Kelly Ripa

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Kelly Ripa, 2008

Kelly Maria Ripa (born October 2, 1970 in Stratford , New Jersey ) is an American actress and television presenter .

In 2012, The Hollywood Reporter named her to its annual list of the 35 Most Powerful People in Media .

life and career

Kelly Ripa was born to a bus driver and a housewife. Her younger sister Linda is a children's book author . Ripa has Irish and Italian ancestry. She has been dancing ballet since she was three . Kelly completed her school career at Eastern High School in Voorhees Township . There she was also a cheerleader . Also in her school days she appeared in the play The Ugly Duckling . She started studying psychology at Camden Country College , but decided to become an actress.

Kelly Ripa began her acting career with the role of Coral in the movie Marvin's Daughters (1996). In 2002 a four-part story arc followed in the series Ed - The Bowling Lawyer . Ripa had her first leading role in a television series from 2003 to 2006 in Hope and Faith at the side of Faith Ford . Through this role she also gained notoriety. After some speaking roles followed in 2005 an appearance in Missing - Desperate Wanted and 2009 in Damages - Im Netz der Macht and Brothers & Sisters . Furthermore, in 2010 her engagement in the soap opera All My Children , which she had taken since 1990, ended. In 2011 she starred in Hannah Montana and 30 Rock . Most recently, she appeared in the short film The Bensonhurst Spelling Bee in 2012 .

Since 1986, Ripa has appeared on various talk shows and soap operas, including The Daily Show , Love, Lies, Passion , The Rosie O'Donnell Show , The Tonight Show with Jay Leno and Saturday Night Live . Since 2001 she has hosted the program Live! with Kelly and Michael at the side of Michael Strahan , whom she moderated alone after Strahan left in April 2016. Since 2016 she has been co-commentator for Anderson Cooper of the "CNN Heroes All-Star Tribute" on CNN , which is broadcast annually in the second week of December.

In May 1996, Ripa married actor Mark Consuelos , whom she met on the set of All My Children . The couple has three children who were born in 1997, 2001 and 2003.

Filmography (selection)

Web links

Commons : Kelly Ripa  - Collection of Images

Individual evidence

  1. ^ THR's 35 Most Powerful People in Media . In: hollywoodreporter.com . Retrieved July 16, 2015.
  2. ↑ Kelly Ripa Biography (1970-) . In: filmreferences.com . Retrieved July 22, 2013.
  3. ↑ Biography for Kelly Ripa . In: imdb.com . Retrieved July 22, 2013.
  4. ↑ Kelly Ripa . In: people.com . Retrieved July 22, 2013.
  5. ↑ Anderson Cooper, Kelly Ripa's Dream Co-Host - The Christian Post , accessed December 10, 2018
  6. ↑ Entry at filmreference.com
personal data
SURNAME Ripa, Kelly
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Ripa, Kelly Maria (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American actress and television presenter
DATE OF BIRTH 2nd October 1970
PLACE OF BIRTH Stratford , New Jersey , United States