Gretel Killeen was born on 3 February 1963 and is an Australian comedian, television presenter, media personality and author.
16 Facts About Gretel Killeen
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Gretel Killeen is known for being the host of Big Brother Australia from its inception in 2001 until the 2007 season.
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From 1989 to 1991, Killeen was a regular on Midday with Ray Martin on the Nine Network.
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Gretel Killeen wrote and featured in the sketch A Town Like Dallas, a parody of the genre of soap opera.
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In 1990, Terry Willesee, John Mangos and Gretel Killeen hosted Coast to Coast for the Nine Network after the departure of Graham Kennedy from the program, but the program in the new format was short-lived.
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Gretel Killeen was host of Big Brother Australia, from its first season in 2001.
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Gretel Killeen hosted each series up until its seventh season in 2007.
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On 28 October 2007, The Sunday Telegraph reported that, as a part of a revamp of the show, Gretel Killeen was being replaced as host by Kyle Sandilands and Jackie O from 2Day FM.
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Gretel Killeen was the host of Ten's coverage of the Australia Day ceremony in 2007.
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In 2009 Gretel Killeen hosted the Logies and was lowered onto the stage in an angel costume.
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Gretel Killeen played nurse Angela Mercie in two episodes of the YouTube web series The Horizon in 2013.
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In 2015, Gretel Killeen co-hosted ABC TV series How Not to Behave with Matt Okine.
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In 2019, Gretel Killeen appeared as a contestant on the Australian version of The Masked Singer as the Octopus, and was voted off in the first episode.
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Gretel Killeen has a cameo in the Australian film Gettin' Square as Rhonda Halliwell.
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Gretel Killeen appeared as the Narrator in a stage production of The Rocky Horror Show in Sydney and Melbourne in 2008 and in Sydney in 2024.
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Gretel Killeen was born in Sydney and has two adult children from her former marriage to Mark Morgan.