Livinia Nixon

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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.

Nixon appeared in several small roles in telemovies and TV dramas in the mid 1990's, but 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 also 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 being a reporter on the Victorian edition of Postcards; a show about tourist destinations in Victoria, a reporter/sidekick on Micallef Tonight, a tonight show hosted by Shaun Micallef; the host of Bark-Off, a game-show for dogs; and most recently as the weather presenter for National Nine News Melbourne. In 2006 she was a presenter on Getaway for a short period, and also a co-host on Temptation, which is the re-incarnation of 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.

Nixon currently appears on nationwide television as co-host of the Temptation game show on the Nine Network (since its introduction in 2005).

Prior to embarking on a television career, she studied drama and completed a commerce/arts degree at Deakin University, majoring in marketing and Chinese. She completed a graduate diploma in applied science at Melbourne University in 2004. . Livinia is a supporter of the Richmond Football Club.

Nixon co-hosted with Vince Sorrenti the Master Builders Association of NSW; Excellence in Construction Awards 2006 4 November 2006.