Amanda Rose Keller (born 25 February 1962) is an Australian journalist, radio and television presenter, and media personality.
Keller went to Carlingford High School (NSW) and studied media and communications at Mitchell College of Advanced Education (MCAE) as a contemporary of Andrew Denton (among others). She was a broadcaster with on-campus community radio station 2MCE-FM.
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 Kerri-Anne Kennerley were hosts. By 1985, she was a researcher and producer for Ray Martin’s Midday show, where she first began to appear regularly on camera.
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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 United Nations Association of Australia’s Media Peace Award in 1989, and the Michael Daley Award for Science Journalism.
In 1994, she joined her college friend Andrew Denton as a regular guest on his show Denton, where she combined her scientific knowledge with her love of popular culture and kitsch—subsequently publishing a book, Amanda’s Handy Home Hints. When the series finished in 1995, she joined Denton at Sydney radio station Triple M where they co-presented the breakfast show. At the same time, she hosted her own contemporary culture show on cable television called The Hub.
She hosted her own pop culture-centric program Mondo Thingo 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 SBS TV 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, Housos, also on SBS TV.
Keller is presenting morning radio on WSFM 101.7, with Brendan “Jonesy” Jones. She has also made numerous appearances on various popular culture shows such as Good News Week, Rove Live, The Glass House, 20 to 1, and Spicks and Specks. Keller is the current Baby Boomers team leader on Network Ten’s quiz show Talkin’ ‘Bout Your Generation. The show began airing in 2009.
Keller is now the host of Australian lifestyle program, The Living Room. The show began airing in 2012.
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