects as the Fourth Column and Off The Page for Radio 4, as well as two series of Balderdash and Piffle relating to the use of words within the Oxford Dictionary. She has also hosted documentaries on Language and Art for BBC 4.
As a poker and gambling specialist, she has further presented The Poker Nations Cup and Late Night Poker for Channel 4 as well as an entire series in which she covered the World Poker Tour for ITV2 and provided commentary for the European Poker Tour.
Using her skills in academics and the use of the English language, she has had guest appearances on several UK television shows, such as You Have Been Watching, Midweek, Woman’s Hour, Have I Got News For you, QI, Opinionated and Eight Out Of Ten Cats. Her appearances are always appreciated as beyond her serious poker-face, she is considered quite the comedian herself, always poking jokes at her friends and family and making fun of herself.
Her joyful nature and friendly demeanour has won her fans both on and off the field and she looks set to enjoy many more years in front of our screens drawing in huge audiences.
Married to a Celebrity
In her spare time, Victoria is a huge fan of cookery and gardening. She enjoys creating her own recipes and can often be found in the kitchen adding random ingredients to well-known dishes to test the results on her family and friends.
In 2012, she announced her engagement to her now husband, comedian David Mitchell. The couple were rumoured to have met during the filming of The Bubble but they state that they met at a film premier in the middle of 2007 and after 3 years they began to date. Their wedding took place on the 17th November 2012.
Vicki Coren
Victoria married famous British comedian David Mitchell in November 2012.
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Coren states that she often stays up until the early hours of the morning, smoking, drinking and gambling both with friends and online.
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In 2008, Victoria was recruited to the Team Pokerstars and is now a sponsored player representing them at tournament around the globe.
As part of Team Pokerstars she plays exclusively online at Pokerstars where you can watch and chat to her while she plays or even sit down at her table if there is space. To do so, just click the box below to download Pokerstars and open a free account.