Media Personality, Television Presenter and Radio Host
For over 17 years, Chrissie has showcased her knack for the spoken word and her honest, down to earth shining personality, cementing her as one of Australia's most loved personalities. Nowadays, she is joined by Sam Pang and Jonathan Brown on Nova 100's Chrissie, Sam & Browny breakfast show.
Chrissie first appeared on television in 2003 as a contestant on Network Ten's Big Brother, where she was the runner-up. In that same year, she made her start on radio on Hot 91.1's breakfast show in Queensland and later co-hosted breakfast on Mix 101.1 alongside Jade Hall for three years and was the co-host of Vega 91.5's (now Smooth 91.5) from 2007 to 2009.
Since appearing on Big Brother 2003, Chrissie has been a pioneer in reality TV and nominated for the Logies multiple times. In 2010, she joined Network Ten's morning chat show, The Circle, alongside Yumi Stynes, Gorgi Coghlan and Denise Drysdale, receiving three Logie nominations in 2011. Chrissie won Most Popular Female Presenter and received a Logie Nomination for her role as co-host.
In 2012 and 2013, Chrissie was the host of Network Ten's Can of Worms and received another Logie nomination for Most Popular Female Presenter in 2013.
Other media appearances include co-hosting The Great Australian Spelling Bee from 2015 to 2016 and Long Lost Family in 2016. In 2015, she spent six weeks in the South African jungle on I'm A Celebrity Get Me Out Of Here, where she placed third.
In addition, Chrissie is also a gifted writer and published her first book, Is It Just Me? Confessions of an Over-sharer, in 2013. She has also written for Saturday Herald Sun's Weekend, Fairfax's Sunday Life and Good Weekend magazine.
Chrissie is an ambassador of Lortsmith Animal Hospital, Priceline and CARE Australia.