Samantha Armytage is the Australian television news presenter came to limelight after became co-host of Sunrise. She previously worked Weekend Sunrise as well as served as a presenter for Seven 4.30 News.
Early Life And Education Of Samantha Armytage
Samantha Armytage was born on September 4, 1977, in Australia. Samantha was brought up on a historic property known as “Bolaro Station” in the high country, in the Snowy Mountains region of New South Wales. She belongs to the Armytage pioneering/family in Victoria. She is an Australian Citizen with English Ethnicity.
Their family’s historic property is known as the place where Banjo Patterson wrote “The Man from Snowy River” and several other novels. She has a younger sister named Georgina and a younger brother Charles. She was a little shy girl during her childhood. She loved peace and was quite most of the time from her early childhood.
Samantha went to Kincoppal-Rose Bay in the eastern suburbs of Sydney. She studied Journalism at Charles Sturt University in Bathurst.
Samantha Armytage's Professional Career
In her student years, Samantha was a broadcaster in the on-campus community radio station 2MCE-FM. Samantha’s television career started with WIN Television as a presenter and a news reporter in 1999. In 2002 she joined Sky News Australia; she worked as a chief political reporter there. She was noticed by the network executives of seven networks while covering the 2003 Canberra Bushfires and was appointed to Seven Network in April 2003.
Her first major presenting role was in the December of 2004, she presented Seven News Sydney over the summer non-rating period. She did Seven Morning News bulletin, Seven News Sydney and the national late news updates. In the year 2005 and 2006, she presented Seven News Sydney in Friday and weekend as a fill in for Chris Bath.
Armytage also presented the weekend edition of Seven News in late July 2006 and over summer 2006 as a fill in for Ian Ross. Samantha as a presenter replaced Mike Amor of Seven 4:30 News in October 2006. She replaced Lisa Wilkinson to co host Weekend Sunrise alongside Andrew O’Keefe in June 2007. She also is the regular fill-in presenter on Today Tonight, The Morning Show and Sunrise. She also participated in the popular reality dancing show “Dancing with the Stars” in 2011.
Samantha Armytage's Net Worth And Earnings
Samantha Armytage has collected a large amount of net worth which as per some online sources can be believed to be over $1 million.
She is a hardworking journalist and she is definitely having a good and secure future ahead.
She has not received any specific awards yet her works are appreciated by her co-workers and her boss.
Samantha Armytage's Personal Life And Relationship
In June of 2011, it was reportedly known that Samantha Armytage and her live-in builder boyfriend Sean broke up and by the end of 2011 she began dating hotelier Peter DeAngelis but again in October 2012 it was known that they had broken up. Samantha’s hobbies include horse racing, tennis, snow skiing, and golf.
She is a journalist and is always seen in a formal dress in the media. But she has issues relating to her weight. She used to get annoyed whenever people ask about her weight but in her recent interview she explained that she has lost some weight and is now learning to be kind to herself.
Samantha Armytage is a very healthy, conscious journalist. She doesn’t prefer to begin her day with coffee but would prefer a gla s s of wine though. She wakes up early in the morning at 3:40 am generally. She loves to have herbal tea or hot water with lemon She is very conscious about her sleep too. She doesn’t stay late at night and the latest she can be is 8:00 pm. She doesn’t have a TV or Laptop in her bedroom. She loves doing acupuncture as she believes that is good for health. She also follows meditation. She revealed that she works on a lot of make-up for her TV programs.
Samantha Armytage's Body Measurement
Samantha Armytage is 1.75 m tall.
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