Jenny Woodward

Jennifer Woodward is an Australian television presenter.

Woodward is Australia's longest serving weather presenter, having delivered the forecasts on the weeknight edition of ABC News Queensland since 1986.

Early life Woodward was born in Brisbane but grew up in Toowoomba, Queensland where she studied drama at the Darling Downs Institute of Advanced Education, which later became the University of Southern Queensland.

Career Woodward began her television career at Toowoomba's DDQ-10 in 1975 where she produced and directed children's programs, variety shows and special event as well as being a newsreader and weather presenter.

Woodward was off the air for six weeks in mid-2020 when she was hospitalised with an inflamed heart following a virus.

In 2021, Woodward starred in her own one-woman stage show called Weathering Well which premiered at the Brisbane Powerhouse on 24 April 2021. She and her husband Doug, who have three sons, live in Brisbane.

She was further honoured on 8 April 2008 when a species of geranium was named after her. The Jenny Woodward Geranium is a pink flowered bush.

Woodward was awarded a Medal of the Order of Australia in the 2024 Australia Day Honours in recognition of her service to broadcast media.