Amanda Keller

Amanda Keller
OAM
Amanda Keller in 2014
Born Amanda Rose Keller
(1962-02-25) 25 February 1962
Sydney, New South Wales
Nationality Australian
Education Carlingford High School
Mitchell College of Advanced Education
Occupation Journalist, radio and television presenter, comedian, media personality
Years active 1983–present
Employer Network Ten
Known for The Living Room host
Spouse(s)
Harley Oliver (m. 1989)
Children 2

Amanda Rose Keller OAM (born 25 February 1962) is an Australian journalist, radio and television presenter, comedian and media personality, best known currently as the host of the popular Australian lifestyle program The Living Room.

Education

Keller attended Carlingford High School and Mitchell College of Advanced Education (now Charles Sturt University), where she graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in Communications in 1982. At university, she was a contemporary of Andrew Denton among others, and was a student of Peter Temple. She was a broadcaster with on-campus community radio station 2MCE-FM.

Career

Her first professional media job was in 1983 as a researcher for the popular children's television show, Simon Townsend's Wonder World! She was later a researcher and producer for Good Morning Australia when Gordon Elliott and Kerri-Anne Kennerley were hosts. By 1985, she was a researcher and producer for Ray Martin's Midday show, where she first began to appear regularly on camera.[1]

In 1987, she left Midday to appear in the pilot for Richard Neville's counter-culture programme Extra Dimensions, which was produced by the same team that made Beyond 2000. Extra Dimensions folded after the first season. Keller's luck changed when she was signed to Beyond 2000, the internationally popular science programme, where she won numerous media awards including the United Nations Association of Australia's Media Peace Award in 1989, and the Michael Daley Award for Science Journalism.

In 1994, she joined Andrew Denton as a regular guest on his show Denton, where she combined her scientific knowledge with her love of popular culture and kitsch—subsequently publishing a book, Amanda's Handy Home Hints. When the series finished in 1995, she joined Denton at Sydney radio station Triple M where they co-presented the breakfast show. At the same time, she hosted her own contemporary culture show on cable television called The Hub.

She hosted her own pop culture-centric program Mondo Thingo in 2004. In 2006, Keller appeared in Series Five of Dancing with the Stars where she progressed to the fifth round before being eliminated.[2]

In 2008 she starred in the SBS TV series Swift and Shift Couriers as Amanda Doyle, the Regional Manager, and returned to this role for season two in 2011. Also, in 2011, she had a small role in another sitcom, Housos, also on SBS TV.

Amanda Keller in May 2012

Keller presents morning radio on WSFM 101.7, with Brendan Jones.[3] She has also made appearances on shows such as Good News Week, Rove Live, The Glass House, 20 to 1, Spicks and Specks, Have You Been Paying Attention? and Show Me the Movie!. For the duration of the show Keller was the Baby Boomers team leader on Network Ten's quiz show Talkin' 'Bout Your Generation. The show began airing in 2009 and finished its fourth and last season in 2012.

Keller is now the host of Australian lifestyle program, The Living Room. The show began airing in 2012.[4]

Personal life

She supports the Sydney Roosters rugby league team in the Australian National Rugby League.

Her paternal grandfather, Juan Sánchez de Toledo, was a Marrano (Jewish convert to Christianity) and was condemned by the Spanish Inquisition for allegedly returning to the Jewish faith.

Keller has two sons with her husband Harley Oliver and lives in Sydney.

Other

Keller is the patron of The Sydney Kids Committee, a volunteer organisation which raises funds for the Sydney Children's Hospital.

She holds the world record for the longest underwater radio broadcast which took place on 28 October 2010 when she and fellow WSFM breakfast show host Brendan Jones spent over three hours underwater at Sydney Aquarium.[5]

In 2016 she was awarded the Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM) in the Queens Birthday Honours[6]

Bibliography

Contributor

  • Jonsey and Amanda, WSFM (2007). "Contributor". Laugh Even Louder!. By Camp Quality. Gosford, New South Wales: Scholastic Australia Pty Limited. ISBN 978-1-74169-022-4. [7]

References

  1. ↑ Amanda Keller - TV.com
  2. ↑ "Colorado wildfire destroys 181 homes".
  3. ↑ 101.7 WS-FM - DJ Profile Archived 17 September 2006 at the Wayback Machine.
  4. ↑ The Living Room
  5. ↑ "Longest Underwater Broadcast-Brendan Jones and Amanda Keller sets world record". World Records Academy. Retrieved 8 February 2012.
  6. ↑ It's an Honour, Retrieved 14 June 2016
  7. ↑ Camp Quality (2007). Laugh Even Louder!. Gosford, New South Wales: Scholastic Australia Pty Limited. p. 20. ISBN 978-1-74169-022-4. |access-date= requires |url= (help)
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