Kelly Ripa

**Kelly Maria Ripa** (born October 2, 1970) is an American actress, talk show host, and television producer. Ripa, who played Hayley Vaughan on the television soap opera _All My Children_ from 1990–2002, is best known as co-host of the popular syndicated morning talk show _Live! with Kelly and Ryan_. She is also known for her role as Faith Fairfield on _Hope & Faith_. Additionally, Ripa and her husband Mark Consuelos own a New York based production company, Milojo.

In 2012, _The Hollywood Reporter_ named her one of the Most Powerful People in Media.

## Early life

Ripa was born in Stratford, New Jersey. She is the daughter of Esther, a homemaker, and Joseph Ripa, a labor-union president and bus driver. She has a younger sister, Linda, who is a children's book author. She is of Italian and Irish ancestry. Her father has been the Democratic County Clerk for Camden County, New Jersey since June 2009. She is the first in her family to enter the acting profession. She has studied ballet since age three, plays the piano, and, in her words, is "no Barbra Streisand," but can carry a tune.

Ripa graduated from Eastern High School in Voorhees Township, New Jersey, where she became a cheerleader and was later encouraged by her drama teacher to pursue acting. "I owe so much of my career to Jim Beckley," she said. "He thought I was a natural performer and so he gave me the lead in the next show." She starred in local theatre productions and was discovered while performing in the comedy play _The Ugly Duckling_ (c. 1941), by A.A. Milne, during her senior year. She attended Camden County College studying psychology, but dropped out and moved to New York City to be an actress.

## Television and movie roles

|style="background:#B0C4DE;"|Year|style="background:#B0C4DE;"|Title|style="background:#B0C4DE;"|Role|style="background:#B0C4DE;"|Notes|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|1986–1992|_Dance Party USA_|Dancer||||||
|1990–2002, 2010|_All My Children_|Hayley Vaughan|Soap Opera Digest Award for Outstanding Younger Lead Actress Soap Opera Digest Award for Hottest Romance Nominated — Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Younger Actress in a Drama Series Nominated —Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series Nominated —   Soap Opera Digest Award for Hottest Female Star|||||
|1996|_Marvin's Room_|Coral||||||
|1999|_The Stand-In_|Jenni|Best Actress Award at the New York International Independent Film and Video Festival|||||
|2001|_Someone to Love_|Michelle||||||
|2000–present|_Live! with Regis and Kelly_, _Live! with Kelly_, _Live! with Kelly and Michael_|Co-Host|Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Talk Show 2011 Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Talk Show Host 2012 Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Talk Show Host Nominated—People's Choice Award for Favorite Daytime Talk Show Host|||||
|2001–2009|_Disney Parks Christmas Day Parade_|Co-Host|Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Special Class Special|||||
|2002|_Ed_|Jennifer Bradley|Episodes: "Things to Do Today," "May the Best Man Win," "The Wedding," and "Trapped"|||||
|_Family Guy_|Herself|Voice, Episode: "Viewer Mail #1"||||||
|_It's a Very Merry Muppet Christmas Movie_|Herself|Cameo||||||
|2003–2006|_Hope & Faith_|Faith Fairfield||||||
|2003|_Kim Possible: A Sitch in Time_|Future Bonnie|Voice|||||
|_Batman: Mystery of the Batwoman_|Dr. Roxanne "Rocky" Ballantine|Voice||||||
|_Saturday Night Live_|Host|Episode: "Kelly Ripa/Outkast"||||||
|_Cheaper by the Dozen_|Herself|Cameo||||||
|2005|_Duck Dodgers_|Herself|Episodes: "The New Cadet" and "The Love Duck"|||||
|_1-800-Missing_|Melody|Episode: "Looking for Mr. Wright"||||||
|2007|_50 Funniest Women Alive_|Host||||||
|_The Knights of Prosperity_|Herself|Episode: "Operation: Oswald Montecristo"||||||
|2007, 2012|_TV Land Awards_|Host||||||
|2008|_The Great Buck Howard_|Herself|Cameo|||||
|_Delgo_|Kurrin|Voice||||||
|_Fly Me to the Moon_|Nat's mom|Voice||||||
|_Ugly Betty_|Herself|Episode: "The Manhattan Project"||||||
|2009|_Damages_|Herself|Episode: "I Lied, Too."|||||
|_Brothers & Sisters_|Herself|Episode: "Sibling Rivalry"||||||
|2010|_The Marriage Ref_|Panelist|Episodes: "Pilot," "Jerry Seinfeld/Kelly Ripa/Alec Baldwin," and "Demi Moore/Jim Breuer/Kelly Ripa"|||||
|_Homemade Millionaire_|Host|Executive Producer||||||
|2011|_Hannah Montana_|Herself|Episode: "I Am Mamaw, Hear Me Roar!"|||||
|_30 Rock_|Herself|Episode: "100"||||||
|_Live from Lincoln Center_|Host|Episode: "New York City Ballet: George Balanchine's 'The Nutcracker'"||||||
|2013|_Google+ Hangout_|Host|Episode: "First Lady Michelle Obama's _Let's Move!_ Fireside Hangout"|||||

## Other websites

- Kelly Ripa
- Kelly Ripa Biography

## Infobox (person)

- **name**: Kelly Ripa
- **image**: Kelly Ripa by Keith Wills cropped.jpg
- **caption**: Ripa in 2008
- **birth name**: Kelly Maria Ripa
- **birth place**: Stratford, New Jersey, Stratford, New Jersey, U.S.
- **occupation**: Actress, co-host of _Live! with Kelly and Michael_, co-founder of Milojo, spokesperson for Electrolux and Rykä
- **yearsactive**: 1986–present
- **spouse**: Mark Consuelos (1996–present)
- **children**: 3