Kerri Anne Kennerley

Kerri-Anne Kennerley was born Kerri-Anne Wright on September 22, 1953, in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. She began her television career at the age of 14 in 1967, hosting children’s programs such as “The Channel Niners” and “Everybody’s In” on Brisbane’s QTQ 9. She later moved to the Ten Network to present “The Saturday Show.” After a period as a cabaret singer and several years working in the entertainment industry in New York, she returned to Australia in 1981.

Upon her return, Kennerley took on the role of Melinda Burgess in the TV series “The Restless Years” (1981). She then co-hosted Network Ten’s breakfast program “Good Morning Australia” for 11 years. Her career continued to evolve with a shift to radio, working at 2UE and then taking over the breakfast shift at 2CH, where she also served as CEO. In 1995, she hosted and co-produced “Monday to Friday with Kerri-Anne” before taking on the prominent role of host for the Nine Network’s “Midday with Kerri-Anne” in 1996, a position that earned her significant acclaim and three Gold Logie nominations. After “Midday” concluded in 1998, she hosted “What’s Cooking” briefly in 1999.

In 2001, Kennerley presented the game shows “Greed” and “Moment of Truth” on Network Ten. She returned to the Nine Network in 2002 to host her solo talk show, “Kerri-Anne” (originally “Mornings with Kerri-Anne”), which ran successfully for nine years until 2011. She appeared as a contestant on “Dancing with the Stars” in 2012, placing seventh. Her later work includes presenting the true crime series “Behind Mansion Walls” for Foxtel from 2011 to 2013, and serving as a co-host on Network 10’s “Studio 10” from 2018 to 2020. In 2020, she performed as Berthe in the musical “Pippin” at the Sydney Lyric Theatre, and appeared as a contestant on “I’m a Celebrity…Get Me Out of Here!” in 2023.