Kathryn Eisman (born 14 June 1981) is an Australian fashion, lifestyle and entertainment[1] television
journalist, author, model and designer.[2][3] She was part of the two-time
Emmy nominated E! News Entertainment team,[4] was the entertainment correspondent for Sunrise on the
Seven Network,[5] and the author of two books. She is the founder of High Heel Jungle Socks.[2][6][3] Eisman hosted and co-executive produced the wardrobe makeover series Undressed on
Paramount+, which premiered on 6 October 2022.[7][8][9][10] Kathryn is daughter of Peter and Sylvia Eisman, a
Sydney based
pediatrician and an educator, respectively. She is niece of John Eisman, who was honoured with the
Order of Australia.[11] and granddaughter of Anna Reich, the last known holocaust survivor from Sydney to have been in
Schindler's List. She later went to Australia where she became a fashion identity,
philanthropist and
businesswoman.[12]
Career
Eisman holds a Bachelor in Communications from the
University of Technology Sydney[13] and has worked in different TV shows and media outlets in Australia and the US. She was the
lifestyle reporter for
WNBC's
TODAY In New York[14] and also reported for Live at 5 news cast[15] and was the host of WNBC's Behind the scenes: Made in NY. Eisman was the Head of Fashion and Lifestyle content in E! News.[16] and hosted television shows, including 'The Timid Girls Guide To Life' on The Style Network and "BTS" on
NBC and
Yahoo's Secrets To Your Success. She is currently the Los Angeles based entertainment reporter for Seven Network's [17][16] top rating national morning show, Sunrise.[18] She has previously been the LA Correspondent for
Channel Ten's Breakfast[19] She is currently LA entertainment reporter for The Morning Show.[20] As a reporter and host, she has interviewed actors and pop culture personalities like
Oprah, Borat,
Beyoncé,
Oscar de la Renta,
Matt Damon or
Cameron Diaz.[21]
Recently, she was a Senior Producer for the ABC/
Disney's nationally syndicated talk show
FABLife.[22]
Eisman is the host and co-executive producer[7] of wardrobe makeover transformation television series Undressed, which was released on
Paramount+ on 6 October 2022.[8][9][10] The first episode also premiered as a preview episode on sister-channel
Network 10 and video on demand service
10 Play on the release date.[23] The program was the first unscripted series produced by
Made Up Stories',
Bruna Papandrea, Steve Hutensky and Jane Cho, alongside co-producer
Eden Gaha.[8][9][24][25][26]
Eisman is a regular contributor to NBC's
TODAY Show,[27]Good Morning America,
Fox News's The O'Reilly Factor, Channel 7,[28]Channel Ten,[29] ABC News Now,[30] MSNBC,
KTLA,
E! News[31] and The Style Network, and has had different articles published in
Marie Claire,
Vogue,
The New York Times, and has written monthly columns for
Men's Health[32] and CLEO magazine[33] as well as online blogs in She Knows[34] and Yahoo.
Aside from her television career, Eisman is a model [35] who appeared in campaigns for brands as Berlei, Seafolly, Tigerlily or David Jones.[36] She has also modeled for fashion spreads, including
Cosmopolitan, Vogue Living, FHM and Sunday Life.
Eisman is also the Founder and Creative Director of High Heel Jungle, a line of high fashion socks.[37][38]
Books
Eisman is the author of How to Tell a Woman by her Handbag and How to Tell a Man by his Shoes,[39] published in 10 countries and 15 languages.[40][41][42] She was the winner of Cosmopolitan's 'Fun, Fearless Female of the Year' award in 2009.[43][44]
Charitable work
Eisman is an Ambassador for the Prince of Wales Hospital Foundation 'Black Tie for Breast Cancer' Committee[45] and for the Life Changing Experiences organization' 'Sister2Sister' program.
Personal life
In 2011, Eisman married the speaker [46] and entrepreneur Siimon Reynolds.[47][48] Eisman gave birth to daughters, Capri, in October 2013 and Monet, in March 2018.[49][50] The family currently resides in
Los Angeles.