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Anna Ryder Richardson
Anna Caroline Ryder Richardson (born 29 January 1964), is a British interior designer and television presenter. She is known for being a designer on the BBC shows Changing Rooms, House Invaders and Staying Put. Anna Ryder Richardson was born in Swansea in 1964. Her father was a Malaysian student, and her mother Welsh. At six weeks of age, she was adopted by Colin and Jill Ryder Richardson, and raised in Surrey with her adopted sister Sarah. Her adoptive father, Colin, was a wartime Evacuee who survived the sinking of the SS City of Benares by a German U-Boat.
After an early career in modeling, she became a fitness instructor. She then managed children`s interior shop Squidy Things, where she started designing and decorating children`s bedrooms, which launched a career as an interior designer.
She has purchased Manor House Wildlife Park, St. Florence, near Tenby, and made the video diary turned TV programme Trouble at the Zoo, which followed the progress of the redevelopment of the zoo.
After an early career in modeling, she became a fitness instructor. She then managed children`s interior shop Squidy Things, where she started designing and decorating children`s bedrooms, which launched a career as an interior designer.
She has purchased Manor House Wildlife Park, St. Florence, near Tenby, and made the video diary turned TV programme Trouble at the Zoo, which followed the progress of the redevelopment of the zoo.
