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Lee Furlong is an Australian broadcaster, journalist, and celebrity. She was born in Cronulla, Australia in the early 80's. There is no exact date of birth, but it is known that she entered the world before 1985 and after 1980. The name of her father is <a href="/biography/edward-furlong">Ed Furlong</a> and the name of her is Marjorie Furlong. Furlong grew up in the same area through out her childhood and adolescent years, which gave her a strong foundation from which she was able to launch into her career goals.

Furlong decided to attend college to further her dream of becoming an established journalist. In Lee completed her graduation with a Bachelor’s degree in Communications in Journalism from University of Wollongong, New South Wales. After graduating, she began to actively seek out exciting job opportunities within media.

Furlong was offered a job with one of the more famous newspapers that circulated at the time, "The Daily Telegraph", around 2003 or 2004. There are no exact dates to determine when Furlong began to work for the newspaper, but she did win a newcomer award of the year at the same newspaper during 2005, so it can be deduced that she had been working for "The Daily Telegraph" for a year or two years at the most. Furlong's ultimate goal in her burgeoning career was to become involved in television journalism. Her time with "The Daily Telegraph" gave her invaluable experience in communication and being able to reach a much larger audience, so she began to search for rewarding opening positions in television broadcasting. With her background established in print journalism, she was able to find a job with a major network in Australia.

Because of her enthusiasm and ambition, she was given the opportunity to work at Fox TV. Quite rapidly, when she was in her early 20s, she was appointed to host the Fox Sports News team, which was a tremendous honor and proved that Lee Furlong had drive and talent well-suited to her position.. Before the 24-hour Fox sports channel was launched, she worked with Fox Sports News in August of 2006.

Furlong also hosted the health segment known as Seriously AFL at Network Ten, which became a popular show that many viewers consistently tuned into because of Furlong's charm and knowledge about sports and health fitness. She worked with Network Ten hosting the health and fitness show for two years. She met with different nutrition and health experts of Sydney Swans for the show and gave an exclusive look into the lives of professional AFL players for the viewing audience.

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Furlong moved onto another hosting television hosting gig after Seriously AFL had run its course. She then became the host of a tremendously popular show that was titled “The Sexiest Man In League on Sports Tonight”. It should also be noted that Furlong accomplished many of these career highlights while she was still working on her bachelor’s degree in Communications, which is incredibly commendable.

Furlong was also an ambassador of “Champion”. In her early career, for the expertise and dedication she showed, she was nominated by “The Daily Telegraph” for the Newcomer of the Year 2005. She also shared football news in her own column of “The Daily Telegraph”. For most of her career, demand as a show host and presenter has generally been high, thus proving once and for all that her considerable talent and dedication to her profession and craft  has really paid off for Furlong's career. After many successful stints as a broadcaster and television host for sports news with Network Ten channel and Fox, Furlong decided to focus on her family and retire from broadcasting and journalism in general. She fell in love with <a href="/biography/shane-watson">Shane Watson</a> and the next chapter of her life began.

At present, Lee Furlong is mostly recognized as the celebrity wife to <a href="/biography/shane-watson">Shane Watson</a>, an accomplished <a href="/biography/shane-watson">cricket player</a>, in the media. Furlong and <a href="/biography/shane-watson">Watson</a> became acquainted and met through mutual friends in 2006. They became officially married in June of 2010. They had the wedding ceremony in Central Coast. Lee Furlong and <a href="/biography/shane-watson">Shane Watson</a> are parents to their first-born child, named William. He was born in March of 2013. A couple of years later, in May of 2015, Lee Furlong also gave birth to her second child, a daughter named Matilda Victoria Watson, with her husband <a href="/biography/shane-watson">Shane Watson</a>.

Because of Furlong's appearances at high profile events with her husband <a href="/biography/shane-watson">Shane Watson</a>, her celebrity status kees on growing and evolving. In a worldwide poll, she was also featured as the world’s most famous WAG (Wife an/or Girlfriend) in the year of 2009. Furlong is a thriving socialite and was a beloved television anchor. As an Australian ambassador, she and Shane have been a part of the McGrath Foundation.  Lee did also manage to complete her Bachelor’s degree in Communications in Journalism from the University of Wollongong, New South Wales while working extensively in journalism.

In Australia, Lee Furlong is one of the celebrities who is admired by many people  choose to follow through media because of Furlong's wonderful ability to communicate She is a thriving socialite and she was a very successful television anchor focusing on sports news, health issues in sports, and breaking sports stories. It should be pointed out that Furlong is most well-known for her broadcasting coverage of the breaking news of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nova_Peris">Nova Peris</a>, the former Olympic gold medallist. Lee Furlong, through her tireless work in television, journalism, and modeling, has managed to maintain a very respected and positive media image over the years. It would not be a surprise to find Furlong back in the spotlight, hosting more sports news shows and interviews with sports figures.

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