Wilks' TV career began on the
Nine Network, replacing Tracey Dale on the lifestyle series
Our House in February 1998. She was recruited to host
Changing Rooms, an Australian version of the very successful
BBC lifestyle program of the same name, which premiered on the Nine Network in September 1998; that year Wilks became the first woman to host two prime-time shows on Australian television in the same year. In 1999, she dropped her
Our House commitment to focus solely on
Changing Rooms. That success continued through into 2001 with the series spinoff
Changing Rooms Special Operations and concurrently a new series ''Guess Who's Coming to Dinner'' which ran for one season. After an eight-year run on
Changing Rooms, Wilks resigned and returned to her home town, Melbourne. She then hosted
Body Work for the Nine Network, which won its weekly timeslot. This was followed by a special called
Mothers In War, again on the Nine Network. She also joined the Victorian edition of the Nine travel series
Postcards. Since Wilks' time on
Changing Rooms she has accepted invitations to various celebrity events and TV programs. In 2002 she drove in (and crashed out of) the celebrity race at the
Australian Grand Prix. In 2004, Melbourne's
The Age newspaper named her as one of Melbourne's Top 25 sexiest people. She was a celebrity contestant on the
second season of
Seven Network's
Dancing with the Stars in 2005. She also won her episode of the 2008 series
The Singing Bee and made two appearances on
Network Ten's game show ''
Thank God You're Here''. During the years 2006 and 2008 Wilks presented a weekly radio show
Lunch With Suzie Wilks on Melbourne radio's
3AW. In 2007 she accepted a speaking part on the Australian movie
December Boys. Wilks appeared in TV and press advertisements for
Holden cars and
Cadbury chocolates. She was also the face of the Australand property group and Solomons Flooring. In 2009 she co-authored a book called
RUEA? (Are You Emotionally Available?). At the end of 2009, Wilks resigned as a presenter of
Postcards, with
Giaan Rooney replacing her in 2010. In 2019 Wilks said that she had left the television industry to raise her daughter. ==Personal life ==