24 Facts About Jessica Rowe

Jessica Rowe was the co-host of Studio 10 on Network Ten until March 2018, and is Member of the Order of Australia for her mental health advocacy.

Jessica Rowe later graduated from the University of Sydney with a Master of International Studies degree in 2003.

Jessica Rowe started work at the Nine Network as a receptionist and later as a weather presenter for Prime7.

Jessica Rowe presented Ten Sydney's Ten News at Five bulletin alongside Ron Wilson.

Jessica Rowe finished her hosting duties at Network Ten in 2005.

In October 2005, Jessica Rowe published her first book; The Best of Times, The Worst of Times, a recollection of her experiences of her mother's battle with bipolar disorder.

In 2006, Jessica Rowe joined the Nine Network to host the Today breakfast show, alongside Karl Stefanovic, replacing Tracy Grimshaw.

Jessica Rowe was criticised over an on-air gaffe involving Australian Brigadier Michael Slater, which revealed during a live cross that the interview from Dili, East Timor was being stage managed when Jessica Rowe tried to use old looting and violence footage, even though Brigadier Slater told her it was a "couple of days old".

On 6 May 2007, Jessica Rowe left the Nine Network due to "payment disputes" after her return from maternity leave.

In 2007, Jessica Rowe returned to TV and joined the Seven Network as a news presenter for Seven News in Sydney.

Jessica Rowe was announced as a cast member on the seventh series of Dancing with the Stars alongside Patti Newton and Mark Beretta.

In December 2010, Jessica Rowe was appointed news presenter on Weekend Sunrise replacing Sarah Cumming and Sharyn Ghidella.

Jessica Rowe held other presenting roles on the Seven Network until her departure from the network in 2013.

In 2011, Jessica Rowe published Love, Wisdom, Motherhood, a collection of her interviews with other Australian mothers on their experiences with motherhood.

In September 2013, Jessica Rowe returned to Network Ten to co-host their new morning TV show Studio 10.

In January 2015, Jessica Rowe was announced as a Member of the Order of Australia at 2015 Australia Day honours for her mental health advocacy.

In July 2015, Jessica Rowe played The Empress in Bonnie Lythgoe's stage production of Aladdin and his Wondrous Lamp at the State Theatre in Sydney, Australia.

In September 2015, Jessica Rowe fronted a television and print campaign for Woolworths supermarkets.

Jessica Rowe had worked as a checkout assistant at her local Woolworths supermarket during her schooling years in 1987.

In March 2018, Jessica Rowe announced her departure from Studio 10, citing a desire to spend more time with her children.

However it is widely reported that Jessica Rowe did not leave the station voluntarily but instead Network Ten was planning to fire Jessica Rowe for over a year.

In September 2021, Jessica Rowe interviewed Australian Senator Pauline Hanson about her personal life and political experiences on The Jess Jessica Rowe Big Talk Show Podcast.

Jessica Rowe is married to Australian television journalist and Nine News Sydney presenter Peter Overton and has two children.

Jessica Rowe stated that separate to her more recent postpartum depression, she had previously been on antidepressant medication and had been receiving psychiatric therapy for clinical depression, anxiety disorder and panic attacks.