Clara Amfo Signs With Curtis Brown

Jesse Whittock and Max Goldbart
·1 min read

EXCLUSIVE: British radio DJ, TV presenter and podcast host Clara Amfo has signed with the Curtis Brown Group.

Amfo is one of a number to have left Simon Cowell’s agency YMU over the past few months. UTA-owned Curtis Brown will represent her in all areas.

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She will be repped within the new unscripted entertainment division helmed by ex-YMU agent Martha Atack, which launched earlier this year. Curtis Brown Group Unscripted and Entertainment has a roster featuring the likes of Bradley Walsh, Richard E Grant, Sue Perkins, Zoe Ball, Carol Vorderman, Cat Deeley, London Hughes, Lenny Rush, Grayson Perry, Stacey Dooley, Asim Chaudhry, Layton Williams and Mae Martin.

Amfo is a household name on British radio and TV. She hosts a number of shows on BBC Radio 1 and has interviewed the likes of Billie Eilish, Kendrick Lamar, and Elton John. She also fronts the BAFTA TV red carpet, BBC’s Glastonbury coverage, ITV music show Studio Sessions and has hosted podcasts on the likes of the history of fashion.

She is one of a number of UK TV stars to have exited YMU over the summer months.

Deadline revealed this morning that the likes of Munya Chawawa, Angela Scanlon, Robert Rinder and Amelia Dimoldenberg have also moved, with a number of senior agents departing.

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