Personal Details Summary | |
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Name | Beverley O’Connor |
Age / How old / Birthday / Date of Birth / DOB | Born in November 1962. As of 2025, she is around 63 years old. |
Wedding & Marriage / Husband / Engaged / Spouse / Partner | Married. Check the full bio for relationship details. |
Children / No. of Kids | 1 |
Ethnicity / Origin / Heritage / Race | White |
Nationality | South African/Australian |
Where is Beverley O’Connor now? | Beverley O’Connor is currently the host of ABC News 24’s nightly international news program, The World. |
Wikipedia Biography / Profile Background
Introduction :
- Beverley O’Connor is a South African/Australian journalist and broadcaster.
- She is also the presenter of The World on ABC News 24.
Personal Life : Parents, Family and Education
- Beverley O’Connor was born in November 1962 in South Africa, where she was also raised.
- She studied journalism at a university in Johannesburg, where she also learned drama.
- In 1985, Beverley moved to Australia.
- She did ballet for over fifteen years, but then became passionate about sports in general too.
- Beverley lives in Melbourne, Australia, where she’s been since 1985.
Career, Job, Salary and Net Worth :
- Since 1987, Beverley has worked on and off for ABC, on both TV and radio.
- In 1991, she became a breakfast presenter on 3LO, which then became 774 ABC Melbourne. She initially focused on topics such as politics and economics, but later started doing more segments on sports too.
- From 1993 to 1994, Beverley presented a late-night football show called Late Ball on ABC.
- In 1996, she started presenting the Saturday afternoon sports show on ABC.
- In 1999, Beverley was asked to join the board of the Melbourne Football Club, a historically male board. She later became Vice Chairwoman, and then Board Director until she left in 2008.
- From 2004 to 2005, Beverley left her job at ABC after eighteen years to be a presenter for Channel 7’s weeknight news show Seven News Melbourne, but her appointment only lasted eight months because the audience didn’t respond in numbers to a female sports presenter.
- In 2006, Beverley returned to ABC as a news presenter, and has remained there ever since.
- From 2012 to 2016, she was also a columnist for the Herald Sun.
- Since August 2014, Beverley has been presenting The World on ABC.
- She also worked for Melbourne Weekender as an entertainment presenter in 2006.
- Until 2007, she was part of the breakfast show on Vega 91.5. She was a news presenter and was also in charge of the traffic segment.
- Beverley is a fill-in presenter at ABC News Victoria, where she first appeared in 2008.
Interesting Facts, Height and Trivia :
- Beverley loves coffee, which sustains her during her long workdays. She usually has two cups of green coffee in the morning, followed by a decaf cappuccino during the day. She frequently treats herself to a hot cup of natural chocolate at the end of the day.
- She has stated that one of her proudest moments in the world of broadcast journalism was covering the inauguration of President Barack Obama live in 2009.
- Beverley has interviewed many famous faces, but she numbers Jackie Collins and Jerry Hall among her favourites.
- She has become very fond of Melbourne and particularly enjoys the city during the Grand Final week, which is full of events. She’s also a fan of the Comedy Festival.
- Beverley is passionate about interior design, and considers dedicating herself to it once she has more free time.
Wow Geof! That’s deep.
Beverley bleaches her hair so much. I hope it falls out!