Wendy Harmer
Wendy Harmer is one of Australia’s most versatile and much-loved entertainers – broadcaster, author, journalist and stage performer.
BottomWendy Harmer is one of Australia’s most versatile and much-loved entertainers – broadcaster, author, journalist and stage performer.
BottomWendy Harmer is one of Australia’s most versatile and much-loved entertainers – broadcaster, author, journalist and stage performer.
As a stand-up comedian she performed at the Melbourne, Edinburgh, Montreal and Glasgow Mayfest Comedy Festivals, on London’s comedy circuit, throught the USA, and at the Sydney Theatre Company. As a broadcaster, Wendy enjoyed huge popularity leading Sydney radio station 2Day FM’s top-rating Breakfast Show for 11 years and was the co-host of ABC Radio Sydney’s morning/breakfast shows from 2016 -2021. She has hosted, written and appeared in a variety of TV shows including ABC’s The Big Gig.
A prolific columnist for a host of magazine and newspaper titles, Wendy is also the author of eight books for adults including her bestselling novels Farewell My Ovaries, Love and Punishment and Nagging for Beginners, a ‘how-to’ guide for women. She has also written two teen novels and multiple books for children in the Pearlie in the Park series.
Wendy and her husband Brendan have two adult children, Marley and Maeve, and live on Sydney’s Northern Beaches.
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