Kelly Ripa
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 Kelly Ripa at the 2007 Red Dress Collection for The Heart Truth |
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| Born | Kelly Maria Ripa October 2, 1970 Stratford, New Jersey, U.S. |
| Occupation | Actress, talk-show host, television personality |
| Years active | 1986–present |
| Spouse | Mark Consuelos (1996–present; 3 children) |
Kelly Ripa (born October 2, 1970) is an American actress and television host. Since February 2001, she has served as the co-host of talk show Live with Regis and Kelly, along with Regis Philbin[1] and now solo host of Live! With Kelly. Earlier in her career, Ripa played Hayley Vaughan for twelve years (1990–2002) on the television soap opera All My Children (1970–2011); she also played Faith Fairfield on the television situation comedy Hope & Faith (2003–2006). Both television series were on the ABC network.[2][3]
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[edit] Early life and education
She was born Kelly Maria Ripa in Stratford, New Jersey, the daughter of Esther, a homemaker, and Joseph Ripa, a labor-union president and bus driver. She has a younger sister, Linda Ripa, who is a children's author.[4] Her father has been the Democratic County Clerk for Camden County, New Jersey, since June 2009. She is three quarters Italian descent, and one quarter Irish.[5]
Ripa went to Berlin Community School in Berlin, New Jersey, later attending Eastern High School in Voorhees Township, New Jersey.[6]
She performed in high school plays and was discovered while performing in the comedy play The Ugly Duckling (c. 1941) by A. A. Milne, during her senior year of high school.[6]
[edit] Career
Ripa's first television exposure came when she appeared as a regular dancer first in a local Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, dance party show, Dancin' On Air. Later she appeared on a nationally syndicated dance show, Dance Party USA. She was cast in her first major acting role in 1990, as Hayley Vaughan on All My Children.
In 2001, she appeared on a celebrity version of Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?, hosted by Philbin. She won $250,000 for charity. Later that year, Ripa appeared as a guest host on the long-running talk show Live with Regis and Kathie Lee. She was soon selected to co-host the program, replacing Kathie Lee Gifford. After Ripa was hired as the new co-host, the show's title was changed to Live with Regis and Kelly. She continued to appear on both Live and All My Children during her first year as co-host, choosing to leave the soap opera in 2002.
In September 2003, she was back on double duty, when she co-starred (with Ford) on Hope & Faith. She portrayed Faith Fairfield, a former soap-opera star whose character moves in with (and subsequently wreaks havoc on) her sister Hope's family, after her soap-opera character is killed off. Hope & Faith ran for three seasons, before a ratings decline led to its cancellation.[citation needed]
In June 2004, Ripa agreed to continue as Live co-host for at least five more years, at a salary that the tabloid-television show Extra reported was $8 million a year.[1] In October 2006, The Hollywood Reporter reported that Ripa and her husband Mark Consuelos, also an actor, were partnering with producers from Hope & Faith on a sitcom for The CW Television Network that would be loosely based on the couple's experiences as soap-opera actors.[7]
On November 17, 2006, singer-songwriter Clay Aiken substituted for Philbin on Live. During an interview, Aiken covered Ripa's mouth with his hand.[8] The incident drew considerable media reaction after Ripa complained at length about the incident on her show the following Monday.[9]
In April 2007, Ripa hosted the 2007 TV Land Awards.[10] In May 2007, Ripa stated that she most likely is done with acting for the time being.[11]
In 2009, Ripa appeared on the PBS children's series The Electric Company in the role of Wednesday Jones, a private investigator.
On April 2, 2009, the TLC network announced that they picked up two shows developed Milojo Productions, Ripa's and Consuelos's production company. They will executive produce Mom Inc. and Eat, Drink and Be Married. Ripa will star in Mom, Inc. as the host.
On October 16, 2009, Ripa and Consuelos returned to All My Children for two episodes for the soap opera's fortieth anniversary on January 4 and 5, 2010.
[edit] Awards
Ripa won five Soap Opera Digest Awards for playing Vaughn on All My Children in 1996, 1998, and 2000. She has been nominated for eight Daytime Emmy Awards. Three of these nominations were for playing Vaughn and five were for her work co-hosting Live.
On April 23, 2006, she won a Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Special Class Special for co-hosting the 2005 Walt Disney World Christmas Day Parade, along with co-hosts Philbin and Ryan Seacrest.
On September 15, 2006, Ripa broke the Guinness World Record as twenty-four banana-cream pies were tossed at her mouth in one minute, as part of a Guinness World Record Breaker theme week on Live with Regis and Kelly. She beat the record set by NASCAR driver Matt Kenseth on the previous day, when he threw seventeen pies at Ripa herself.[citation needed] On September 16, 2011, Ripa broke the Guinness World Record for Most Grapes Trodden in 1 Minute, of 5.4 litres, as she extracted 8.4 litres. However, the previous record holder, Martina Servaty of Germany, was also competing at the same time and extracted even more (8.6 litres), preventing Ripa from holding the new record.[12]
On June 19, 2011, Ripa and Philbin won a Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Talk Show Host.
She also appeared on the television show Hannah Montana Forever.
[edit] Personal life
In 1995, Ripa met Consuelos, her co-star on All My Children. The two eloped on May 1, 1996. The couple has three children, Michael (born June 2, 1997), Lola (born June 16, 2001), and Joaquin (born February 24, 2003).
