1. Carrie Bickmore was born on 3 December 1980 in Adelaide, South Australia, but moved to Perth, Western Australia, at an early age.
20 Facts About Carrie Bickmore
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Carrie Bickmore later studied English at Curtin University of Technology, graduating in 2000 with a Bachelor of Arts.
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Carrie Bickmore moved to Melbourne, Victoria, in 2001 to pursue a career in media.
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Carrie Bickmore's father Brian Bickmore was a radio announcer on that station at the time and later took up management positions in the Austereo network.
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In 2001, Carrie Bickmore became the afternoon newsreader for radio station Nova 100 in Melbourne and in 2002 she became the co-host of the drive show with Andy Ross.
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Carrie Bickmore was a 2005 Best News Presenter finalist in the Australian Commercial Radio Awards.
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In November 2013, Carrie Bickmore returned to Nova 100 to read the news one last time and to say farewell to long-standing breakfast radio duo Hughesy and Kate.
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In 2006, Bickmore made her start in television on the variety show Rove Live, presenting the "Carrie @ the News Desk" segment for each episode.
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In 2009, Carrie Bickmore was announced as one of the hosts for Network 10's new news and current affairs program The 7pm Project, alongside comedians Dave Hughes and Charlie Pickering.
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On 2 May 2010, Carrie Bickmore won the 2010 Logie Award for Best New Female Talent for her work on Rove and The Project.
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In December 2010, Carrie Bickmore was criticised by The Drum's editor, Jonathan Green, and representatives of the Australian coffee industry, for promoting McDonald's in a report for The Oprah Winfrey Show, which McDonald's confirmed was paid advertising.
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Carrie Bickmore was nominated for the Gold Logie for Most Popular TV Personality in 2012 and 2013.
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In 2014, Carrie Bickmore was again nominated for the award, resulting in the media nicknaming her 'the golden girl' of Network Ten alongside Asher Keddie.
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Carrie Bickmore announced in October 2022 that she was going to leave The Project the following month to spend more time with her family.
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Carrie Bickmore was the longest serving panellist after her former colleagues: Dave Hughes who left in December 2013 to focus on his stand-up comedy and radio and Charlie Pickering who left in March 2014 to host The Weekly with Charlie Pickering.
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In 2010, Carrie Bickmore was the official host and ambassador for the L'Oreal Melbourne Fashion Festival held in Melbourne.
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In November 2012, it was announced Carrie Bickmore would become a UNICEF Ambassador for Project Eliminate, raising "awareness of neonatal and maternal tetanus".
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In November 2014, Carrie Bickmore announced that she had become the ongoing face of the global French beauty brand Garnier in Australia and subsequently featured in several beauty advertising campaigns for Garnier Nutrisse hair colour and Garnier BB cream.
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In 2017, Carrie Bickmore was inducted onto the Victorian Honour Roll of Women in recognition of her work as a "charitable and inspirational role model for women and girls".
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Carrie Bickmore was awarded the Medal of the Order of Australia in the 2019 Queen's Birthday Honours for service to the broadcast media, and to brain cancer awareness.