Samantha Armytage

Samantha Armytage (born 4 September 1977) is an Australian journalist and television news presenter.

Armytage is currently co-host of Sunrise alongside David Koch and she has previously co-hosted Weekend Sunrise and presented Seven 4.30 News. In June 2013, Armytage was announced as the replacement for Sunrise co-host Melissa Doyle.

Life and career

Armytage grew up on Bolaro Station in the Snowy Mountains of New South Wales. She went to school in Sydney and then Charles Sturt University in Bathurst, New South Wales. Armytage is a descendent of the Armytage pioneering/pastoral family who came from Victoria. Armytage has a younger sister, Georgina, and a younger brother, Charles. Her interests include golf, tennis, snow skiing and horse racing.

She began her media career at WIN Television in Canberra in 1999, as a news reporter and presenter in Canberra. Following this she joined Sky News Australia in 2002 where she was chief political reporter. In April 2003, Samantha joined the Seven Network after being noticed by the network executives while covering the 2003 Canberra Bushfires.