Rebekah Mary Brooks (née
Wade; born 27 May 1968) is an English journalist and former newspaper
editor. She was chief executive officer of
News International from 2009 to 2011, having previously served as the youngest editor of a British national newspaper at
News of the World from 2000 to 2003, and the first female editor of
The Sun from 2003 to 2009. Brooks married actor
Ross Kemp in 2002. They divorced in 2009 and she married former racehorse trainer and author
Charlie Brooks.