Sarrah Le Marquand (born 12 August 1976) is an Australian journalist and media commentator. She is currently the editor-in-chief of ''Stellar'', a weekly magazine available in ''The Sunday Telegraph'' and ''

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''. Le Marquand is also a regular guest and panellist on television shows '' The Project'' on

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and ''

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'' on

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, as well as a regular commentator on

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, '' Q&A'', '' The Drum'', ''

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'', '' The Morning Show'', ''

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'' and

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Early life

Le Marquand was born in Sydney. Her older brother,

Steve Le Marquand Steve Le Marquand (born 26 December 1967) is an Australian-born actor, known both locally and internationally for his film and stage work. Personal life Born in Perth, Western Australia in 1967, his family moved to Sydney when he was quite ...

, is a film and stage actor. Le Marquand studied at the

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and graduated with an honours degree in Government in 2000.

Career

Early on in her career, Le Marquand worked as a magazine entertainment reporter at

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and was the regular film critic on ''Sunrise'' before joining ''

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'' 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, the opinion column for

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. Le Marquand's opinion columns have attracted publicity for her often controversial stance on issues such as feminism, gender equality and parenting. After making her first television appearance on ''

'' 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 ''

'' as a weekly panellist and in 2016 become a regular co-host of ''The Project''. In August 2016 Le Marquand launched the magazine ''Stellar'', overseeing its re-branding from ''Sunday Style''. The magazine has attracted attention both in Australia and internationally for cover interviews with

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and

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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."

Personal life

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

References

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