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{{Short description|Australian journalist and media commentator}}
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'''Sarrah Le Marquand''' (born 12 August 1976{{cn|date=July 2023}}) is an Australian journalist and media commentator.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=https://www.abc.net.au/profiles/content/s4257497.htm|title=Sarrah Le Marquand|last=Corporation|first=Australian Broadcasting|date=2015|website=www.abc.net.au|language=en-AU|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2020-04-12}}</ref> She is currently the editor-in-chief of ''Stellar'', a weekly magazine available in [[The Sunday Telegraph (Sydney)|''The Sunday Telegraph'']] and ''[[Sunday Herald Sun]]''. Le Marquand is also a regular guest and panellist on television shows ''[[The Project (Australian TV program)|The Project]]'' on [[Network 10]] and ''[[Today (1982 TV program)|Today]]'' on [[Nine Network]], as well as a regular commentator on [[Sky News Australia]], ''[[Q&A (Australian talk show)|Q&A]]'', ''[[The Drum (TV program)|The Drum]]'', ''[[A Current Affair (Australian TV program)|A Current Affair]]'', ''[[The Morning Show (TV program)|The Morning Show]]'', ''[[Sunrise (Australian TV program)|Sunrise]]'' and [[ABC Local Radio]].
==Early life==
Le Marquand was born in Sydney. Her older brother, [[Steve Le Marquand]], is a film and stage actor. Le Marquand studied at the [[University of Sydney]] and graduated with an honours degree in Government in 2000.<ref name="Open">{{Cite web|url=https://www.opencolleges.edu.au/careers/blog/journalism-career-advice-sarrah-le-marquand|title=10 Career Advice Questions with Sarrah Le Marquand|website=www.opencolleges.edu.au}}</ref>
==Career==
Early on in her career, Le Marquand worked as a magazine entertainment reporter at [[Pacific Magazines]] and was the regular film critic on ''Sunrise'' before joining ''[[The Daily Telegraph (Sydney)|The Daily Telegraph]]'' in 2005 as a television writer.
In 2008 she was appointed features editor of ''The Daily Telegraph'' and in 2014 she was appointed opinion editor. In 2015 she became the founding editor of RendezView,<ref name="AdNews">{{Cite web|url=https://www.adnews.com.au/news/news-corp-launches-female-focused-site-rendezview|title=News Corp launches female-focused site RendezView - AdNews|website=www.adnews.com.au}}</ref> the opinion column for [[News Corp Australia]].
Le Marquand's opinion columns have attracted publicity for her often controversial stance on issues such as feminism, gender equality and parenting.<ref name="Fox">{{Cite web|url=https://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/bad-for-the-economy-writer-says-stay-at-home-moms-should-be-illegal|title="BAD FOR THE ECONOMY": Writer says stay-at-home moms should be illegal|date=March 29, 2018|website=Fox News}}</ref>
After making her first television appearance on Sunrise as a film reviewer in 2002, a guest appearance that turned into a regular role for three years, Le Marquand returned to the breakfast show in 2010 as a weekly panellist on Kochie's Angels.{{citation needed|date=April 2020}} In 2014 she joined the ''Today'' show as a weekly panellist and in 2016 become a regular co-host of ''The Project''.<ref name="Ren">{{Cite web|url=https://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/rendezview/was-australia-settled-or-invaded/news-story/ea18dd60f56fb03e0972d8697e9330d2|title=Was Australia 'settled' or 'invaded'?|date=March 30, 2016|website=www.dailytelegraph.com.au}}</ref>
In August 2016 Le Marquand launched the magazine ''Stellar'', overseeing its re-branding from ''Sunday Style''.<ref name="Roy">{{Cite web|url=http://www.roymorgan.com/findings/7971-australian-newspaper-print-readership-and-cross-platform-audiences-march-2019-201905100051|title=Over 15.7 million Australians read newspapers in print or online|website=Roy Morgan}}</ref> The magazine has attracted attention both in Australia and internationally for cover interviews with [[Nicole Kidman]],<ref name="Eon">{{Cite web|url=https://www.eonline.com/au/news/876148/nicole-kidman-poses-soaking-wet-for-her-sexiest-magazine-cover-in-years|title=Nicole Kidman Poses Soaking Wet for Her Sexiest Magazine Cover in Years|date=August 27, 2017|website=E! News}}</ref> [[Katy Perry]],<ref name="Eto">{{Cite web|url=https://www.etonline.com/katy-perry-reveals-why-she-and-taylor-swift-arent-very-close-142387|title=Katy Perry Reveals Why She and Taylor Swift Aren't 'Very Close'|website=Entertainment Tonight|date=March 2020 }}</ref> [[Janet Jackson]], [[Karl Stefanovic]],<ref name="Nine">{{Cite web|url=https://celebrity.nine.com.au/latest/karl-stefanovic-cover-stellar-magazine/c77dc682-8df1-4328-a2b3-95166af0d980|title=Karl Stefanovic's Stellar magazine cover impresses Sylvia Jeffreys: 'Is that Brad Pitt?'|website=celebrity.nine.com.au|date=21 July 2017 }}</ref> [[Jessica Simpson]], [[Bindi Irwin]],<ref name="Mam">{{Cite web|url=https://www.mamamia.com.au/bindi-irwin-2019/|title=Bindi Irwin lost her dad, Steve, 13 years ago. Here's what her life looks like now.|date=July 21, 2019|website=Mamamia}}</ref> [[Lisa Wilkinson]] and [[Jennifer Hawkins]].
In 2017 she was singled out for favourable mention on the television show ''[[Media Watch (TV program)|Media Watch]]''<ref name="ABC">{{Cite web|url=https://www.abc.net.au/mediawatch/episodes/melania-body-double-bubble/9972440|title=Melania body double bubble|date=October 23, 2017|via=www.abc.net.au}}</ref> for having the “last laugh” in a panel discussion on Today about conspiracy theories of [[Melania Trump]] allegedly hiring a body double.
In September 2019 Le Marquand announced ''Stellar'' would no longer ask female celebrities being profiled in the magazine about their family plans. She stated that, “for a lot of people that are secretly struggling with pregnancy loss or having fertility issues, it's actually a question that really cuts them to the core. We felt as a magazine that we didn't want to be playing that role anymore."<ref name="Ten">{{Cite web|url=https://10daily.com.au/lifestyle/a190926akicz/why-we-should-stop-asking-women-about-their-baby-plans-20190926|title=The Project: Push To Stop Asking Women About Baby Plans &#124; 10 daily|website=10daily.com.au}}</ref>
==Personal life==
Le Marquand lives in Sydney with her husband and their two sons.<ref name=":0" />
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