Sara Groen (born 6 March 1981) is an Australian actress and television presenter.

Career

Whilst studying at

Bond University Bond University is Australia's first private not-for-profit university and is located in Robina, a suburb in the City of Gold Coast, Queensland. Since its founding on 15 May 1989, Bond University has primarily been a teaching-focused higher e ...

in Queensland, she appeared in an episode of '' The Lost World'' in 2001, followed by an episode in ''

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'' a year later. In that same year, 2002, she got a part as co-presenter on the weekend children's program, ''

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''. In 2004, she played a major part in an Australian short-film ''The Scree'', co-starring with

Paul McDermott Paul Anthony Michael McDermott (born 13 May 1962) is an Australian entertainer, best known both for '' Good News Week'' and for his role as a member of the musical comedy group the Doug Anthony All Stars. He has frequently appeared at the M ...

. Sara joined the '' Beyond Tomorrow'' team in 2006. From 2007 to 2009, Sara was the weather presenter for ''

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'' in Sydney, replacing

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who left in late 2006. From October 2007 she began filling in on '' Seven Late News.'' In October 2009, Sara filled in for Matt White on ''

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''. Groen has also appeared as a spokesperson in a TV commercial for Headspace, a youth mental health service. Sara was also a contestant in Series 3 of '' It Takes Two''. She was voted off at the end of week 6. In October 2010, Groen announced that she would be leaving the

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to move to Melbourne. She finished in November and was replaced by Sarah Cumming. In April 2011, Sara joined ''

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'' as a fill-in weather presenter if David Brown is away.

Personal life

Groen was born in

Perth, Western Australia Perth is the capital and largest city of the Australian state of Western Australia. It is the fourth most populous city in Australia and Oceania, with a population of 2.1 million (80% of the state) living in Greater Perth in 2020. Perth i ...

. She grew up on the

Gold Coast, Queensland The Gold Coast is a coastal city in the state of Queensland, Australia, approximately south-southeast of the centre of the state capital Brisbane. With a population over 600,000, the Gold Coast is the sixth-largest city in Australia, the ...

, where she developed a passion for sports of all kinds including soccer, touch football and swimming. She attended

Somerset College (In God we trust) , established = 1983 , type = Independent, day, co-educational , denomination = Non-denominational , slogan = Personal Success, Global Outlook , founder ...

and graduated in 1998. She got her first role in a 1999 episode of '' BeastMaster'' alongside future '' Lost'' star

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and '' Hotel Babylon'' star Natalie Jackson Mendoza. In May 2011, Groen announced that she was three months pregnant with her first child. In October 2011, Groen and husband Clark Kirby welcomed their first child.

References

External links

Sara Groen's Official HomepageSara Groen's Blog
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Groen, Sara 1981 births Living people Seven News presenters Australian television actresses Australian people of Dutch descent Australian people of English descent Australian people of Indonesian descent Bond University alumni Monash University alumni Australian women television journalists