Kylie Gillies (born 4 May 1967) is Australian television presenter for the

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, based in

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. Gillies is the co-host of '' The Morning Show'' with

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Career

Gillies was born in Tamworth and attended Tamworth High School. She started working as a researcher at radio statio
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then began working as a reporter, producer and news presenter for

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for ten years. Her first role at Seven was an assistant producer on ''Seven's Late News'' with

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. Prior to '' The Morning Show'', Gillies was on '' Sportsworld'' as the sports news presenter. Gillies has also been a reporter for Seven's

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Tennis coverage, providing the weather and the sports reports for each day of the Open. In December 2006, Kylie was a regular presenter of the weekend sport report on Sydney's edition of ''Seven News.'' She has also been a fill in presenter on ''Sunrise'', ''

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'', '' Seven Morning News'', '' Seven 4.30 News,

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'' and ''Seven News'' in Sydney. In June 2007, Gillies began her role as co-host on ''The Morning Show'' with

, which airs after ''Sunrise'' In June 2009, Kylie announced that she would take part in ''

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''. She finished in third place. In 2010, Gillies received a

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for her contribution to journalism. In April 2011, she presented reports for ''The Morning Show'' and ''Seven News'' live from London for the Royal Wedding of Prince William and Catherine Middleton. In 2014, Gillies and her ''The Morning Show'' co-host

reported on the events of the 2014 Sydney hostage crisis before transferring transmission to the network's Melbourne Studios Gillies celebrated 20 years with the

, and 10 years with co-host Emdur on ''The Morning Show'' in 2017.

Personal life

Gillies married journalist Tony Gillies in 1989 and they have two sons, Gus and Archie.

References

External links

Kylie Gillies profile on The Morning Show website
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