Gretel Killeen

Most commonly known as the host of the phenomenally successful television program Big Brother, Gretel Killeen is also a best-selling international author of nineteen books and winner of the 2001 MO Award for Best Female Comic. On television she featured as a 'Beauty' on Beauty and the Beast and appeared as Ray Martin's wife for three years in the cult classic A Town Like Dallas (The Midday Show). Known as the 'Queen' of voice-overs for over fifteen years, Gretel also shared a ratings-winning breakfast show on Austereo.
In her earlier years Gretel had the hallmarks of an academic - school captain, a member of the Australian Debating Team - however she dropped out of law school after six weeks, when she couldn't find the exam room. Six months later she accidentally started a career as a stand-up comic when she performed a serious poem and the audience laughed.
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