Janina Ramirez
Known for: Acting
Dr Janina Sara Maria Ramirez (pronounced [ja'nina]; née Maleczek; born 7 July 1980), sometimes credited as Nina Ramirez, is a British art historian, cultural historian, and TV presenter. She specializes in interpreting symbols and examining works of art within their historical context. Ramirez went to school in Slough, Berkshire. She gained a degree in English literature, specializing in Old and Middle English, from St Anne's College, Oxford, before completing her postgraduate studies at the Centre for Medieval Studies, University of York. She completed a PhD on the artistic and literary symbolism of birds, which led to a lectureship in York's Art History Department, followed by lecturing posts at the University of Winchester, University of Warwick, and University of Oxford.
Filmography
Series
Pointless Celebrities
Self
2011
Series
Chivalry and Betrayal: The Hundred Years War
Self - Presenter
2013
Series
Raiders of the Lost Past with Janina Ramirez
Self - Presenter
2020
Film
The Viking Sagas
Self - Presenter (as Dr Janina Ramirez)
2011
Series
Illuminations: The Private Lives of Medieval Kings
Self - Presenter
2012
Series
An Art Lovers' Guide
Self - Presenter
2017
Series
Handmade in Bolton
Herself - Presenter
2019
Series
Saints and Sinners: Britain's Millennium of Monasteries
Self - Presenter
2015
Film
The Search for the Lost Manuscript: Julian of Norwich
Presenter
2016
Film
Treasures of the Anglo-Saxons
Self - Presenter
2010
Film
England's Reformation: Three Books That Changed a Nation
Self - Presenter
2017
Film
The Genius of Leonardo Da Vinci
Presenter
2018
Film
Female Filmmakers Too: BBC Introducing Arts
Self - Presenter
2022
Film
Britain's Most Fragile Treasure
Presenter
2011
Film
Female Filmmakers: BBC Introducing Arts
Self - Presenter
2020
Film
Apples, Pears and Paint: How to Make a Still Life Painting
Self
2014
Film
Saxon Hoard: A Golden Discovery
2012
Film
Women in Film: BBC Introducing Arts
Self - Presenter
2021
Film
Architects of the Divine: The First Gothic Age
Presenter
2014
Film
Screengrabbed: BBC Introducing Arts
Self - Presenter
2019