Kelly Ripa
Talk show host and actress
Kelly Ripa is an American actress and talk show host, known for co-hosting the morning show Live. She has also written Live Wire, a collection of short stories.
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American Born 1970 in Stratford, United States
About Kelly Ripa
Kelly Ripa started out as an actress, playing Hayley Vaughan in the daytime drama All My Children, and she got to know her husband, Mark Consuelos, while working on it. She later starred in the ABC sitcom Hope & Faith. Since 2001 she has co-hosted the syndicated morning show Live, alongside Regis Philbin, Michael Strahan, Ryan Seacrest and, later, Consuelos. She has won six Daytime Emmy Awards for Outstanding Talk Show Host. Ripa and Consuelos founded the New York production company Milojo Productions. Her book Live Wire: Long-Winded Short Stories was published by Dey Street Books.