Name Jane Kennedy | Role Television actress | |
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Born 9 June 1964 (age 60) ( 1964-06-09 ) Balwyn, Victoria Occupation Actor, director, producer, writer and author Spouse Bill Overton (m. 1985), Leon Isaac Kennedy (m. 1970–1982) Children Savannah Re Overton, Cheyenne Overton, Kopper Joi Overton, Zaire Ollyea Overton Parents Virginia Harrison, Herbert Harrison Awards NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Actress in a Motion Picture Movies and TV shows The NFL Today, Body and Soul, The Muthers, Death Force, Mysterious Island Of Beautiful Similar People Leon Isaac Kennedy, Bill Overton, Freda Payne, Kathleen Bradley, Cirio H Santiago Profiles |
Jane Kennedy is an Australian actress, comedian, radio presenter, and television producer best known for her work with Working Dog Productions –a group of performers responsible for a variety of television and films.
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Career

She met the other members of the group, which over time included Tom Gleisner, Rob Sitch, Santo Cilauro, Tony Martin (comedian), Mick Molloy, and Jason Stephens amongst others, whilst working on Melbourne commercial radio on the D-Generation Breakfast Show. Kennedy was not originally a member of the group, but was the newsreader assigned to work with them during their timeslot. The team quickly made a game of trying to make her laugh while she read the news. After their frequent success in this aim led to Kennedy joining the D-Generation as a full time member and she continued to work with them on the radio show. The group stayed together to later write, direct and produce The Late Show, a comedy sketch show, and Frontline, a widely acclaimed spoof of television current affairs in which she played ambitious reporter Brooke Vandenberg.

Since the mid-1990s, Kennedy has mostly stayed behind the camera as a casting director and producer for various Working Dog productions, including their panel talk show The Panel, and the films The Castle and The Dish.
Kennedy also appeared on the radio program Get This occasionally, and has been a semi-regular panellist on television chat show The Circle.
In 2009, Kennedy released her first cookbook, Fabulous Food Minus the Boombah. In 2010, she released her second cookbook, OMG! I Can Eat That? and has since written two other cook books "One Dish Two Ways" and "The Big Book of Fabulous Food".
Jane has a weekly segment on the Hot Breakfast radio show on Triple M Melbourne with Eddie McGuire, Mick Molloy and Luke Darcy.
She appears regularly on Have You Been Paying Attention for the Ten Network and on June 23, 2017 it was announced she will be co-hosting National Drive for the Triple M network in 2018 with her long time comedy colleague Mick Molloy.
Personal life
Kennedy was educated at the Genazzano FCJ College, in Kew, an eastern suburb of Melbourne. She and partner Rob Sitch have five children.