With her warm smile and friendly manner, Michelle Ackerley is a hit with daytime TV viewers as she hosts shows like BBC's Morning Live and Crimewatch Live. Manchester-born Michelle started her career at local radio before making the switch to TV where she started co-hosting the BBC's consumer affairs show Watchdog and from there she enjoyed stints on The One Show, Fantasy Homes By The Sea and Loose Women among others. She's appeared as a contestant on Celebrity Mastermind and Celebrity MasterChef and every Christmas she can be seen hosting World's Strongest Man. But what about her life outside work? The 40-year-old has a famous mum and is a newlywed having tied the knot with her sports star fiance last summer. She's also been very open about her crippling health condition in a bid to raise its profile among other sufferers. Here we take a look at Michelle's life. Sports star husband Michelle shared a selection of stunning photos with fans last summer after tying the knot with former professional rugby coach Ben Ryan. The happy couple got married two years after he popped the question during a forest proposal in April 2022. The former rugby star used to coach the Fiji National rugby team - helping them scoop a gold medal at the Rio Olympics in 2016 before going on to be a performance director at English Premier League football team Brentford FC. Posting three gorgeous snaps from the wedding on her Instagram account, Michelle showed off her beautiful halter-neck wedding dress and shared a kiss with Ben in one of the pictures. She simply captioned the post: "This was a fun day @benryan7s" followed by a smiling face emoji and church emoji. The pair then honeymooned in Fiji, where Ben is something of a celebrity after his Olympic success with the national rugby team. During an interview with Hello! Michelle said of his fame in the country: "His face is on the banknotes, and the rugby story is being made into a film. We went there last year and we had people queuing up outside the hotel rooms; it was surreal. I was taken aback to see a whole nation react to him, but also at how he interacted with them, treating every single person like a friend or family member." She went on to say: "One of the things I love about Ben is that he has such a calm aura about him and I feel safe around him. He's also great fun; we've also got the same sense of humour and we can just spend all of our time together cracking up laughing at stupid things." TV host mum Michelle's mum Mavis is a life coach who has also made something of a name for herself on TV and she often appears on shows alongside her daughter, including Morning Live, The One Show and the BBC's cyber fraud investigation programme Dirty Rotten Scammers. Mavis, who is widowed following the death of Michelle's dad, is extremely close to her daughter and Michelle often shares photos of their adventures together on Instagram. In an interview with Hello! Michelle said: "Mum isn't just my parent, she's my best friend too. I can talk to her about anything, and we speak every day." She added: "Mum has been such a support through school and my career and it goes both ways; we've got each other's backs." Health battle Michelle has revealed how endometriosis left her struggling with menopause symptoms at the age of 24. She was given HRT injections to ease the heavy bleeding and intense pain caused by the long-term condition, in which tissue usually found in the womb grows elsewhere in the body. She said she felt "embarrassed" when the treatment gave her hot flushes, itchy skin and extreme mood swings, leaving her body "crumbling". "I was experiencing intense pain with my endometriosis and heavy bleeding," Michelle told Closer magazine. She said she tried various treatments including painkillers over several years before her gynaecologist suggested HRT injections. "It worked, but basically put me into an early form of menopause for 18 months," she said. "I was given monthly injections into my stomach, which made my periods completely stop. I'd experience these intense hot flushes, my skin became itchy and sore and I had (acne) breakouts on my face. I suffered extreme mood swings so I was all over the place, feeling really panicky and then really angry." She added: "I was so busy trying to be this bubbly, positive person while physically and mentally my body was crumbling." Michelle said she runs or walks to help cope physically and mentally and she feels "more positive and in control now than I ever have". Morning Live is on BBC One weekdays at 9.30am and on BBC iPlayer