Sofie Formica
{{Short description|Australian television presenter}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2021}}
{{Use Australian English|date=May 2021}}
{{infobox person
| name = Sofie Formica
| birth_place= Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|29 June 1971}}
| education =
| occupation = TV host, presenter, actress
| years_active = 1985–present
| employer =
| television =
| spouse = Scott Wilkie
| children = 3
}}
Sofie Formica (born 29 June 1971, Brisbane, Queensland) is an Australian radio and television presenter and actress. She is best known for hosting Queensland-based lifestyle show The Great South East on the Seven Network from 1997 until 2016. Afternoons with Sofie Formica was launched on Brisbane radio station 4BC in October 2021.{{Cite web |last=Kelly |first=Vivienne |date=2022-11-22 |title=Brisbane’s 4BC gets local Afternoons show with Sofie Formica |url=https://radiotoday.com.au/sofie-formica-4bc-afternoons/ |access-date=2024-04-29 |website=Radio Today |language=en-AU}}
Career
Formica's television career commenced at age 14 on local Queensland school TV programs. In 1990, Sofie joined the cast of the award-winning Seven Network children's show Wombat; however, the show was axed that same year.{{cite web |date=15 November 2021 |title=Sofie Formica |url=https://www.sofieformica.com }} Formica then hosted two children's programs: the Saturday morning program Saturday Disney (1990–1992) and the weekday program Now You See It (1991–1993) based on the US format Now You See It.{{cite web |date=28 April 2024 |title=About Sofie |url=https://sofieformica.com/about/ }} In hosting Now You See It, she became the first woman to host a game show solo on Australian television.{{Cite web |date=2023-03-15 |title=Jessica Rowe’s TV claim prompts Sofie Formica to share her experience |url=https://www.4bc.com.au/jessica-rowes-tv-claim-prompts-sofie-formica-to-share-her-experience/ |access-date=2024-04-28 |website=4BC |language=en-AU}} She was host of the comedy TV series Just Kidding (from 1994 until 1995), and she was an original member of The Great Outdoors.{{Cite news |date=1994-03-05 |title= TV Week: March 5-11, 1994 |work=TV Week |url=https://televisionau.com/2014/03/1994-march-5-11.html |access-date=2024-04-28 }} After moving to the United States in the mid 1990s, she hosted technology-based programming in San Francisco for CNET during its Sunday morning run on USA Network in the mid-to-late '90s.
Formica appeared in several guest roles in TV serials, including featuring in Home and Away as the character Imogen Miller, cast in 10 episodes between 1992 and 1993. Formica also guest-starred on the American TV series Murder, She Wrote, Season 12, Episode 20, titled "Southern Double-Cross" as the character Linda Molen. She has had minor roles in the movies First Strike (1996) and San Andreas (2015).{{Cite web |date=2024-04-28 |title=Sofie Formica |url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0286422/ |access-date=2024-04-28 |website=IMDb |language=en-AU}}
In October 2021, Formica joined Brisbane radio station 4BC to host Afternoons with Sofie Formica.{{Cite web |last=Connery |first=Tess |date=2022-11-22 |title=Why Sofie Formica swapped the TV camera for the 4BC microphone |url=https://mediaweek.com.au/why-sofie-formica-swapped-the-camera-for-the-microphone/ |access-date=2023-04-22 |website=Mediaweek |language=en-AU}}
Personal life
On 31 December 1994, Formica married Scott Wilkie.{{cite tweet|number=682338407851266049|user=sofieformica|title=Happy 21st wedding anniversary @wilkiescottj #1994 Everyday is like a new episode of Modern Family ... ... |date=30 December 2015}} They have three children{{cite web|url=https://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/national/queensland/tv-star-sofie-formica-makes-city2south-a-family-affair-20150608-ghj12l.html|title=TV star Sofie Formica makes City2South a family affair|publisher=Brisbane Times|last=Daly|first=Suraya|date= 9 June 2015|access-date= 9 May 2021}} and lived in the Brisbane suburb of Chelmer for almost ten years until 2016,{{cite web|url=https://www.realestate.com.au/news/channel-7-television-presenter-sofie-formica-sells-chelmer-home|title=Channel 7 television presenter Sofie Formica sells Chelmer home}} then moved to St Lucia for the next five years.{{cite web|url=https://www.realestate.com.au/news/popular-tv-presenter-cashes-in-on-hot-brisbane-housing-market/|title=Popular TV presenter cashes in on hot Brisbane housing market}}{{cite web|url=https://www.realestate.com.au/news/sofie-formica-has-gone-for-a-change-of-scenery/|title=Sofie Formica has gone for a change of scenery|publisher=The Courier Mail|last=Hele|first=Michelle|date= 9 December 2017|access-date= 7 May 2021}}
References
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External links
- {{IMDb name|0286422}}
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Category:Actresses from Brisbane
Category:Australian television actresses
Category:Australian women television presenters