Sarrah Le Marquand

Sarrah Le Marquand is an Australian journalist and media commentator.[1] She is Head of Entertainment, Audio and News360 and was formerly the founding editor-in-chief of Stellar, a weekly magazine available in the News Corp Australia Sunday newspapers. The current Stellar Content Director is Nicholas Fonseca. Le Marquand hosts the celebrity interview podcast Something To Talk About [2] and is a former regular co-host on television show The Project[3] on Network 10 and regular panellist for Today on Nine Network. She has appeared as a commentator on Sky News Australia, Q&A, The Drum, A Current Affair, The Morning Show, Sunrise and ABC Local Radio.

Early life

Le Marquand was born in Sydney. She graduated from co-educational school Oakhill College, in Castle Hill. Her older brother, Steve Le Marquand, also attended Oakhill College Castle Hill, and is a film and stage actor. Le Marquand studied at the University of Sydney and graduated with an honours degree in Government in 2000.[4]

Career

Early on in her career, Le Marquand worked as a magazine entertainment reporter at Pacific Magazines and was the regular film critic on Sunrise before joining The Daily Telegraph in 2005 as a television writer.

In 2008 she was appointed features editor of The Daily Telegraph and in 2014 she was appointed opinion editor. In 2015 she became the founding editor of RendezView,[5] the opinion column for News Corp Australia.

Le Marquand's opinion columns have attracted publicity for her often controversial stance on issues such as feminism, gender equality and parenting.[6]

After making her first television appearance on Sunrise as a film reviewer in 2002, a guest appearance that turned into a regular role for three years, Le Marquand returned to the breakfast show in 2010 as a weekly panellist on Kochie's Angels. In 2014 she joined Today as a weekly panellist and in 2016 become a regular co-host of The Project.[7]

In August 2016 Le Marquand launched the magazine Stellar, overseeing its re-branding from Sunday Style.[8] The magazine has attracted attention both in Australia and internationally for cover interviews with Nicole Kidman,[9] Katy Perry,[10] Janet Jackson, Karl Stefanovic,[11] Jessica Simpson, Bindi Irwin,[12] Lisa Wilkinson and Jennifer Hawkins.

In 2017 she was singled out for favourable mention on the television show Media Watch[13] for having the “last laugh” in a panel discussion on Today about conspiracy theories of Melania Trump allegedly hiring a body double.

In September 2019 Le Marquand announced Stellar would no longer ask female celebrities being profiled in the magazine about their family plans. She stated that, “for a lot of people that are secretly struggling with pregnancy loss or having fertility issues, it's actually a question that really cuts them to the core. We felt as a magazine that we didn't want to be playing that role anymore."[14]

In 2021 she was announced[15] as the first ever ambassador for Women’s Community Shelters[16], an Australian charity providing crisis accommodation for women and children experiencing domestic violence[17].

Personal life

Le Marquand lives in Sydney with her two sons[18].[1]

References

  1. 1 2 Corporation, Australian Broadcasting (2015). "Sarrah Le Marquand". www.abc.net.au. Retrieved 12 April 2020.
  2. ↑ https://www.mediaweek.com.au/stellar-eic-sarrah-le-marquand-to-host-something-to-talk-about/
  3. ↑ https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2252665/
  4. ↑ "10 Career Advice Questions with Sarrah Le Marquand". www.opencolleges.edu.au.
  5. ↑ "News Corp launches female-focused site RendezView - AdNews". www.adnews.com.au.
  6. ↑ ""BAD FOR THE ECONOMY": Writer says stay-at-home moms should be illegal". Fox News. 29 March 2018.
  7. ↑ "Was Australia 'settled' or 'invaded'?". www.dailytelegraph.com.au. 30 March 2016.
  8. ↑ "Over 15.7 million Australians read newspapers in print or online". Roy Morgan.
  9. ↑ "Nicole Kidman Poses Soaking Wet for Her Sexiest Magazine Cover in Years". E! News. 27 August 2017.
  10. ↑ "Katy Perry Reveals Why She and Taylor Swift Aren't 'Very Close'". Entertainment Tonight. March 2020.
  11. ↑ "Karl Stefanovic's Stellar magazine cover impresses Sylvia Jeffreys: 'Is that Brad Pitt?'". celebrity.nine.com.au. 21 July 2017.
  12. ↑ "Bindi Irwin lost her dad, Steve, 13 years ago. Here's what her life looks like now". Mamamia. 21 July 2019.
  13. ↑ "Melania body double bubble". 23 October 2017 – via www.abc.net.au.
  14. ↑ "The Project: Push To Stop Asking Women About Baby Plans | 10 daily". 10daily.com.au.
  15. ↑ https://www.womenscommunityshelters.org.au/sarrah-le-marquand-appointed-ambassador/
  16. ↑ https://www.bodyandsoul.com.au/health/one-in-two-women-seeking-a-bed-in-a-crisis-shelter-are-turned-away-due-to-a-lack-of-space/news-story/ad540844648d6df018f5b5bd998a9c5d
  17. ↑ https://www.profselenabartlett.com/posts/escape-from-stress-with-sarrah-le-marquand%2C-editor-in-chief-stellar-and-body-and-soul-magazine.
  18. ↑ https://samanthasutherland.com.au/sarrahlemarquand/
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