Trisha Goddard is the host of the syndicated talk show "Trisha Goddard," which originally premiered September 17, 2012. The daytime series is distributed in national syndication by NBCUniversal Domestic Television Distribution and produced by Stamford Media Center Productions.
Born in London as the eldest of four girls, Goddard was raised and educated in Tanzania, East Africa and Surrey, South East England. In 1985, she immigrated to Australia where she first worked in public relations. Shortly after, her television career took off when she served as a guest host for Channel Ten's children's show, "Off the Dish." She then went on to become a news and current affairs reporter for SBS TV in 1986. In the following year, she became a popular host with Australia's "Play School" for ten years. During this time, she also landed the prestigious job as host on ABC's (Austrian Broadcasting Corporation) primetime current affairs program, "7.30 Report" and became the first black anchorwoman on Australian TV. Goddard later established and hosted the prime time show "Everybody" and started her own production company, developing, producing over 400 programs.
Goddard moved to Britain and hosted her own talk show, "Trisha," from September 1998 to 2005, becoming ITV's new ‘Queen of Chat.' In late 2004, Goddard set up her own U.K. production company called Town House TV. Town House TV then went on to produce her new daily talk show, "Trisha Goddard," that aired from 2005-2010.
Goddard wrote her autobiography "As I Am" in 2008. In her book, Goddard talks about her personal trials and tribulations including her breast cancer diagnosis. Fortunately, Goddard has been cancer free for 5 years.
Based on her personal and family struggles, Goddard is a Mental Health activist, passionate about getting better services for people with mental illness around the world. Currently, Goddard is actively involved in a number of charities including "Home-Start," a parenting charity, and "Mind," a major UK Mental Health charity.
Goddard is married with two teenage daughters and splits her time living in the U.S. and Britain.
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