In 2003, Ripa and her husband sold their home in Franklin Lakes, New Jersey, and moved to the Manhattan borough of New York City, New York, to make it easier for her to accommodate her multiple television roles.[13]
In 2011, she mentioned on-air that she believes she has misophonia, an unusually intense emotional reaction to sounds such as chewing.[14]
She has appeared at Democratic fundraisers for her father.
[edit] In popular culture
Cowboy Mouth, a New Orleans, Louisiana-based rock band, wrote a song in tribute titled Kelly Ripa that appeared on its album, Fearless (2008). It performed the song on Live with Regis and Kelly on March 13, 2008.
[edit] Film and television appearances
| Year | Film | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1986–1992 | Dancin' On Air | Herself-Dancer | unknown episodes |
| 1990–2002, 2010 | All My Children | Hayley Vaughan Santos | Role from: November 22, 1990 – December 27, 2002, January 4, 2010 – January 5, 2010 |
| 1996 | Marvin's Room | Coral | |
| 1999 | The Stand-In | Jennifer | |
| 2001 | Someone to Love | Michelle | |
| 2001–2011 | Live with Regis and Kelly | Co-Host | Role from: February 5, 2001 – November 18, 2011 |
| 2002 | Ed | Jennifer Bradley | 4 episodes |
| It's a Very Merry Muppet Christmas Movie | herself | ||
| 2003 | Hope & Faith | Faith Fairfield | Role from: 2003 – 2006, 73 episodes |
| Kim Possible: A Sitch in Time | Future Bonnie | voice | |
| Batman: Mystery of the Batwoman | Dr. Roxanne "Rocky" Ballantine | voice, direct-to-video | |
| Cheaper by the Dozen | Herself | Cameo | |
| 2005 | Missing | Melody | |
| 2006 | Kelly Ripa's E! True Hollywood Story | Herself | |
| Go, Diego, Go! | Guest appearance | ||
| 2007 | 50 Funniest Women Alive | Herself | Host |
| Ugly Betty | Herself | 1 episode | |
| The Knights of Prosperity | Herself | 1 episode | |
| 2008 | Delgo | Kurrin | voice |
| Fly Me to the Moon | Nat's mom | voice | |
| 2010 | True Jackson, VP | Herself | |
| The Marriage Ref | Herself | Guest panelist | |
| Homemade Millionaire | Herself | Host / Judge - 4 Episodes (November 19, 2010 - December 10, 2010) | |
| 2011 | Hannah Montana Forever | Herself | Guest star, episode "I Am Mamaw, Hear Me Roar!" |
| 2011-Present | Live with Kelly | Host | Role from: November 21, 2011-Present |
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- ^ a b "Kelly Ripa Signs 5-year 'Live' Contract". USA Today. June 18, 2004. http://www.usatoday.com/life/people/2004-06-18-ripa-contract_x.htm. Retrieved September 23, 2011.
- ^ Compiled by DANIEL J. WAKIN (October 17, 2009). "Arts, Briefly – 'All My Children' Brings Back Kelly Ripa". The New York Times. http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9F02E0D8143BF934A25753C1A96F9C8B63&ref=kellyripa. Retrieved September 23, 2011.
- ^ "Network Ratings: Frowns Or Smiles". The New York Times. September 30, 2003. http://www.nytimes.com/2003/09/30/arts/network-ratings-frowns-or-smiles.html?ref=kellyripa. Retrieved September 23, 2011.
- ^ "Kelly Ripa Biography (1970-)". Filmreference.com. http://www.filmreference.com/film/98/Kelly-Ripa.html. Retrieved September 23, 2011.
- ^ [1].
- ^ a b "Kelly Ripa Biography". celebritywonder.com. http://www.celebritywonder.com/html/kellyripa.html. Retrieved January 2, 2008.
- ^ "Entertainment News, Photos and Videos - CBS News". Showbuzz.cbsnews.com. http://www.showbuzz.cbsnews.com/stories/2006/10/05/tv/main2064884.shtml. Retrieved September 23, 2011.
- ^ "Ripa Rips Clay; Rosie Responds". E! Online. November 21, 2006. http://www.eonline.com/uberblog/b53809_Ripa_Rips_Clay_Rosie_Responds.html. Retrieved September 23, 2011.
- ^ "This Week's Biggest Losers 11/25/06". TMZ.com. November 25, 2006. http://www.tmz.com/2006/11/25/this-weeks-biggest-losers-11-25-06/. Retrieved September 23, 2011.
- ^ "TV Land Awards 2007 Pictures - CBS News". Showbuzz.cbsnews.com. http://www.showbuzz.cbsnews.com/elements/2007/04/16/tv/photoessay2688014.shtml. Retrieved September 23, 2011.
- ^ Beck, Marilyn; Smith, Stacy Jenel (May 15, 2007). "Kelly Ripa Finished with Acting Career?". The National Ledger. http://www.nationalledger.com/cgi-bin/artman/exec/view.cgi?archive=12&num=13358. Retrieved June 22, 2007.
- ^ [2].
- ^ Silverman, Stephen M. (February 25, 2003). "Kelly Ripa: 'All My Children,' Indeed - Kelly Ripa". People. http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,625715,00.html. Retrieved September 23, 2011.
- ^ "Kelly Ripa Diagnoses Herself With Mysterious Neurological Disorder". http://www.celebritydiagnosis.com/2011/09/kelly-ripa-diagnoses-herself-with-mysterious-neurological-disorder/. Retrieved September 9, 2011.
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