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Storm Keating
Keating in 2016
Born
Sharyn Storm Uechtritz

(1981-10-27) 27 October 1981 (age 43)
Alma mater
Occupations
  • brand ambassador
  • television producer
Spouses
  • Tim Ivers
    (m. 2009⁠–⁠2012)
  • (m. 2015)
Children2

Sharyn Storm Keating[1] (née Uechtritz; born 27 October 1981) is an Australian brand ambassador, television producer and television director, now based in London. She has worked on a number of Australian and British television programmes such as The Apprentice Australia, Masterchef Australia, The X Factor, The Voice Australia, and The Voice UK. She is married to singer Ronan Keating.

Early life and education

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Sharyn Storm Uechtritz was born in Childers, Queensland, Australia,[1] the daughter of Gordon Charles Uechtritz, a cattleman, and Debra Lynn (née Hastings), also known as Sharni Ra'harni, a business consultant, healer and Reiki practitioner.[1][2][3][4] Keating's birth name was Sharyn Storm Uechtritz.[1][5][6] Her parents loved the name "Storm", used in one of Wilbur Smith's novels, and gave her this first name. [1] Concerned she may be made fun of later on in life, they added the name Sharyn.[7]

Keating grew up in a small village in Papua New Guinea, before her family relocated to a cattle property in Australia in 1988.[2] Keating has three older brothers.[1][2]

After school, she attended the University of Queensland (Australia) for three years; she subsequently received an international exchange scholarship to study at University of California, Los Angeles in 2003, for the final year of her degree education.[2][8]

Career

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Storm Keating in 2012

During her time at the University of California Los Angeles, Keating completed an internship at HBO in the Original Programming Department under Chris Albrecht.[2][9] It was upon her return to Australia that Keating began her career in television production at Channel Nine in Sydney.[9]

In 2009, she worked on the production of the Australian version of NBC's The Apprentice.[2][9] From 2010–2012, Keating went on to work with popular formats including The X Factor, Masterchef and The Voice.[8][9] In 2012, she relocated to London where she became the producer-director of The Voice UK.[8][9]

Keating collaborated on a range of boots with legendary Italian bootmaker, Stivaleria Cavallin.[9] Called the 'Storm Boots', these were launched in February 2015 at the Burberry show during London Fashion Week.[9] In October 2015, Keating was announced as Brand Ambassador for Positive Luxury, a London-based company which globally awards luxury brands with an interactive Trust Mark for meeting sustainability and ethical business criteria.[9]

Keating had a fashion and lifestyle blog for a while in 2016/2017.[10]

Personal life

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Keating (then known by her maiden name, Uechtritz) married Tim Ivers in August 2009.[11] They had first met while she was studying at the University of Queensland.[11] Their marriage ended in April 2012.[11] She started dating Ronan Keating in August 2011 after she met him on the Australian The X-Factor show.[11] She subsequently married him on 17 August 2015.[12] Storm took Keating's name after marriage. They have two children together, a son Cooper Archer Keating, born on 26 April 2017 and a girl, Coco Knox Keating, who was born 27 March 2020.[1] She is of German, Danish, Samoan and English descent.[13][14]

Filmography

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Year Title Role
2009 The Apprentice Australia Associate producer
2010 So You Think You Can Dance Australia Producer
2010 The X Factor Producer
2011 MasterChef Australia Producer
2011 Junior MasterChef Australia Producer
2012 The Voice AU Producer
2013 The Voice UK Producer director
2021 Loose Women Panelist

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e f g "Storm Keating hits out at Jennifer Maguire for revealing her birth name is Sharyn - Independent.ie". Independent.ie. 7 March 2016. Retrieved 21 November 2016.
  2. ^ a b c d e f "Storm Keating". Stormofficial.com. Retrieved 1 December 2016.
  3. ^ "Historical details for ABN 75 946 850 726 | ABN Lookup". abr.business.gov.au. Archived from the original on 3 February 2022.
  4. ^ "About Me | Sharni Raharni".
  5. ^ "Famous celebrity feuds". Msn.com. Retrieved 1 December 2016.
  6. ^ "Jennifer Zamparelli Reveals Her REAL Name To Storm Keating". Evoke.ie. Retrieved 1 December 2016.
  7. ^ "'My first name is…': Storm sets record straight after 2fm drama". Shemazing.net. 7 March 2016. Retrieved 1 December 2016.
  8. ^ a b c "Everything you need to know about Ronan Keating's future wife Storm Uechtritz". Express.co.uk. 12 August 2015. Retrieved 1 December 2016.
  9. ^ a b c d e f g h "QWeekend: Queenslander Storm Keating on falling in love with Irish crooner Ronan Keating". Couriermail.com. Retrieved 1 December 2016.
  10. ^ "Storm Keating launches her new blog". Irishexaminer.com. Retrieved 1 December 2016.
  11. ^ a b c d "Ronan Keating's beautiful new girlfriend still loved by her former husband". Daily Mirror. Retrieved 21 November 2016.
  12. ^ "Ronan Keating on marriage, turning 40 and men who have Botox". Daily Mirror. Retrieved 21 November 2016.
  13. ^ "Man before the Storm: Ronan Keating's Australian girlfriend Storm Uechtritz on her move to Ireland". The Irish Times. Retrieved 5 March 2018.
  14. ^ "@himbi63 German. It used to be Von Uechtritz back in the old days. But my family heritage is a real mix of nationalities!". @Storm_Keating. 24 January 2013. Retrieved 5 March 2018.
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