Sarrah Le Marquand

Sarrah Le Marquand (born August 12, 1976) is an Australian journalist and media commentator.[1] She is currently the editor-in-chief of Stellar, a weekly magazine available in The Sunday Telegraph and Sunday Herald Sun. Le Marquand is also a regular guest and panellist on television shows The Project on Network 10 and Today on Nine Network, as well as a regular commentator on Sky News Australia, Q&A, The Drum, A Current Affair, The Morning Show, Sunrise and ABC Local Radio.

Early Life

Le Marquand was born in Sydney. Her older brother, Steve Le Marquand, is a film and stage actor. Le Marquand studied at The University of Sydney and graduated with an honours degree in Government in 2000.[2]

Career

Early on in her career, Le Marquand worked as a magazine entertainment reporter at Pacific Magazines and was the regular film critic on Sunrise before joining The Daily Telegraph in 2005 as a television writer.

In 2008 she was appointed features editor of The Daily Telegraph and in 2014 she was appointed opinion editor. In 2015 she became the founding editor of RendezView,[3] the opinion column for News Corp Australia.

Le Marquand’s opinion columns have attracted publicity for her often controversial stance on issues such as feminism, gender equality and parenting.[4]

After making her first television appearance on Sunrise as a film reviewer in 2002, a guest appearance that turned into a regular role for three years, Le Marquand returned to the breakfast show in 2010 as a weekly panellist on Kochie’s Angels. In 2014 she joined the Today show as a weekly panellist and in 2016 become a regular co-host of The Project.[5]

In August 2016 Le Marquand launched the magazine Stellar, overseeing its re-branding from Sunday Style.[6] The magazine has attracted attention both in Australia and internationally for cover interviews with Nicole Kidman[7], Katy Perry[8], Janet Jackson, Karl Stefanovic[9], Jessica Simpson, Bindi Irwin[10], Lisa Wilkinson and Jennifer Hawkins.

In 2017 she was singled out for favourable mention on the television show Media Watch[11] for having the “last laugh” in a panel discussion on Today about conspiracy theories of Melania Trump allegedly hiring a body double.

In September 2019 Le Marquand announced Stellar would no longer ask female celebrities being profiled in the magazine about their family plans. She stated that, “for a lot of people that are secretly struggling with pregnancy loss or having fertility issues, it's actually a question that really cuts them to the core. We felt as a magazine that we didn't want to be playing that role anymore."[12]

Personal Life

Le Marquand lives in Sydney with her husband and their two sons.[1]

References
  1. Corporation, Australian Broadcasting (2015). "Sarrah Le Marquand". www.abc.net.au. Retrieved 2020-04-12.
  2. "10 Career Advice Questions with Sarrah Le Marquand". www.opencolleges.edu.au.
  3. "News Corp launches female-focused site RendezView - AdNews". www.adnews.com.au.
  4. ""BAD FOR THE ECONOMY": Writer says stay-at-home moms should be illegal". Fox News. March 29, 2018.
  5. "Was Australia 'settled' or 'invaded'?". www.dailytelegraph.com.au. March 30, 2016.
  6. "Over 15.7 million Australians read newspapers in print or online". Roy Morgan.
  7. "Nicole Kidman Poses Soaking Wet for Her Sexiest Magazine Cover in Years". E! News. August 27, 2017.
  8. "Katy Perry Reveals Why She and Taylor Swift Aren't 'Very Close'". Entertainment Tonight.
  9. "Karl Stefanovic's Stellar magazine cover impresses Sylvia Jeffreys: 'Is that Brad Pitt?'". celebrity.nine.com.au.
  10. "Bindi Irwin lost her dad, Steve, 13 years ago. Here's what her life looks like now". Mamamia. July 21, 2019.
  11. "Melania body double bubble". October 23, 2017 – via www.abc.net.au.
  12. "The Project: Push To Stop Asking Women About Baby Plans | 10 daily". 10daily.com.au.
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