Sharyn Casey

Casey was born on 24 December 1985,[1][2] and spent most of childhood in Timaru, where she attended Gleniti School and Waimate Main School. She later moved to Wellington and attended Tawa College. From an early age, she was interested in radio and pop culture and music.[4] She left school at the age of 15 and worked in Woolworths supermarket for 6 months.[5] While working at Edgefest, she was inspired by the marketing manager to pursue a job in radio; she applied for radio school the next day and went on to study broadcasting at the NZ Radio Training School in Wellington.[4][5][6]

Casey began her broadcasting career at More FM Wairarapa in June 2005, cohosting with Brent Gare. She started working at The Edge in April 2006 after winning the promotion Quit Your Day Job. She cohosted the nightshow with Brad Watson until the end of 2010. In 2011, she started hosting the weekdays show from midday to 3 pm. In 2012, she began appearing on Four Live, before cohosting it in 2013 with Shannon Ryan.

After filling in on The Edge's breakfast show at the end of 2013 with Guy Williams and Clint Roberts, they started hosting The Edge Afternoons with Guy, Sharyn & Clint and The Edge Fat 40 with Guy, Sharyn & Clint in 2014. This lasted until the end of 2016, when Williams and Roberts left The Edge, the latter moving to sister station George FM to anchor the breakfast show. In 2015, she hosted The Music Lab on The Edge TV, cohosted The Xtra Factor with Williams and Roberts, and cohosted the sixth series of the New Zealand version of Dancing with the Stars.[7]

In 2017, she continued cohosting The Edge drive show – now called The Edge Afternoons with Jono, Ben & Sharyn – with Jono Pryor and Ben Boyce;[8] she also made cameo appearances on the duo's TV show, Jono and Ben, (until it ended in November 2018). She also made cameo appearances in The Moe Show and Shortland Street.

In 2018, she cohosted the seventh series of Dancing with the Stars,[9] and narrated Gogglebox NZ, the New Zealand version of UK reality TV programme Gogglebox.[10]

In 2019, she cohosted the eighth series of Dancing with the Stars.

In 2020, Jono and Ben left the Edge, and Casey starting cohosting The Edge drive show – now called The Edge Afternoons with Sharyn & Jayden – with Jayden King, who won the Quit Your Day Job competition at the end of 2019.

Casey married The Rock radio host Bryce Casey on 6 October 2012.[3] They have a son, Tyson Lloyd Casey, born on 4 January 2018,[11] and a dog called Warren G (after rapper Warren G).