Samantha Armytage

Samantha Armytage
Born	(1977-09-04) 4 September 1977
Education	Kincoppal - Rosebay School, Sydney Charles Sturt University, Bathurst
Occupation	Journalist & News Presenter
Employer	Seven Network
Notable credit(s)	Seven 4.30 News presenter (2006-2012) Weekend Sunrise co-host (2007-2013) Sunrise co-host (2013-2015)

Samantha Armytage (born 4 September 1977) is an Australian journalist and television news presenter.

Armytage is currently co-host of Sunrise alongside David Koch and she has previously co-hosted Weekend Sunrise and presented Seven 4.30 News. In June 2013, Armytage was announced as the replacement for Sunrise co-host Melissa Doyle.

Life and career

Armytage grew up on Bolaro Station in the Snowy Mountains of New South Wales. She went to ] school in Sydney and then Charles Sturt University in Bathurst, New South Wales. Armytage is a descendent of the Armytage pioneering/pastoral family who came from Victoria. Armytage has a younger sister, Georgina, and a younger brother, Charles. Her interests include golf, tennis, snow skiing and horse racing.

She began her media career at WIN Television in Canberra in 1999, as a news reporter and presenter in Canberra. Following this she joined Sky News Australia in 2002 where she was chief political reporter. In April 2003, Samantha joined the Seven Network after being noticed by the network executives while covering the 2003 Canberra Bushfires.

In December 2004, she landed her first major presenting role, filling-in as presenter on Seven News Sydney over the Summer non-ratings period. Following the non-ratings period she had stints presenting the national Seven Morning News bulletin, the national late news updates, and filling in as presenter of Seven News Sydney.

In 2005 and 2006, Armytage was the regular fill-in presenter for Chris Bath as the Friday & Weekend presenter on Seven News Sydney. When Ian Ross went on holidays in late June to early July 2006, she presented the weekend edition of Seven News. This was also the case over summer 2006. In October 2006, Armytage replaced Mike Amor as presenter of Seven 4.30 News. She had replaced Rebecca Maddern as presenter when the network moved production from Melbourne to Sydney.

In June 2007, Armytage was appointed co-host of Weekend Sunrise alongside Andrew O'Keefe, replacing Lisa Wilkinson.

In 2011, she was a contestant on Dancing With The Stars and continued to file reports for Sunday Night. She was also a regular fill-in presenter on Sunrise, Today Tonight and The Morning Show.

In 2013, Armytage replaced Melissa Doyle as co-host of Sunrise beside David Koch. In 2014, she presented the ill-fated makeover reality show Bringing Sexy Back.

Sources

• Funny side of life for popular TV host, smh.com.au
• Russell Crowe and Samantha Armytage flirt their way through Channel 7 set, dailytelegraph.com.au
• Lessons of television breakfast chemistry, news.com.au
• "Fitzy and Wippa's 'naked prank' on Sunrise host Samantha Armytage slammed as 'offensive'", couriermail.com.au

External links

• Weekend Sunrise profile
• Seven News website
• Sunrise website
• Samantha Armytage at the Internet Movie Database

Media offices
Preceded by Melissa Doyle	Sunrise Co-host with David Koch August 2013 – present	Succeeded by Incumbent
Preceded by Lisa Wilkinson	Weekend Sunrise Co-host with Andrew O'Keefe 24 June 2007 – 11 August 2013	Succeeded by Monique Wright
Preceded by Mike Amor	Seven 4.30 News Monday - Wednesday Presenter October 2006 – December 2012	Succeeded by Rebecca Maddern