caption years_active birth_place birth_date birthname image article_title name occupation
samantha show harris backstage at the 2009 heart truth fashion 1996 -- present hopkins , minnesota , u.s. 27 november 1973 samantha harris shapiro samantha harris.jpg samantha harris
 samantha harris television presenter , model
samantha harris

samantha harris -lrb- born samantha harris shapiro , november 27 , 1973 -rrb- is an american television hostess .
most notably , she was the co-host of seasons two through nine of `` dancing with the stars '' with tom bergeron .
from 2010 -- 12 , she was a correspondent at `` entertainment tonight '' .
