Sarah Lawrence | |
|---|---|
 Sarah Lawrence with Mary Lynn Rajskub at a Comedy Club in Los Angeles | |
| Born | Sarah Rachael Olivia Lawrence 1 May 1986 Perth, Western Australia, Australia |
| Occupation(s) | Comedian, actress, model |
| Years active | 2006–present |
Sarah Rachael Olivia Lawrence (born 1 May 1986) is an Australian model, comedian and TV personality. She is best known for her role in the Australian feature film Stone Bros.
Lawrence started her career when she applied for a casting call for season 2 of Australia's Next Top Model in 2006. She originally cast for the program in her hometown of Perth and was flown over to Sydney to compete. She lasted four weeks in the competition and was the fifth contestant to be eliminated. She continued modelling in Perth, represented by Scene Models. [1]
In 2007, Lawrence auditioned for a role on Wake Up! WA and became their newest recruit. She began as a sports and weather reporter and was promoted to host after a few weeks. Shortly after this she took part in a nationwide search to find MTV's next VJ. The journey through the stages of the competition was made into a one-hour TV show, which aired on Foxtel in 2009. She made it through to the final four of the competition which was decided by a public vote. She was flown to Sydney to take part in a series of challenges created by Bam Margera. Ruby Rose ended up taking the title. [2]
Shortly after this experience, she moved from Perth to Melbourne. She worked full-time for the next few years in modelling, television and live events. She co-hosted several events throughout Melbourne with Australian personality Pete Lazer, for clients such as Variety, the Children's Charity, of which Lazer is a board member, [3] the Melbourne Spring Racing Carnival, including working for BMW for the BMW Caulfield Cup, the Caulfield Guineas Day, and The Asthma Foundation of Victoria which has raised hundreds of thousands of dollars since its inception. [4] She was the official host for DayGlow, The World's Largest Paint Party in 2010, where she interviewed guest DJ Static Revenger. [5]
Although filmed in 2007, the feature film Stone Bros. wasn't released until 2009. Upon its release to national cinemas there were issues regarding ratings. Originally given an MA15+ rating by the Australian Classification Board, director/producer Richard Frankland appealed for it to be reduced. [6] Lawrence gained the following nominations from the Inside Film Awards; Best Actress and People's Choice Award. [7] She was also nominated for Best Young Actor from the Australian Film Institute. [8] The success of Stone Bros. in cinemas saw it released to TV, [9] DVD [10] and more recently, for American audiences. [11]
In 2009 Lawrence was selected to be a model on Project Runway Australia, hosted by model Kristy Hinze. Her initial designer William Lazootin was runner up. [12] This season of Project Runway Australia was nominated for two awards: Favourite Program and Most Outstanding Light Entertainment Program, which it won. [13] [14]
After the experience on Project Runway Australia, Lawrence teamed up with stylist contestant Amber Renae for a week-long styling event in Greensborough Plaza. The pair were given a time limit and budget and had to visit select shops and create an outfit that would be judged by an audience. [5] The audience could then take turns to style the pairs' mannequins and their "style sense" would be judged.
Lawrence has shot national television commercials for Taubmans Paint, a brand of PPG Industries, [15] Nokia N Series , [5] Macleans Toothpaste, [16] a subsidiary of GlaxoSmithKline, LotteryWest and Foxtel.
The Nine Network is an Australian commercial free-to-air television network. It is owned by parent company Nine Entertainment and is one of five main free-to-air television networks in Australia.
Network 10 is an Australian commercial television network owned by Ten Network Holdings, a division of the Paramount Networks UK & Australia subsidiary of Paramount Global. One of five national free-to-air networks, 10's owned-and-operated stations can be found in the state capital cities of Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Adelaide and Perth while affiliates extend the network to regional areas of the country.
Foxtel is an Australian pay television company—operating in cable television, direct broadcast satellite television, and IPTV streaming services. It was formed in April 2018, superseding an earlier company from 1995. The service was established as a 50/50 joint venture between News Corporation and Telstra, with News Corp and Telstra holding 65% and 35% ownership shares respectively.
NOVA Entertainment is an Australian entertainment company that operates commercial radio networks in metropolitan and regional areas of Australia.
