Lisa Wilkinson Biography, Age, Height, Husband, Parents, Career, Net Worth

Lisa Wilkinson Biography

Lisa Wilkinson AM is a famous Australian television presenter and journalist. Currently, she is the host of Network 10 news-current affairs and talk show The Project. Before, she co-hosted the Nine Network’s breakfast television program Today alongside Karl Stefanovic from 2007 -2017 and Weekend Sunrise on the Seven Network from 2005 to 2007.

Lisa Wilkinson Age|Birthday

Wilkinson is 62 years old as of 2022. In addition, she was born on December 19, 1959, in Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia. Therefore, she celebrates her birthday on the 19th December of every year.

Lisa Wilkinson Height |weight

Wilkinson has an approximated height of 5 feet 6 inches (1.67 meters) tall. In addition, she weighs of 58 kilograms (128 lbs).

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Lisa Wilkinson Family

Wilkinson was born to Raymond Wilkinson (Father, born in 1921, but passed on May 16, 1990) and Beryl Wilkinson (Mother passed on in 2018). Additionally, she has two siblings, an elder brother Kyle and a younger brother Brett.

Lisa Wilkinson Husband

Wilkinson is married to Peter FitzSimons who was born on June 29, 1961. Additionally, he is an Australian author, journalist, and radio presenter. Furthermore, they married on September 26, 1992. In addition, they have three kids, two sons Jake FitzSimons and Louis FitzSimons, and as well a daughter Billi FitzSimons.

Lisa Wilkinson Career

She started her career serving for the magazine Dolly and was offered the job as its editor when she was 21 years old. Through her time there, she was prominent for discovering young female talent involving a then-unknown Nicole Kidman.

Later, after tripling the magazine’s circulation, Kerry Packer approached her to be editor of the Australian Consolidated Press women’s lifestyle magazine, Cleo. Besides, one of her first acts was to remove the magazine’s infamous male centerfold. Furthermore, as an editor, through her time, she mentored up-and-coming journalists including Deborah Thomas and Mia Freedman.

Furthermore, she became the title’s longest-serving editor for over ten years and through her tenure, there was unprecedented circulation growth for the magazine. Additionally, she went on to become Cleo’s International Editor-in-Chief as it opened title in New Zealand and Asia.

Moreover, she was Editor-At-Large of The Australian Women’s Weekly from 1999 to 2007. In addition, she was asked by Arianna Huffington in August 2015 to become the Australian Editor-At-Large of The Huffington Post. Besides, she held this role until 2018.

Later, in 1990s, she started her television career when she was a regular panelist on Network Ten and Foxtel’s Beauty and the Beast. Furthermore, she together with Duncan Armstrong through the 2000 Summer Olympics co-hosted The Morning Shift on the Seven Network. In addition, her and Chris Reason started hosting Weekend Sunrise in April 2015 on the Seven Network and later along with Andrew O’Keefe.

A Career at Today

Additionally, it was confirmed on May 10, 2007, that she was to co-host Today on the Nine Network after Jessica Rowe left the network and started appearing on Today on May 28, 2007. Besides, this Stefanovic’s fifth female co-host in just over two years. Besides, the duo took the show in 2016 to number one in the breakfast TV wars for the first time in 12 years.

Moreover, she resigned from the Nine Network and Today on October 16, 2017, because of a contract dispute with nine management over the significant gender pay gap that existed from her and long-time co-host Karl Stefanovic after a period of ten years with the network effective immediately. Later, she announced herself that she was leaving on Twitter and later just over an hour later announced on Twitter that she was joining Channel Ten.

A Career in Other work

Furthermore, being a journalist, host, and co-host of manychannels, in 2013 she gave the Andrew Olle Memorial Lecture on the treatment of women in and by the media. Additionally, shewent on to become the first female journalist to give the speech since Jana Wendt in 1997.In addition, she was then remarked on by The Daily Mail in 2017 for wearing on air a blouse she’d worn four months prior. Besides, she co-host, Karl Stefanovic had before worn the same suit every day for a year without attracting notice.

Following days, other male and female Today Show hosts as well wore the blouse on air. Additionally, she was then named a two-time finalist in the Walkley Awards in October 2021 for her ground-breaking interview alongside political staffer Brittany Higgins in which she alleged being raped on Federal Government Minister office couch in 2019. Due to this reason, the story led to a full cultural review by Federal Sex Discrimination Commissioner, (Kate Jenkins), into the workplace treatment of women in Parliament House.

Awards

Due to her exemplary work, in the 2016 Australia Day Honours list. Additionally, she was appointed a Member of the Order of Australia for significant service to the print and also broadcast media as a journalist and presenter and to a huge range of youth and women’s health groups. Furthermore, her portrait by artist Peter Smeeth was a finalist in the Archibald Prize, in 2017 and winner of the Packing Room Prize. Besides, in 2022, she became part of The Project team that received 2 Logie Awards.

Lisa Wilkinson Education

Wilkinson got her education at Campbelltown Performing Arts High School.

Lisa Wilkinson Net worth| Salary

Wilkinson has an estimated net worth of $5 million approximately. Besides, she receives $1.7 million per year.

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