Belinda Russell (born ca. 1978 in

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) is an Australian television newsreader, weather presenter and journalist. Russell currently presents the weather on ''

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'' on Friday and Saturday, co-host of ''

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'' and co-host of ''

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'' on Friday.

Career

Belinda started her career at

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in Brisbane in 1999, where she produced kids environment shows, and thereafter she joined the news team as a reporter. In 2002, she moved to London and joined

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as a producer, becoming one of few Australian journalists to work on-camera for a British television program.

Nine Network

Russell returned to Australia in 2007 and joined

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's program ''

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'' as a reporter in

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. In 2013, she was appointed the weeknight weather presenter for ''

''. In 2019, Belinda was announced as a co-host of ''

'' on Fridays while

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was on maternity leave. This turned into a permanent Friday role from 2020 onwards. In November 2021, it was announced that Russell will co-host ''

'' alongside Charles Croucher and Richard Wilkins from January 2022 replacing Maddern who resigned from the Nine Network.

Personal life

Early life

Russell was born in

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. She completed a degree of Communications and Journalism at the

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Family

She is married to Mark Calvert; she met him in the UK while working at

. Russell has 3 daughters; their names are Coco, Tallulah, and Maddi.

References

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