Rebecca Maddern Biography
Rebecca Maddern is an Australian television presenter and journalist. In 2011, Maddern was named the number one ticket holder for the Geelong Football Club.
How old is Rebecca Maddern? – Age
She is 45 years old as of 6 August 2022. She was born in 1977 in Australia.
Who is Rebecca Maddern’s Husband?
In October 2006, Maddern married Geelong real estate identity, James Wilson. They have since divorced. In March 2014, Maddern married Seven News cameraman Trent Miller. Miller is now a cameraman for GTV-9 and also provides his services to the AFL Footy Show.
Rebecca Maddern Net Worth
She has an estimated net worth of $1 million.
Rebecca Maddern Channel 7
Maddern joined the Seven Network in October 2002 after being offered a reporting post by the news director. She won a prestigious Quill Award in her first year of television reporting for her coverage of Victoria’s January 2003 bushfires. Maddern took over as Seven Afternoon News presenter in September 2005, succeeding David Johnston until the program relocated to the network’s Sydney studios.
Maddern returned to present Seven Afternoon News in January 2013, with production moving back to Melbourne, replacing Samantha Armytage. Melissa Doyle and Matt White took her position in August 2013. Maddern replaced Nick Etchells as Sunrise’s Melbourne correspondent in March 2014. Maddern’s duties as a senior reporter on Seven News had been decreased in recent years due to her Sunrise commitments. She stayed with Sunrise till she joined the Nine Network. Nathan Templeton took her place as Melbourne correspondent.
Mike Amor & Rebecca Maddern
Maddern will return to the Seven Network in January 2022, where she will co-host Seven News Melbourne with Mike Amor on weekends and replace Jacqueline Felgate on Seven Afternoon News Melbourne.
Leaked footage from Seven News on January 12, 2022, showed Maddern referring to tennis player Novak Djokovic as a “lying, sneaky arsehole” in an off-air talk with Mike Amor. This discussion was triggered by Djokovic’s recent release from incarceration by Australia’s Federal Circuit and Family Court.
Rebecca Maddern Nine Network
Maddern was confirmed as a co-host of the AFL Footy Show by the Nine Network in March 2016. Maddern was appointed as the host of Australian Ninja Warrior in November 2016, which premiered on the Nine Network in July 2017.
Maddern was appointed as the host of the network’s tennis programming in August 2018. She will also not be returning to the AFL Footy Show, it was confirmed. In December 2019, the Nine Network announced that Maddern would take over as Weekend Today host from Allison Langdon.
Maddern also hosted coverage of the 2019 Cricket World Cup and the 2019 Ashes Series in England for Nine. Maddern resigned from the Nine Network in November 2021 after failing to reach an agreement on contractual conditions.
Rebecca Maddern Career
Maddern began her work in radio after earning a Bachelor of Arts in Media Studies from RMIT University in 1999. Later, she worked as a sports reporter for Melbourne radio station Triple M, where she worked with some of Australia’s top media celebrities. Rebecca started reading the Fox FM afternoon news reports in 2001 and then moved to Nova 100 to read the breakfast news during Hughesy, Kate, and Dave’s first year.