Jane Kennedy (born 9 June 1964) is an Australian actress, radio presenter and television producer, best known for her work with

Working Dog Productions Working Dog Productions (originally Frontline Television Productions Pty. Ltd.) is a film and television production company based in Melbourne, Australia. It was formed in 1993 by actors Santo Cilauro, Rob Sitch, Jane Kennedy, Tom Gleisner, a ...

, a group of performers responsible for a variety of television and films. She previously was a co-host of ''KennedyMolloy'' on

Triple M Triple M is an Australian commercial radio network owned and operated by Southern Cross Austereo. The network consists of 45 radio stations with flagship stations broadcasting a mainstream/classic rock music format in Sydney, Melbourne, and B ...

with Mick Molloy.

Career

She met the other members of the group, which over time included

Tom Gleisner Thomas Edmund Gleisner (born 24 October 1962) is an Australian comedian and producer. Gleisner co-founded production company Working Dog Productions and currently hosts Network 10's ''Have You Been Paying Attention?''. Early life and educati ...

, Rob Sitch,

Santo Cilauro Santo Luigi Cilauro (born 25 November 1961) is an Australian comedian, television and feature film producer, screenwriter, actor, author and cameraman who is also a co-founder of ''The D-Generation''. Known as the weatherman in ''Frontline (Au ...

, Tony Martin, Mick Molloy, and Jason Stephens, while working on Melbourne commercial radio on the ''D-Generation Breakfast Show''. Kennedy was not originally a member of the group, but was the newsreader assigned to work with them during their timeslot. The team quickly made a game of trying to make her laugh while she read the news. Their frequent success led to Kennedy joining the D-Generation as a full-time member and she continued to work with them on the radio show. The group stayed together to later write, direct and produce '' The Late Show'', a comedy sketch show, '' Frontline'', a widely acclaimed spoof of television current affairs in which she played ambitious reporter Brooke Vandenberg, and '' Funky Squad,'' a retro styled spoof of 70s police dramas. Since the mid-1990s, Kennedy has mostly stayed behind the camera as a casting director and producer for various Working Dog productions, including their panel talk show '' The Panel'', and the films '' The Castle'' and ''

The Dish ''The Dish'' is a 2000 Australian historical drama, historical comedy-drama film that tells the story of the Parkes Observatory's role in relaying live television of humanity's first steps on the Moon during the Apollo 11 mission in 1969. It wa ...

''. Kennedy also appeared on the radio program '' Get This'' occasionally, and has been a semi-regular panelist on television chat show '' The Circle''. In 2009, Kennedy released her first cookbook, ''Fabulous Food Minus the Boombah''. In 2010, she released her second cookbook, ''OMG! I Can Eat That?'' and has since written two other cookbooks ''One Dish Two Ways'' and ''The Big Book of Fabulous Food''. From 2017 until 2020 she co-hosted ''Kennedy Molloy,'' a national drive show on

in 2018 with her long time comedy colleague Mick Molloy. In January 2021, Kennedy resigned from Triple M to devote more time to her family.

Films

Television

Personal life

Kennedy was born in the

Melbourne Melbourne ( , ; Boonwurrung language, Boonwurrung/ or ) is the List of Australian capital cities, capital and List of cities in Australia by population, most populous city of the States and territories of Australia, Australian state of Victori ...

suburb of

Camberwell Camberwell ( ) is an List of areas of London, area of South London, England, in the London Borough of Southwark, southeast of Charing Cross. Camberwell was first a village associated with the church of St Giles' Church, Camberwell, St Giles ...

. Kennedy was educated at Genazzano FCJ College, in

Kew Kew () is a district in the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames. Its population at the 2011 census was 11,436. Kew is the location of the Royal Botanic Gardens ("Kew Gardens"), now a World Heritage Site, which includes Kew Palace. Kew is ...

, an inner suburb of Melbourne. She and her husband Rob Sitch have five children and live in Melbourne.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Kennedy, Jane 1964 births Living people Australian television actresses Australian film producers Australian women film producers Australian radio personalities Australian women radio presenters Australian television personalities Australian women television personalities Australian television producers Australian women television producers Australian women comedians Australian film actresses Actresses from Melbourne Australian film studio executives People educated at Genazzano FCJ College Women casting directors Comedians from Melbourne RMIT University alumni People from the City of Boroondara Australian women company founders Australian film production company founders