Samantha Heathwood Biography

Samantha Heathwood is a well-known Australian journalist who worked at regional news channel Channel 9 for over nine years before joining Channel 7 and others in 2021. She attended the University of Queensland and received a Bachelor of Arts degree in Journalism.

Samantha Heathwood Age

Samantha Heathwood was born on 25 May 1985 in Australia. She is 36 years old.

Samantha Heathwood Height

Heathwood’s average height is 5 feet 4 inches.

Samantha Heathwood Education

Earned a Bachelor of Arts in Journalism at the University of Queensland.

Samantha Heathwood Family

Samantha was born in Australia and raised by Australian parents. When she was one year old, she moved with her parents and older sister to Toowoomba in southern Queensland, Australia.

Samantha Heathwood Husband

She was married to her husband Kieran Toohey but they divorced. Samantha has two sons from her marriage to Kieran. Their names are James William Toohey, born February 1, 2011, and Henry Alexander Toohey, born October 2013.

Samantha Heathwood Salary

Samantha’s annual salary is $45,567. This is based on the salary of Channel 7 news presenters and reporters.

Samantha Heathwood Net Worth

Heathwood’s net worth is approximately $1 million to $5 million.

Samantha Heathwood Career

Samantha started her career as a reporter for Win TV in 2004 and worked in Rockhampton until 2010. Heathwood also moved to his hometown of Toowoomba, where he continued to work as a broadcaster for WIN TV.

A life-changing year came in 2012 when Samantha had the opportunity to work at Channel Nine News, where she worked until 2014. She took a year off and rejoined Nine News in 2015, but this time in Brisbane, where she would stay. Until 2021. She left Channel 9 News to join the Channel 7 News Network in mid-2021.