She met the other members of the group, which over time included
Tom Gleisner,
Rob Sitch,
Santo Cilauro,
Tony Martin,
Mick Molloy, and Jason Stephens, while working on Melbourne commercial radio on the
D-Generation Breakfast Show. Kennedy was not originally a member of the group, but was the newsreader assigned to work with them during their timeslot. The team quickly made a game of trying to make her laugh while she read the news. Their frequent success led to Kennedy joining the
D-Generation as a full-time member and she continued to work with them on the radio show. The group stayed together to later write, direct and produce
The Late Show, a comedy sketch show,
Frontline, a widely acclaimed spoof of television current affairs in which she played ambitious reporter Brooke Vandenberg, and
Funky Squad, a retro styled spoof of 70s police dramas. Since the mid-1990s, Kennedy has mostly stayed behind the camera as a casting director and producer for various Working Dog productions, including their panel talk show
The Panel, and the films
The Castle and
The Dish. Kennedy also appeared on the radio program
Get This occasionally, and has been a semi-regular panelist on television chat show
The Circle. In 2009, Kennedy released her first cookbook,
Fabulous Food Minus the Boombah. In 2010, she released her second cookbook,
OMG! I Can Eat That? and has since written two other cookbooks
One Dish Two Ways and
The Big Book of Fabulous Food. From 2017 until 2020 she co-hosted
Kennedy Molloy, a national drive show on
Triple M in 2018 with her long time comedy colleague
Mick Molloy. In January 2021, Kennedy resigned from Triple M to devote more time to her family.
Films Television ==Personal life==