Fox8 is an Australian pay television channel available on Foxtel, and Optus Television's subscription platforms. It is the most watched subscription television channel in Australia and broadcasts the highest rating non-sporting related program or event on subscription television in Australia, Australia's Next Top Model in 2009. A high definition version of the channel, Fox8HD, was launched on the Foxtel and Austar platforms on 15 November 2009.
FOX Arena is an Australian general entertainment cable and satellite channel available on Foxtel, Austar, and Optus Television's subscription platforms.
Megan Kate Gale is an Australian model and actress. Born in Perth, Western Australia, Gale won a model contest when she was 18 in her home town. In 1999 she was cast in a series of commercials for the Italian branch of telecommunications company Vodafone. This led to wide exposure in both Italy and her homeland Australia, and she appeared in those advertising until 2006. Gale has also appeared in Italian movies and television shows, and as an actress, Gale recently played "Fatma" in Russell Crowe's The Water Diviner (2014) and "Valkyrie" in George Miller's Mad Max: Fury Road (2015).
Australia's Next Top Model is an Australian reality television series which premiered on 11 January 2005 and concluded on 22 November 2016, and was based on Tyra Banks' America's Next Top Model. It was broadcast on the Australian subscription television channel, Fox8.
Carrie Bickmore is an Australian talk show and current affairs Gold Logie award-winning television and radio presenter.
Cartoon Network Australia & New Zealand is an Australian pay television channel launched on October 3, 1995 and owned by Warner Bros. Discovery Asia-Pacific. It primarily shows animated programming.
David Gordon Speers is an Australian journalist and host of Insiders on ABC TV.
Peter van Onselen is an Australian political academic, author, political journalist and commentator. He is a contributing editor at The Australian newspaper. Between 2010 and 2017, he hosted several programs at Sky News Australia. Since December 2018 he has served as Network 10's political editor and a co-host of The Project.
Ruby Rose Langenheim is an Australian model, actress, disc jockey and television presenter. Rose was a presenter on MTV Australia (2007–2011), followed by several high-profile modelling gigs, including Maybelline New York in Australia. In addition, she has co-hosted various television shows, including Australia's Next Top Model (2009) and The Project on Network Ten (2009–2011).
This is a list of Australian television events and premieres which occurred in 2009. The year 2009 is the 54th year of continuous operation of television in Australia. It also marks the introduction of digital multichannels for the three commercial television networks, which were each able to launch an alternate standard-definition digital channel, separate from their primary channels, from 1 January. Network Ten launched their channel, One, on 26 March, whilst the Nine Network launched kids and movies channel GO! on 9 August, and the Seven Network launched catch-up channel 7Two on 1 November.
The Real Housewives of Melbourne is an Australian reality television series that premiered 23 February 2014 on Arena. It was developed as one of the international installments of The Real Housewives, an American television franchise. The series chronicles the lives of several women living in Melbourne, Australia.
Shaynna Blaze is an Australian interior designer, television personality, writer and former singer. She is best known for her work as a co-host on Selling Houses Australia (2008–2020) and a judge on The Block (2012–present). In 2021 she won Celebrity Apprentice Australia.
Presto was an Australian media streaming company which offered subscriptions to unlimited viewing of selected films, and from 2015, TV series. The service, initially owned wholly by Foxtel, launched on 13 March 2014 featuring films exclusively.
The fourth season of The Real Housewives of Melbourne, an Australian reality television series, was broadcast on Arena. It aired from 6 December 2017, until 21 February 2018, and was primarily filmed in Melbourne, Victoria. Its executive producers are Kylie Washington and Lisa Potasz for Matchbox Pictures, part of NBCUniversal International Studios, in conjunction with Foxtel.
Binge is a video streaming subscription service available in Australia, owned by Streamotion. The service offers on demand and live entertainment, lifestyle, reality and movie programming.
The 2021–22 Women's Big Bash League season or WBBL|07 was the seventh season of the Women's Big Bash League (WBBL), the semi-professional women's Twenty20 domestic cricket competition in Australia. The tournament was played from 14 October to 27 November 2021. The Sydney Thunder entered the season as the defending champions, having won their second title in WBBL|06, but failed to qualify for the knockout stage.