Edwina Bartholomew

Edwina Louise Christie Bartholomew (born 5 July 1983) is an Australian journalist and television presenter.

Edwina Bartholomew
Born
Edwina Louise Christie Bartholomew

(1983-07-05) 5 July 1983
Whyalla, South Australia, Australia
EducationAbbotsleigh
Alma materCharles Sturt University
OccupationJournalist, TV presenter
EmployerSeven Network
Spouse(s)Neil Varcoe (m. 2018)
Children1

Bartholomew is currently an entertainment presenter on Sunrise. She has previously been a co-host of Dancing with the Stars and Australian Spartan.

Career

Bartholomew completed her journalism degree at Charles Sturt University and also completed a Masters of International Studies in 2006 at Sydney University. She won a Sunrise Intern competition, where she progressed from making coffee to producing the show.[1]

She also worked as a reporter on 2GB and covered the Beijing Olympics for the Seven Network.

She later returned to Australia and continued to work as a reporter for Seven News before signing on as Sunrise's Sydney correspondent in 2011. She has also filed stories for Sunday Night.

In July 2013, Bartholomew was appointed as weather presenter on Sunrise.[2]

In September 2013, Bartholomew was appointed co-host of Dancing with the Stars.[3]

In January 2016, Bartholomew announced that she would be leaving her role as weather presenter on Sunrise after three years to become the show's entertainment presenter, and primary fill-in news presenter. She was replaced by Sam Mac.

In 2018 and 2019, Bartholomew co-hosted Australian Spartan alongside Hamish McLachlan.[4]

Personal life

Bartholomew was born in Whyalla, South Australia. She spent her early years living in Japan and Malaysia.[5] She later boarded at Abbotsleigh School in Wahroonga, Sydney, where she completed her Higher School Certificate and featured in the Distinguished Achievers List.[6]

Bartholomew lives in Sydney and is married with one child.[7][8]

References

  1. Edwina Bartholomew profile Sunrise
  2. Edwina Bartholomew, Profile Talent Management
  3. Edwina Bartholomew to co-host Dancing with the Stars, by David Knox (TV Tonight, 24 September 2013)
  4. "Seven Unveils Hosts For 2018's Australian Spartan". B&T. Retrieved 11 January 2018.
  5. Edwina Bartholomew – Channel 7â€ēs Rising Star by Dan Hutton (The Beast, 26 May 2012)
  6. "Distinguished Achievers List – 2001 HSC". boardofstudies.nsw.edu.au. Retrieved 1 March 2016.
  7. "Kochie stunned by Edwina Bartholomew's on-air 'surprise'". NewsComAu. 5 June 2019. Retrieved 5 June 2019.
  8. "Sunrise presenter Edwina Bartholomew gives birth to baby girl". Seven News. 19 December 2019. Retrieved 19 December 2019.
Media offices
Preceded by
New position
Sunrise
Entertainment presenter

January 2016 - present
Succeeded by
Incumbent
Preceded by
Grant Denyer
Sunrise
Weather presenter

July 2013 - January 2016
Succeeded by
Sam Mac
Preceded by
Simon Reeve
Sunrise
Sydney correspondent

2011 - 2013
Succeeded by
Gabrielle Boyle
Preceded by
Natalie Barr
Sunrise
News presenter (Fridays)

January 2021–
Succeeded by
incumbent
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