Tracy Grimshaw is an
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n journalist and television presenter. She is currently the host of
A Current Affair, and was a co-host of
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for nine years.
Career
Grimshaws career began in 1981 when she joined
National Nine News in Melbourne as a reporter. In 1985 she began presenting news bulletins, and by 1987 had been appointed as the presenter of
National Nine Morning News.
Through the early 1990s Grimshaw reported on overseas events for the
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, as well as reporting for
A Current Affair and hosting the program over the summer non-ratings period.
In 1995, Grimshaw appeared as co-host of
The Midday Show with
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, and the following year was host of
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and
Animal Hospital.
In November 1996, Grimshaw was appointed as the co-host of
TodayToday and Weekend Today are Australian breakfast television programmes, the show is often referred to as The Today Show. The show has been broadcast live by the Nine Network each morning since 1982...
with
Steve LiebmannSteve Liebmann is an Australian television anchor and radio broadcaster, best known for co-hosting the Today news and current affairs show on the Nine Network between 1982 and 1986, and again from 1990 to 2005....
, a position she held for nine years. She finished her role as co-host of
TodayToday and Weekend Today are Australian breakfast television programmes, the show is often referred to as The Today Show. The show has been broadcast live by the Nine Network each morning since 1982...
on 23 December 2005 and was replaced by
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.
On 30 January 2006, Grimshaw began presenting
A Current Affair, replacing
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. In May 2006, Grimshaw interviewed Beaconsfield Mine disaster survivors Todd Russell and Brant Webb, in a special two-hour presentation called
The Great Escape.
On 4 July 2006, a tribute video celebrating Grimshaw's 25th year of employment at the
Nine NetworkThe Nine Network , is an Australian television network with headquarters based in Willoughby, a suburb located on the North Shore of Sydney. For 50 years since television's inception in Australia, between 1956 and 2006, it was the most watched television network in Australia...
was aired on
A Current Affair. Former
TodayToday and Weekend Today are Australian breakfast television programmes, the show is often referred to as The Today Show. The show has been broadcast live by the Nine Network each morning since 1982...
host and current
60 Minutes reporter
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appeared on set to present Grimshaw with a bunch of flowers.
Grimshaw voiced Katie Current in the Australian release of the film
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, originally voiced by
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.
In June 2009, Grimshaw traded national TV insults with celebrity chef
Gordon RamsayGordon James Ramsay, OBE is a Scottish chef, television personality and restaurateur. He has been awarded 13 Michelin stars....
. Ramsay, before an audience of several thousand people at the Melbourne Good Food and Wine Show, following an interview with Grimshaw the previous day, described her as "a lesbian". He then showed a picture of a woman, who appeared naked. The woman was posed on her hands and knees but had multiple breasts and the facial features of a pig. "That's Tracy Grimshaw," he said. "I had an interview with her yesterday, holy crap. She needs to see Simon Cowell's Botox.
Grimshaw retaliated to Gordan’s insults and described her emotions upon hearing Ramsay's 'joke' as absolutely miserable. "Obviously Gordon thinks that any woman that doesn't find him attractive must be gay, for the record, I don't and I am not." Later, Ramsay said he didn't call her a lesbian.
On the 29 June 2011, a tribute video was presented celebrating Tracy's 30 years at the Nine Network. At the end of the episode, the crew came on the set and presented Tracy with flowers.
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