Storm Keating

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]

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]

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]

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