Lorna Gabrielle Balfour is an American Emmy Award-winning producer and journalist. She is Caribbean-American, with both of her parents hailing from the West Indian country of Trinidad and Tobago.
Lorna Balfour | |
|---|---|
| Born | |
| Alma mater | The University of Utah |
| Occupation(s) | Television Personality, Actress, Producer |
| Awards | Emmy Award |
Early life and education
editRaised in Salt Lake City, Balfour attended private liberal arts institution, The Waterford School.[1]
Balfour then attended The University of Utah, where she created her own interdisciplinary bachelor's degree. Her studies focused mainly on broadcasting, production, and marketing. She graduated May 5, 2016.[2]
Career
editBalfour had roles in productions filmed in Salt Lake City, such as Touched By An Angel, Everwood, High School Musical 3: Senior Year, and a few other Disney Channel movies.
KSL-TV is the station where Balfour spent time working as a weekend news producer and reporter. Balfour reported on the on-air segment of ‘Your Life Your Health’[3] and wrote articles for the KSL 5 website’s news features.[4][5]
Balfour worked at NBC Sports as an Associate Producer for the 2016 Rio Olympic Games. On May 10, 2017, Balfour earned an Emmy Award for "Outstanding Trans-Media Sports Coverage"[6][7] for the "Games of the XXXI Olympiad".[8]
Awards
edit| Year | Award | Category | Nominated Work | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | Emmy Awards | Outstanding Trans-Media Sports Coverage | Games of the XXXI Olympiad | Won |
Filmography
editTelevision
edit| Title | Year | Role | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Actress | Producer | |||
| 2016 Rio Olympics: Games of the XXXI Olympiad | 2016 | No | Yes | 20 Episodes |
| Everwood | 2003 | Yes | No | 8 Episodes |
| Touched By An Angel | 2001 | Yes | No | 1 Episode |
Film
edit| Title | Year | Role | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Actress | Producer | |||
| High School Musical 3: Senior Year | 2008 | Yes | No | |
| Hatching Pete | 2009 | Yes | No | |
References
edit- ^ "Alumni Profiles". Waterford School. Retrieved 2022-09-18.
- ^ Stories, Local (25 June 2020). "Meet Lorna Balfour of Looma|TV and Looma Media in Sandy Springs - Voyage ATL Magazine | ATL City Guide". voyageatl.com. Retrieved 2022-09-18.
- ^ Michaelson, Jenniffer. "Dietitian Stephanie Parker takes on the healthy student challenge". KSL TV – via KSL.com.
- ^ Dec. 14, Lorna Balfour | Posted-; A.m, 2015 at 10:02. "'Active Classroom' program gets kids moving in order to learn". www.ksl.com. Retrieved 2022-09-18.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ "Lorna Balfour". Bold TV. Retrieved 2022-09-18.
- ^ Nordyke, Kimberly (2017-05-10). "Sports Emmys: NBCUniversal's Rio Olympics Coverage Tops Winners". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 2022-09-27.
- ^ "NBC Sports Group Wins 9 Sports Emmy Awards". Comcast. May 9, 2017.
- ^ "THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF TELEVISION ARTS & SCIENCES ANNOUNCES WINNERS OF THE 38th ANNUAL SPORTS EMMY® AWARDS" (PDF). TheEmmys.tv. May 9, 2017. Archived from the original on November 5, 2021.