Anjali Rao (journalist)
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Anjali Rao | |
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 Rao in 2021 | |
| Born | 8 April 1974[1] |
| Occupation | Journalist |
| Children | 1 |
Anjali Rao (born 8 April 1974) is an Australian global television news anchor and broadcast journalist. She starred on season 5 of The Real Housewives of Melbourne.
Rao has spent over 25 years in television journalism, as an anchor and correspondent for CNN International, Sky News UK, Channel 5 UK as well as hosting The Project and Studio 10 on Australia's Network 10 and for several years on SBS One public affairs program Dateline.[2] She has also been host of the nightly news, current affairs and entertainment programme, The Anj, Rob and Robbo Show.
Anjali Rao was born in Hong Kong, and educated mainly in England at Cobham Hall School, Kent, and King's School, Canterbury, followed by the City University, London, where she earned a bachelor's degree with Honours in Sociology and Media Studies.[3] Her father was an Indian doctor, Dr Prithvi Raj Rao, from Bangalore, although born in Burma. He died suddenly at the age of 55, when she was almost five years old. Her mother, Cynthia Lockeyear, is from Bendigo, Victoria, Australia, and now lives in the UK.[4]
