Kirsten Kathleen Drysdale[1] (born 1984)[2] is an Australian television presenter and journalist.
Kirsten Drysdale | |
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 Drysdale at Australian Skeptics National Convention 2014 | |
| Born | Kirsten Kathleen Drysdale 1984 (age 39–40) Mackay, Queensland, Australia |
| Nationality | Australian |
| Occupation(s) | Television presenter, journalist, actor |
| Notable work | Hungry Beast, The Checkout , The Chaser's Election Desk |
Drysdale was born and raised in Mackay, Queensland.[3]
Before beginning her career at the ABC, Drysdale worked for a production company in Brisbane that produced documentaries and multimedia for museums and exhibitions. During this time, she was also pursuing a sporting career, playing hockey for the Queensland Scorchers. After suffering an injury, she successfully applied for a position in the ABC television comedy and current affairs programme, Project NEXT, which was later renamed Hungry Beast.[4][5]
She was a researcher and presenter for Hungry Beast and a researcher for The Hamster Wheel, The Hamster Decides and The Gruen Transfer.[3] She has also occasionally appeared on Radio National, where she hosted Talking Shop, a weekly consumer psychology program. The series ended on 5 August 2014.[6] Drysdale has also written for Crikey, The Feed (Australian TV series) and The Global Mail.[7] She was a writer and one of the main presenters on the ABC consumer affairs comedy programme, The Checkout. In 2020 Drysdale co-hosted Reputation Rehab with Zoe Norton Lodge, a TV series discussing the rehabilitation of reputations of people caught in scandals and controversies.[8]
Drysale's memoir, I Built No Schools in Kenya: A Year of Unmitigated Madness, was published in January 2019 by Vintage Australia.[9]
Personal life
editDrysdale has three children, the third of which is named Methamphetamine Rules. She had chosen the name to test whether New South Wales Births, Deaths and Marriages, a public registry, would accept and record the name, which it did. She has since changed his name to something "normal" but has chosen not to reveal it.[10]
References
edit- ^ WTFAQ. Series 1. Episode 4. 20 September 2023. Event occurs at 3:58. ABC.
- ^ "Who Do They Think They Are?". The Checkout. Series 3. Episode 3.
- ^ a b Frost, Pamela (16 March 2013). "TV hit for local lass on The Checkout". Daily Mercury. Retrieved 25 April 2015.
- ^ Hegarty, Laura (27 February 2014). "Checkout our home grown talent". Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 23 May 2015.
- ^ "Kirsten Drysdale, Steele Saunders, Derek". Boxcutters (Podcast). 21 March 2013. Retrieved 23 May 2015.
- ^ "Talking Shop – ABC Radio National (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)".
- ^ "Kirsten Drysdale". 25 June 2014.
- ^ "Reputation Rehab – ABC iview". 21 October 2020.
- ^ "I Built No Schools in Kenya by Kirsten Drysdale". penguin.com.au. Retrieved 22 March 2019.
- ^ Beazley, Jordyn (19 September 2023). "Australian journalist calls her baby 'Methamphetamine Rules' as a test of naming regulations". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 20 September 2023.
External links
edit- Kirsten Drysdale at IMDb
- Profile on ABC Radio National website