Sarah Harris Biography
Sarah Harris is an Australian media personality serving as Network 10’s The Project co-host. She joined The Project at the beginning of 2023, replacing former co-host Carrie Bickmore. Previously, she was Studio 10 host. She hosted the show for nine years.
Sarah Harris Age
Harris is 42 years old as of 2023. She was born on July 13, 1981, in Sydney, Australia.
Sarah Harris Height
She stands at an average height of 1.73 m (5 feet 8 inches).
Sarah Harris Nationality
She is Australian by nationality.
Sarah Harris Education
Harris studied journalism and international business at Queensland University of Technology graduating in 2002 with a Bachelor’s degree in communication, journalism, and related programs.
Sarah Harris Parents
Sarah was born in western Sydney to a single mother, Barbara, who was 18. She grew up in a block of housing commission flats in Mount Druitt, a western suburb of Sydney. Along with her brother, three years younger, and who is now an engineer in London, they moved to Bribie Island when Sarah was seven. Her mother, Barbara spent much of her time working in pubs and bars to provide for them while her father died of prostate cancer at 50.
Through her grandparents who emigrated to Australia, Sarah is of Croatian descent.
Sarah Harris Husband
Sarah married information technology specialist Tom Ward at Saint Ignatius’ College in Riverview, Sydney, back in 2014. At the time of their wedding, which took place five years after they started dating, Sarah gushed about Tom in an interview with The Daily Telegraph.
“I am so excited to celebrate my love for my best mate Tom,” she said.
Sarah and Tom have two children, Paul and Harry. In March 2021, Sarah announced that she and Tom are “taking time apart however we remain good friends and deeply committed to co-parenting our two beautiful boys”.
Following the divorce, Sarah has candidly discussed her divorce from her husband Tom Ward. The Project co-host says dealing with the separation was ‘real and scary’.
“There’s that feeling there’s no real anchor there, there’s no one on the end of the phone, even though there always is,” she told Stellar Magazine.
“When you go through something like that, it’s like walking around with no skin and you feel like everyone can see your insides. You feel so exposed and vulnerable. It was hard because I was dealing with all these changes with the show as well.”
In October 2017, Sarah and Tom bought a $2.175 million home in Sydney’s North Shore.
Sarah prefers 90s fashion, especially Lululemon tights. Her favorite designers are Scanlan Theodore, Witchery, Cue, Carla Zampatti, and Bianca Spender.
Sarah Harris The Project
Harris is the co-host of The Project. She made the switch from Studio 10 in the mornings to The Project at the beginning of 2023, replacing former co-host Carrie Bickmore. Bringing over 20 years of journalism experience to the desk, Harris has interviewed everyone from rockstars to Royalty and has covered huge events like the 2012 London Olympics, the Christchurch earthquake, and the Black Saturday bushfires. She’s also no stranger to snagging celebrity interviews and wrangling high-profile talent in front of live audiences.
Part of the Network 10 family for almost 10 years, Harris has made her mark on Australian screens as a reporter, presenter, and most recently as co-host of Studio 10. She joined Waleed Aly, who remains a mainstay of the show Monday through Thursday.
Harris’s journalism career started in 1997 at the Seven Network in Brisbane. In June 2001, she joined Prime Gold Coast News where she was a freelance television reporter and presenter. She then moved back to the Seven Network in Brisbane where she was a cadet news reporter and writer.
In 2002, Harris joined the Nine Network and became a reporter, researcher, and fill-in presenter on Extra. She also joined National Nine News as a reporter and Today. She delivered live reports from the scene of the Cairns Tilt Train derailment in November 2004, as well as Sir Joh Bjelke-Petersen’s funeral in Kingaroy in 2005. Harris left Today in 2005 to become a reporter and fill-in presenter on National Nine News in Brisbane.
In 2007, Harris moved to Sydney to become a Today reporter and a fill-in news presenter. She was also a fill-in news presenter on Nine Morning News, Nine Afternoon News, Nine News Sydney, and Weekend Today. In 2012, Harris was the main fill-in presenter for Sonia Kruger on Mornings. She also filled in for Leila McKinnon on Weekend Today while she was on maternity leave.
In August 2013, she resigned from the Nine Network to join Network Ten’s then-new morning program, Studio 10 as a co-host with Ita Buttrose, Joe Hildebrand, and Jessica Rowe. She has also been a fill-in host on the Network Ten program The Project. In November 2014, Harris was announced as the host of Shark Tank. In February 2016, Harris was welcomed to the No Agenda round table as a Black Dame by Adam Curry and John C Dvorak.
On 31 October 2016, Harris gained a Guinness World Record for Most Pumpkins Smashed in One Minute while dressed as Wednesday Addams from The Addams Family. On 23 November 2022, Sarah announced that she would be leaving Studio 10 after hosting the show for nine years to become a new co-host of The Project in 2023 after the departure of the show’s longest-running co-host Carrie Bickmore in December 2022.
Sarah Harris Salary
Her salary is under review.
Sarah Harris Net Worth
She has an estimated net worth of $4 million as of 2023.
