Samantha Armytage

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Samantha Armytage (born 4 September 1976) is a television news presenter in Australia. In 2013, Armytage became a co-host of Sunrise alongside David Koch.

She has co-hosted Weekend Sunrise and appeared on Seven 4.30 News.

Early life

Armytage was introduced to Mac and Elizabeth Armytage. She grew up on Bolaro Station, a sheep property near Adaminaby, South Wales, where her father, who was the station manager, was born. Armytage is a direct descendant of George Armytage, a pioneer British settler in Australia who was involved in an attack on local Aboriginals. Charlie is her younger brother.

She attended boarding school at Kincoppal-Rose Bay in Sydney from Year Nine and then studied at Charles Sturt University.

Personal life

Armytage revealed in June 2020 that she would marry Richard Lavender, her partner. On December 31, 2020, the two were married in a private ceremony in the Southern Highlands. Armytage was a stepmother to Lavender's two children from his previous marriage.

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Career

Armytage began her television work at WIN Television in Canberra in 1999 as a news reporter and host. She began working with Sky News Australia in 2002, where she was chief political reporter.

Armytage joined the Seven Network in 2003 after being identified by the network's administrators while covering the Canberra Bushfires in 2003.

Armytage's first major presenting job came in December 2004, filling-in as host on Seven News Sydney during the Summer non-ratings period. Following her non-ratings period, she had stints as host of Seven Morning News, the national late news bulletin, and as the presenter of Seven News Sydney. Armytage was a regular fill-in presenter for Chris Bath on Seven News Sydney between 2005 and 2006.

Armytage's Mike Amor, the presenter of Seven 4.30 News, was fired in October 2006. When the network upgraded production from Melbourne to Sydney, Rebecca Maddern had been swapped for host.

Armytage appeared on Dancing With The Stars in 2011 and went on to file reports for Sunday Night, as well as being a regular fill-in host on Sunrise, Today Tonight and The Morning Show.

Armytage's Makeover Reality Show Bringing Sexy Back, which was cancelled after one season due to low ratings, was cancelled after one season.

Armytage would participate in Seven's race day coverage and appear as a special guest on the reality show The Farmer Wants a Wife, 2021, in October 2021.

Armytage was co-host of Weekend Sunrise alongside Andrew O'Keefe in June 2007, replacing Lisa Wilkinson who moved to Today on the Nine Network in 2006.

Armytage was named as the replacement for Sunrise co-host Melissa Doyle in June 2013, and she took over the role in September.

Armytage resigned from Sunrise on March 8, 2021, to spend more time with her family. On March 11, 2021, she was the last exhibitor.

Armytage joined News Corp Australia's lifestyle journal Stellar as a columnist in 2017.

On February 28, 2021, Armytage's Something to Talk About With Samantha Armytage, in collaboration with Stellar, Armytage introduced Something to Talk About With Samantha Armytage.

Armytage was accused of bigotry in an on-air interview in March 2015 after congratulating a woman for appearing whiter than her twin sister. After an online petition was signed by over 2,000 people demanding that she apologise, she did so.

Kristen Davis, an actor, revived the Armytage skit on Sunrise in February 2016. Davis had been on the show to discuss her work with the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, but later on Twitter, she expressed her dissatisfaction with Sunrise's focusing on her Sex and The City. Armytage, who was supposed to MC and conduct a consultation with Davis at a UN summit in Sydney, was asked not to host or attend the function.

"Post-Stolen Generation, there's been a massive step to leave Aboriginal children where they are," Armytage's narrator said in March 2018. In reaction to the segment, protests were held outside the Sunrise studio in Martin Place. The Australian Communications and Media Authority found that the segment had violated the Commercial Television Industry Code of Practice because it contained inaccurate information and "strong negative generalizations of Indigenous people as a group" in September 2018. Armytage was sued for racial profiling over the segment in June 2020.

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