Candy Devine is an Australian born broadcaster, singer, and actress. Her real name is Faye McLeod (née Guivarra). She is presently a radio broadcaster and singer in Northern Ireland

Northern Ireland

Northern Ireland is one of the four countries of the United Kingdom. Situated in the north-east of the island of Ireland, it shares a border with the Republic of Ireland to the south and west...

, and lives in Belfast with her husband, Donald McLeod.

Devine, a sugar cane farmer's daughter, was born in Innisfail, North Queensland

Innisfail, Queensland

Innisfail is a town located in the far north of the state of Queensland, Australia. It is the major township of the Cassowary Coast and is well renowned for its sugar and banana industries, as well as for being one of Australia's wettest towns...

. She was educated at Lourdes Hill College

Lourdes Hill College

Lourdes Hill College is a Roman Catholic, secondary, day and was a boarding school for girls, located in Hawthorne, an inner-eastern suburb of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia....

 in Brisbane

Brisbane

Brisbane is the capital and most populous city in the Australian state of Queensland and the third most populous city in Australia. Brisbane's metropolitan area has a population of over 2 million, and the South East Queensland urban conurbation, centred around Brisbane, encompasses a population of...

. She also studied at the Queensland Conservatorium and plays cello and piano. Devine has also performed with the Australian jazz band Graeme Bell All Stars

Graeme Bell

Graeme Emerson Bell AO MBE is an Australian Dixieland and classical jazz pianist, composer and band leader...

.

Her appearances in Australian television include the series Skippy the Bush Kangaroo

Skippy the Bush Kangaroo

Skippy the Bush Kangaroo is an Australian television series for children created by John McCallum, produced from 1966–1968, telling the adventures of a young boy and his intelligent pet kangaroo, in the Waratah National Park in Duffys Forest, near Sydney, New South Wales.Ninety-one 30-minute...

and fronting for ABC's In Key.

She is the mother of TV chef, Alastair McLeod

Alastair McLeod

Alastair McLeod is a celebrity chef based in Brisbane Australia. He is a regular guest on Ready Steady Cook, Queensland Weekender and 9AM with David and Kim...

, who now lives in Brisbane.