Australian television presenter
Kylie Gillies
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Gillies in May 2012
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Born
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1967-05-04
)
4 May 1967
(age 57)
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Occupation(s)
| Seven Network
presenter and journalist
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Years active
| 1991?present
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Spouse
| Tony Gillies (1989?present)
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Children
| 2
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Website
| The Morning Show profile
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Kylie Gillies
(born 4 May 1967) is Australian television presenter for the
Seven Network
, based in
Sydney
,
Australia
. Gillies is the co-host of
The Morning Show
with
Larry Emdur
.
Career
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Gillies was born in
Tamworth
and attended Tamworth High School. She started working as a researcher at radio station
2TM
, then began working as a reporter, producer and news presenter for
Prime Television
for ten years.
[1]
Her first role at Seven was an assistant producer on
Seven's Late News
with
Anne Fulwood
.
Prior to
The Morning Show
, Gillies was on
Sportsworld
as the sports news presenter.
[2]
Gillies has also been a reporter for Seven's
Australian Open
Tennis coverage, providing the weather and the sports reports for each day of the Open.
[3]
In December 2006, Kylie was a regular presenter of the weekend sport report on Sydney's edition of
Seven News.
She has also been a fill in presenter on
Sunrise
,
Weekend Sunrise
,
Seven Morning News
,
Seven 4.30 News
,
Today Tonight
and
Seven News
in Sydney. In June 2007, Gillies began her role as co-host on
The Morning Show
with
Larry Emdur
, which airs after
Sunrise
[4]
In June 2009, Kylie announced that she would take part in
Dancing With The Stars
. She finished in third place.
[5]
In 2010, Gillies received a
Walkley Award
for her contribution to journalism.
[2]
In April 2011, she presented reports for
The Morning Show
and
Seven News
live from London for the
Royal Wedding of Prince William and Catherine Middleton
.
In 2014, Gillies and her
The Morning Show
co-host
Larry Emdur
reported on the events of the
2014 Sydney hostage crisis
before transferring transmission to the network's
Melbourne Studios
[6]
Gillies celebrated 20 years with the
Seven Network
,
[7]
and 10 years with co-host Emdur on
The Morning Show
in 2017.
[8]
Personal life
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Gillies married journalist Tony Gillies in 1989
[1]
and they have two sons, Gus and Archie.
[9]
References
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External links
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