Jennifer Byrne Biography
Jennifer Byrne is a former book publisher and journalist from Australia who presented the ABC television show The Book Club, which was originally titled First Tuesday Book Club.
How old is Jennifer Byrne? – Age
She is 68 years old as of 5 March 2023. She was born in 1955 in Melbourne, Australia. Her real name is Jennifer Victoria Byrne.
Jennifer Byrne Family – Education
She is the granddaughter of Sir Dallas Brooks, a former Governor of Victoria and past Grand Master of Freemasonry. She was a boarding student at St Margaret’s School.
Is Jennifer Byrne still married? – Husband – Children
Byrne is married to Andrew Denton, a comedian and indie film producer, with whom she has one son. Byrne and Denton live in Surry Hills, Sydney, New South Wales. During the 1990s, Byrne was married to fellow journalist David Margan.
Jennifer Byrne Net Worth
She has an estimated net worth of $5 Million.
Jennifer Byrne Books
Byrne worked as a publishing director at Reed Books in the mid-1990s. Byrne joined ABC NewsRadio in 2008 as a co-host for the evening drive (4-7 p.m.). Byrne has recently appeared as a panelist on Network Ten’s The Project and as a guest on an episode of Talkin’ ‘Bout Your Generation.
Jennifer Byrn Mastermind
Byrne began presenting the Australian version of Mastermind, as well as its celebrity edition, in 2019. She quit the post in 2020, and Marc Fennell took her place. Clive Myrie presently hosts Mastermind, a British television quiz program for the BBC. Bill Wright, the film’s creator, was inspired by his experiences being interrogated by the Gestapo during WWII. The show had an intimidating environment and difficult questions. Four (and in later contests, five or six) candidates compete in two rounds, one on a specialized subject of their choice and the other on general knowledge.
Jennifer Byrne Career
Byrne began her journalism career as a cadet at Melbourne’s The Age newspaper when she was 16 years old. At the age of 23, she was appointed as the paper’s San Francisco reporter and then as a feature writer.
Byrne’s television career began as a researcher for This Day Tonight’s Melbourne unit and later as a Nationwide reporter. She returned to television in 1982, on Nine Network’s Sunday program, after working as an associate editor for The Age’s “Monthly Review” in print. She got a Logie for her story on Paul Keating’s tax meeting on Sunday, 1985.
Byrne worked on the Nine Network’s current affairs show 60 Minutes from 1986 to 1993. She has also hosted ABC Television’s Foreign Correspondent. Byrne narrated the ABC mockumentary television show We Can Be Heroes in 2005. Beginning April 2006, she co-hosted ABC’s First Tuesday Book Club, a panel book review program with regular commentators Marieke Hardy and Jason Steger. The series was renamed The Book Club later on and ended in 2017. Jennifer Presents is a spinoff series of specials from this show.