Adrienne Bailon-Houghton

Adrienne Bailon-Houghton
Bailon during an interview in July 2013
Born
Adrienne Eliza Bailon

(1983-10-24) October 24, 1983 (age 41)
Other namesAdrienne Bailon[1]
Adrienne Houghton
Occupations
  • Television personality
  • singer
  • actress
  • entrepreneur
Years active1999–present
Spouse
(m. 2016)
Children1
Musical career
Genres
LabelsIsland Def Jam, Compound, Disney, Jive, So So Def

Adrienne Eliza Bailon-Houghton[2][3] (née Bailon (/bˈln/); born October 24, 1983) is an American television personality, singer, and actress. She is a former member of the girl groups 3LW and The Cheetah Girls. From 2013 to 2022, Bailon was a co-host of the daytime talk show The Real; for which she has since won a Daytime Emmy Award.[4][5] From 2022 to 2023, Bailon-Houghton was a co-anchor of the entertainment news show, E! News.[6]

As an actress, Bailon appeared in The Cheetah Girls films, Coach Carter and All You've Got. She has guest starred in numerous television series including That's So Raven (a role she reprises in the spin-off series Raven's Home), and The Suite Life of Zack & Cody. In 2013, Bailon became the first Latina host of a daytime talk show in the US.[7] She also competed in The Masked Singer in 2019 as the Flamingo, finishing in third place.[8]

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference NYT was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ Girl Chat: It's Throwback Disney Time!. The Real Daytime. November 29, 2016. Archived from the original on December 12, 2021. Retrieved March 13, 2017 – via YouTube.
  3. ^ "Sneak Peek – Adrienne Houghton's Honeymoon Suite Surprise on Today's THE REAL". Broadway World. Archived from the original on November 30, 2016. Retrieved March 13, 2017.
  4. ^ "It's Official: 'The Real' Talk Show Begins Four-Week Test Run July 15". Deadline. June 12, 2013. Archived from the original on September 28, 2014. Retrieved November 3, 2021.
  5. ^ "The Ladies Of 'The Real' Were Left Speechless After Daytime Emmy Win". Essence. October 24, 2020. Archived from the original on December 6, 2021. Retrieved November 3, 2021.
  6. ^ "Adrienne Bailon-Houghton announces she's stepping down as E! News host". TODAY.com. November 1, 2023. Retrieved February 15, 2024.
  7. ^ "The Co-Hosts of the Real Changed Television For Women of Color". O, The Oprah Magazine. October 5, 2018. Archived from the original on July 9, 2019. Retrieved July 9, 2019.
  8. ^ "The Masked Singer Unmasks the Flamingo, the Fox, and the Rottweiler, and Names a Winner". E! News. December 18, 2019. Archived from the original on December 19, 2019. Retrieved January 27, 2020.