Storm Keating

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Storm Keating
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Keating in 2012
Born
Sharyn Storm Uechtritz[1]

(1981-10-27) 27 October 1981 (age 39)
Childers, Queensland, Australia
Alma materUniversity of Queensland
University of California, Los Angeles
OccupationDesigner, brand ambassador, producer-director, blogger
Spouse(s)
Tim Ivers
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(m. 2009⁠–⁠2012)​

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(m. 2015)​
ChildrenCooper Keating
Coco Keating

Sharyn Storm Keating (née Uechtritz; born 27 October 1981) is an Australian fashion designer, brand ambassador, producer-director and blogger, 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 the wife of singer Ronan Keating.

Early life and education[]

Keating was born in Childers, Queensland, Australia,[citation needed] the daughter of Gordon Charles Uechtritz, a cattleman.[1] While Keating's official website lists her mother's name as Sharni Raharni,[2] Keating's birth certificate cited in The Independent lists her mother's name as Debra Lynn Uechtritz (née Hastings).[1]

Keating's birth name was Sharyn Storm Uechtritz.[1][3][4] Her parents loved the name "Storm" used in one of Wilbur Smith's novels, and decided to name her thus.[1] Her parents were worried that because of her name, she might be made fun of, later on in her life and therefore they added the name Sharyn.[5]

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 brothers: Wayne Gordon (six years older than Keating), Graeme Murray (four years older than Keating) and Peter John (one year older than Keating).[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][6]

Career[]

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][7] It was upon her return to Australia that Keating began her career in television production at Channel Nine in Sydney.[7]

In 2009, she worked on the production of the Australian version of NBC's The Apprentice.[2][7] From 2010–2012, Keating went on to work with popular formats including The X Factor, Masterchef and The Voice.[6][7] In 2012, she relocated to London where she became the producer-director of The Voice UK.[6][7]

Keating moved into fashion design in 2011.[citation needed] She has also collaborated on a range of boots with legendary Italian bootmaker, Stivaleria Cavallin.[7] Called the 'Storm Boots', these were launched in February 2015 at the Burberry show during London Fashion Week.[7] In October 2015, Keating was announced as 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.[7]

Keating launched her fashion and lifestyle blog in 2016.[8]

Personal life[]

Keating (then known by her maiden name, Uechtritz) married Tim Ivers in August 2009.[9] They had first met while she was studying at the University of Queensland.[9] Their marriage ended in April 2012.[9] She started dating Ronan Keating in August 2011 after she met him on the Australian The X-Factor show.[9] She subsequently married him in August 2015.[10] Storm took Keating's name after marriage. They have two children together, Cooper, and in 2019, they announced that they were expecting their second child, a girl, Coco was born 27 March 2020.[1] She is of German, Danish, Samoan and English descent.[11][12]

Filmography[]

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

References[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: 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. Retrieved 21 November 2016.
  2. ^ Jump up to: a b c d e f "Storm Keating". Stormofficial.com. Retrieved 1 December 2016.
  3. ^ "Famous celebrity feuds". Msn.com. Retrieved 1 December 2016.
  4. ^ "Jennifer Zamparelli Reveals Her REAL Name To Storm Keating". Evoke.ie. Retrieved 1 December 2016.
  5. ^ "'My first name is…': Storm sets record straight after 2fm drama". Shemazing.net. Retrieved 1 December 2016.
  6. ^ Jump up to: a b c "Everything you need to know about Ronan Keating's future wife Storm Uechtritz". Express.co.uk. Retrieved 1 December 2016.
  7. ^ Jump up to: 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.
  8. ^ "Storm Keating launches her new blog". Irishexaminer.com. Retrieved 1 December 2016.
  9. ^ Jump up to: a b c d "Ronan Keating's beautiful new girlfriend still loved by her former husband". Daily Mirror. Retrieved 21 November 2016.
  10. ^ "Ronan Keating on marriage, turning 40 and men who have Botox". Daily Mirror. Retrieved 21 November 2016.
  11. ^ "Man before the Storm: Ronan Keating's Australian girlfriend Storm Uechtritz on her move to Ireland". The Irish Times. Retrieved 5 March 2018.
  12. ^ "@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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