Belinda Todd

{{Short description|New Zealand television presenter}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2025}}

{{Use New Zealand English|date=September 2014}}

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Belinda Todd is a New Zealand television broadcaster who rose to fame as a presenter on Nightline.

She grew up in Christchurch, and had ambitions to become a doctor.{{cite news|url=https://www.nzonscreen.com/profile/belinda-todd/biography|title=Belinda Todd NZ On Screen}} She joined the new TV3 network when it launched in 1989 as a weather presenter, and shortly after became known for her off-the-cuff contributions as co-presenter on Nightline.{{cite news|url=https://www.lonely.geek.nz/kiwi-tv/index.php/people-mainmenu-48/36-newsreaders/360-tood-belinda|title=Lonely Geek: Belinda Todd}}

She also was in Melody Rules, a short-lived sitcom that was critically panned.{{citation |url=https://www.stuff.co.nz/entertainment/111303869/melody-rules-looking-back-on-kiwi-televisions-biggest-flop|title=Biggest Flop |last=Page |first=Emma |date=29 March 2009 |access-date=7 November 2023 }}

In 1994, she left TV3 and subsequently worked for independent production company Communicado for 7 years. She departed New Zealand for Los Angeles in 2003, and has lived there since, working in several roles including production and freelance screenwriting.{{cite news|url=https://www.linkedin.com/in/belinda-todd-39a45695/|title=Linkedin Profile|access-date=7 November 2023}}

She participated in the 20th anniversary episode of Nightline in 2010.{{cite news|url=https://www.stuff.co.nz/entertainment/tv-radio/70810460/video-vault---billy-t-after-his-heart-transplant-and-classic-nightline-moments|title=Video Vault |last=Gardiner |first=Irene |publisher=Stuff|location=New Zealand |accessdate=5 November 2023}}{{cite news|url=https://www.nzonscreen.com/title/nightline-20th-anniversary-episode-2010|title=Nightline 20th Anniversary episode}}