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Livinia Helen Nixon (born 19 March 1975) is an Australian television presenter and actor who has worked on a number of programs appearing on the Nine Network.

Livinia appeared in several small roles in telemovies and TV dramas in the mid 1990s

She became much better known after a short gig as the host of children's show Plucka's Place in 1998 led to a job as co-host of the long-running prime-time variety program Hey Hey It's Saturday in 1998-99.

During 1998-2000 she co-hosted a radio show on TT FM with Ed Phillips.

After the cancellation of the show in 1999, Nixon has had a number of presenting and reporting jobs on the Nine Network, including:

• reporter on the Victorian edition of Postcards, a show about tourist destinations in Victoria

• reporter/sidekick on Micallef Tonight, a tonight show hosted by Shaun Micallef

• host of Bark-Off, a game-show for dogs

• current weather presenter for the National Nine News Melbourne bureau.

In 2006 she was a presenter on Getaway for a short period, and currently appears on nationwide television as co-host of the Temptation game show - a re-incarnation of the Sale of the Century.

Nixon was also known for her appearances with mayor John So in a tourism promotion campaign for the city of Melbourne entitled That's Melbourne. The campaign was successful enough to be spun off into a half-hour television show hosted by Nixon. In addition, she hosted Things to Try Before You Die with Jules Lund and Gary Sweet.

Prior to embarking on a television career, she studied drama and completed the double degrees of Bachelor of Commerce and Bachelor of Arts (BCom/BA) at Deakin University, majoring in marketing and Chinese. She completed a Graduate Diploma in Applied Science at the University of Melbourne in 2004.

A keen AFL supporter, Livinia is a supporter of the Richmond Football Club.

She is currently engaged to famous martial artist Colin Chiu.

• Official Temptation site