Edwina Louise Christie Bartholomew is an Australian journalist and television presenter. Bartholomew is currently a news and entertainment presenter on Sunrise. She has previously been a co-host of Dancing with the Stars and Australian Spartan.
Career
Bartholomew completed her journalism degree at Charles Sturt University in Bathurst, New South Wales and also completed a Masters of International Studies in 2006 at Sydney University. She won a Sunrise Intern competition, where she progressed from making coffee to producing the show. She also worked as a reporter on 2GB and covered the Beijing Olympics for the Seven Network. She later returned to Australia and continued to work as a reporter for Seven News before signing on as Sunrise's Sydney correspondent in 2011, replacing Simon Reeve. She has also filed stories for Sunday Night. Her stories with Sunrise and The Morning Show have taken her from the Queensland floods and Christchurch earthquake to the Camel Cup in Alice Springs and Tamworth Country Music Festival. In July 2013, Bartholomew was appointed as weather presenter on Sunrise, replacing Grant Denyer. She travelled for the show each day, reporting from various locations around Australia and the world. In September 2013, Bartholemew was appointed co-host of Dancing with the Stars. In January 2016, Bartholomew announced that she would be leaving her role as weather presenter on Sunrise after three years to become the show's entertainment presenter, and primary fill-in news presenter. She was replaced by Sam Mac. Bartholomew has filled in for Monique Wright on Weekend Sunrise while she was on maternity leave, and continues to do so on an intermittent basis. In 2018 and 2019, Bartholomew co-hosted Australian Spartan alongside Hamish McLachlan. In June 2020, Bartholomew was appointed the permanent Monday and Friday news presenter on Sunrise, deputising for Natalie Barr who co-hosts on these days with David Koch and Samantha Armytage respectively.
Personal life
Bartholomew was born in Whyalla, South Australia. She spent her early years living in Japan and Malaysia. She later boarded at Abbotsleigh School in Wahroonga, Sydney, where she completed her Higher School Certificate and featured in the Distinguished Achievers List. Bartholomew lives in Sydney and is married to Neil Varcoe. On 5 June 2019, Edwina announced on Sunrise that she was expecting her first child. On 18 December 2019, Edwina gave birth to daughter named Molly.
