Kelly Ripa

Kelly Ripa
Ripa in 2023
Born
Kelly Maria Ripa

(1970-10-02) October 2, 1970 (age 53)
Berlin, New Jersey, U.S.
Occupations
  • Actress
  • talk show host
  • television producer
  • dancer
Years active1986–present
Spouse
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(m. 1996)​
Children3

Kelly Maria Ripa[1] (/ˈrɪpə/; born October 2, 1970)[2] is an American actress and talk show host. Since 2001, she has been the co-host of the syndicated morning talk show Live! with Kelly and Mark in various formats. Her co-hosts have included Regis Philbin, Michael Strahan, Ryan Seacrest, and her husband Mark Consuelos.

As an actress, Ripa's best known roles include Hayley Vaughan on the ABC daytime soap opera All My Children (1990–2002, 2010) and Faith Fairfield on the ABC sitcom Hope & Faith (2003–2006). Ripa and her husband, Mark Consuelos, own a New York–based production company, Milojo.[3] In 2014, The Hollywood Reporter named her one of the Most Powerful People in Media.[4]

  1. ^ "Kelly Ripa". TVGuide.com. Archived from the original on October 18, 2023. Retrieved October 16, 2023.
  2. ^ "Kelly Ripa". Biography. Archived from the original on August 26, 2019. Retrieved May 22, 2020.
  3. ^ Milojo Productions Archived February 16, 2023, at the Wayback Machine.
  4. ^ Abramson, Jill; Carr, David; Scott, A.O. (April 16, 2014). "The Hollywood Reporter's 35 Most Powerful People in New York Media 2014" Archived February 4, 2023, at the Wayback Machine. The Hollywood Reporter