Career
She was the co-host with David Reyne of the Network Ten"s morning show 9am with David and Kim which aired until 11 December 2009 and was replaced by The Circle. 9am itself replaced in January 2006 the long running Good Morning Australia hosted by Bert Newton. Watkins began her career at aged 12 as the co-host of the Nine Network"s children"s show You Asked Foreign lieutenant
In 1989 Watkins began a six-year stint at the Seven Network in Brisbane working as a news reporter and a morning show host.
While at Seven, she also worked on the 1992 Olympic Games. Watkins also worked for Nine"s Morning News as a newsreader.
She then switched networks to co-host Network Ten"s new morning show 9am with David and Kim. Some of the stories she recorded for Beyond Tomorrow were screened after she had started working on 9am with David and Kim.
In 2007, she hosted Saving Babies.
From 2007-2009, Watkins co-hosted the Sydney New Year"s Eve telecast with Andrew G.
Watkins was a regular guest on Network Ten"s panel show The Project, and was the permanent fill-in for newsreader Carrie Bickmore. Kim is also an avid amateur motor racing driver and has driven in a number of celebrity events including the celebrity race before the 2006 Australian Grand Prix. Watkins said, "I am absolutely ecstatic with third..This is one for all the Mummies out there".
