Amanda Rose Keller (born 25 February 1962) is an Australian television and radio presenter, comedian, writer, actress, journalist and media personality, best known as the hostess of the popular Australian lifestyle program ''

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''. Keller also co-hosts ''Jonesy & Amanda'' with Brendan Jones on WSFM 101.7 and '' Dancing with the Stars'' with

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Education

Keller attended Carlingford High School and

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(now

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), where she graduated with a

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in Communications in 1982. At university, she was a contemporary of Andrew Denton among others, and was a student of

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. She was a broadcaster with on-campus community radio station

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-FM. Studied 3 Unit Art in Year 12.

Career

Her first professional media job was in 1983 as a researcher for the popular children's television show, '' Simon Townsend's Wonder World!'' She was later a researcher and producer for '' Good Morning Australia'' when Gordon Elliott and

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were hosts. By 1985, she was a researcher and producer for Ray Martin's ''

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'' show, where she first began to appear regularly on camera. In 1987, she left ''Midday'' to appear in the pilot for Richard Neville's counter-culture programme ''Extra Dimensions'', which was produced by the same team that made '' Beyond 2000''. ''Extra Dimensions'' folded after the first season. Keller's luck changed when she was signed to '' Beyond 2000'', the internationally popular science programme, where she won numerous media awards including the

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's Media Peace Award in 1989, and the Michael Daley Award for Science Journalism. In 1994, she joined Andrew Denton as a regular guest on his show '' Denton'', where she combined her scientific knowledge with her love of popular culture and

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—subsequently publishing a book, ''Amanda's Handy Home Hints''. When the series finished in 1995, she joined Denton at Sydney radio station

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where they co-presented the breakfast show. At the same time, she hosted her own contemporary culture show on

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called ''The Hub''. She hosted her own pop culture-centric program ''

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'' in 2004. In 2006, Keller appeared in Series Five of '' Dancing with the Stars'' where she progressed to the fifth round before being eliminated. In 2008 she starred in the

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series '' Swift and Shift Couriers'' as Amanda Doyle, the Regional Manager, and returned to this role for season two in 2011. Also, in 2011, she had a small role in another sitcom, ''

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'', also on SBS TV. In 2009 for the duration of the show Keller was the

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team leader on Network Ten's quiz show ''

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''. The show began airing in 2009 and finished its fourth season in 2012. Amanda Keller (7215354372)

In 2017 she became one of the highest paid women in Australian radio. Also in that same year, she made a cameo appearance as a news reporter in episode 7547 of ''

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'' alongside Brendan Jones and

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. In 2019, Keller started co-hosting '' Dancing with the Stars'' with

. She has also made appearances on shows such as ''

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'', ''

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'', '' The Glass House'', ''

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'', '' Spicks and Specks'', '' All Star Family Feud'', '' The Project'', ''

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'', '' Show Me the Movie!'', ''

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'' and '' Hughesy, We Have a Problem''.

Personal life

She supports the

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rugby league team in the Australian

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. Keller has two sons with her husband Harley Oliver and lives in Sydney.

Other

Keller is the patron of The Sydney Kids Committee, a volunteer organisation which raises funds for the Sydney Children's Hospital. She holds the world record for the longest underwater radio broadcast which took place on 28 October 2010 when she and fellow WSFM breakfast show host Brendan Jones spent over three hours underwater at

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. In 2016 she was awarded the

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(OAM) in the Queens Birthday Honours

Bibliography

* * and contributed with co host Brendan Jones to *

References

External links

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Interview in "The Age" newspaperAmanda's collection of kitsch
{{DEFAULTSORT:Keller, Amanda 1962 births Living people Australian television presenters Australian women comedians Australian women television presenters Charles Sturt University alumni Recipients of the Medal of the Order of Australia Talkin' 'Bout Your Generation