Livinia Nixon
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Born | Livinia Helen Nixon 19 March 1975 Melbourne, Australia |
Education | Lauriston Girls' School |
Alma mater | Deakin University (BA, BCom) |
Spouse(s) | Alistair Jack |
Children | Henry & Ted |
Livinia Helen Nixon (born 19 March 1975) is an Australian television presenter and actress.
Nixon is currently weather presenter for Nine News Melbourne and Nine Afternoon News.[1]
Career
Nixon began her television career at Channel 9 in 1994. She has appeared on the children’s show Plucka’s Place before moving to the iconic Australian show Hey Hey It's Saturday as co-host. She has also worked in radio on Nova 100 in Melbourne and hosted the drive shift on TT FM with Ed Phillips for 18 months. It was during this time that she developed her on-air rapport with Phillips, which led to them to host the revamped version of Sale of the Century called Temptation.
Nixon has also appeared on the Today, Carols by Candelight, co-hosted Weekend Today, Things To Try Before You Die, co-hosted the Logies Red Carpet Arrivals (2008–2012) and co-hosted Test Australia: The National IQ Test with Eddie McGuire. She has filed stories for Getaway from Switzerland. Germany, The Netherlands, Samoa, France and around Australia.
In 2009, Nixon appeared in both Hey Hey It's Saturday reunion specials. The popularity of the specials led to the revival of Hey Hey It's Saturday in April the following year, in which Nixon resumed her role as co-host.
Nixon is best known for bringing Melbourne viewers their weather report each weeknight on Nine News Melbourne – a role she has fulfilled since 2004. In 2011 she also took on the role of presenting the weather on Nine Afternoon News.
Education
Nixon was educated at Lauriston Girls' School and Deakin University where she graduated with a Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Commerce.
Personal life
Nixon is an ambassador for the Juvenile Diabetes Foundation and World Vision. She also travelled to parts of Thailand with World Vision after the tsunami in December 2004.
Nixon is married to Alistair Jack and has two sons: Henry, born in January 2010,[2] and Ted, born in April 2013.
References
External links
- Livinia Nixon at the Internet Movie Database
- Livinia Nixon on TwitterLua error in Module:WikidataCheck at line 28: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).
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Preceded by | Nine News Melbourne Weather Presenter 2004–present |
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Preceded by | Nine Afternoon News Weather Presenter 2011–present |
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