Kelly Ripa

Kelly Maria Ripa Consuelos,  born October 2, 1970 is an American television host and actress. She has served as the co-host of Live with Regis and Kelly, along with Regis Philbin since February 2001. Earlier in her career, Ripa played Hayley Vaughan for 12 years on the soap opera All My Children; she also played Faith Fairfield on Hope & Faith. Both were television series on ABC.



Early life


Kelly Ripa was born in Stratford, New Jersey, the daughter of Esther, a homemaker, and Joseph Ripa, a labor union president and bus driver. She has a younger sister, Linda Ripa, who is a children's author.[4] Ripa's father has been the Democratic County Clerk for Camden County, New Jersey since June 2009. She has appeared at Democratic fundraisers for her father. She also appeared on the television show Hannah Montana Forever.
Ripa went to Berlin Community School in Berlin, New Jersey, later attending Eastern High School in Voorhees Township, New Jersey.
She performed in high school plays and was discovered while performing in The Ugly Duckling during her senior year of high school.






Career


Ripa's first television exposure came when she appeared as a regular dancer first in local Philadelphia dance party show, Dancin' On Air. Later she appeared on a nationally syndicated dance show, Dance Party USA. She was cast in her first major acting role in 1990, as Hayley Vaughan on the soap opera All My Children.
In 2001, Ripa appeared on a celebrity version of Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?, hosted by Regis Philbin. She won $250,000 for charity. Later that year, Ripa appeared as a guest host on the long-running talk show Live with Regis and Kathie Lee. She was soon selected to co-host the program, replacing Kathie Lee Gifford. After Ripa was hired as the new co-host, her name was added to the show's title, Live with Regis and Kelly. Ripa continued to appear on both Live and All My Children during her first year as co-host, choosing to leave the soap opera in 2002.
In 2003, Ripa and her husband sold their home in Franklin Lakes, New Jersey and moved to Manhattan to make it easier for her to accommodate her multiple television roles.
In September 2003, she was back on double duty, when she co-starred (with Faith Ford) on Hope & Faith, a situation comedy. She portrayed Faith Fairfield, a former soap opera star whose character moves in with (and subsequently wreaks havoc on) her sister Hope's family, after her soap opera character is killed off. Hope & Faith survived for three seasons, before a ratings decline led to its cancellation.

Ripa talks to the audience during a taping of Live with Regis and Kelly

In June 2004, Ripa agreed to continue as Live co-host for at least five more years, at a salary that the tabloid television show Extra reported was $8 million a year. In October 2006, The Hollywood Reporter reported that Ripa and her husband Mark Consuelos, also an actor, were partnering with producers from Hope & Faith on a sitcom for The CW Television Network that would be loosely based on the couple's experiences as soap opera actors.
On November 17, 2006, Clay Aiken filled in for Regis on Live. During an interview, Aiken covered Ripa's mouth with his hand. The incident drew considerable media reaction after Ripa complained at length about the incident on her show the following Monday.
In April 2007, Ripa hosted the 2007 TV Land Awards. In May 2007, Ripa stated that she most likely is done with acting for the time being.
In 2009, Ripa appeared on the PBS children's series The Electric Company in the role of Wednesday Jones, a private investigator.
On April 2, 2009, the TLC network announced that they picked up two shows developed by Kelly Ripa and her husband, Mark Consuelos' production company, Milojo Productions. They will executive produce Mom Inc. and Eat, Drink and Be Married. Ripa will star in Mom, Inc. as the host. On October 16, 2009, Ripa and Consuelos returned to the show All My Children for two episodes for All My Children's 40th anniversary on January 4 and 5, 2010.






Awards


Ripa won five Soap Opera Digest Awards for playing Hayley Vaughn on All My Children in 1996, 1998, and 2000. She has been nominated for eight Daytime Emmy Awards. Three of these nominations were for playing Hayley on All My Children, and five were for her work co-hosting Live.

Ripa on the set of Live with Regis and Kelly

On April 23, 2006, she won a Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Special Class Special for co-hosting the 2005 Walt Disney World Christmas Day Parade, along with co-hosts Regis Philbin and Ryan Seacrest.
On September 15, 2006, Ripa broke the Guinness World Record as 24 banana cream pies were tossed at her mouth in one minute, as part of a Guinness World Record Breaker theme week on Live with Regis and Kelly. She beat the record set by NASCAR driver Matt Kenseth on the previous day, when he threw 17 pies at Ripa herself. On September 16, 2011, Ripa broke the Guinness World Record for Most Grapes Trodden in 1 Minute, of 5.4 litres, as she extracted 8.4 litres. However, the previous record holder, Martina Servaty of Germany, was also competing at the same time and extracted even more (8.6 litres), preventing Ripa from holding the new record.
On June 19, 2011, Ripa won a Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Talk Show Host, along with her co-host Regis Philbin.






Personal life


In 1995, Ripa met Mark Consuelos, her co-star on All My Children. The two eloped on May 1, 1996. The couple have three children, Michael Joseph Consuelos (born June 2, 1997), Lola Grace Consuelos (born June 16, 2001), and Joaquin Antonio Consuelos (born February 24, 2003).
In 2011, Ripa mentioned on air that she believes she has misophonia, an unusually intense emotional reaction to sounds such as chewing.
New Orleans rock band Cowboy Mouth wrote a song in tribute titled Kelly Ripa that appeared on their 2008 album, Fearless. They performed the song on Live with Regis and Kelly on March 13, 2008.




Film and television appearances


1986–1992 Dancin' On Air Herself-Dancer unknown episodes
1990–2002, 2010 All My Children Hayley Vaughan Santos Role from: November 22, 1990 – December 27, 2002, January 4, 2010 – January 5, 2010
1996 Marvin's Room Coral
1999 The Stand-In Jennifer
2001 Someone to Love Michelle
2001–present Live with Regis and Kelly Host Role from: February 5, 2001 – present
2002 Ed Jennifer Bradley 4 episodes
It's a Very Merry Muppet Christmas Movie herself
2003 Hope & Faith Faith Fairfield Role from: 2003 – 2006, 73 episodes
Kim Possible: A Sitch in Time Future Bonnie voice
Batman: Mystery of the Batwoman Dr. Roxanne "Rocky" Ballantine voice, direct-to-video
Cheaper by the Dozen Herself Cameo
2005 Missing Melody
2006 Kelly Ripa's E! True Hollywood Story Herself
Go, Diego, Go! Guest appearance
2007 50 Funniest Women Alive Herself Host
Ugly Betty Herself 1 episode
The Knights of Prosperity Herself 1 episode
2008 Delgo Kurrin voice
Fly Me to the Moon Nat's mom voice
2010 True Jackson, VP Herself
The Marriage Ref Herself Guest panelist
2011 Hannah Montana Forever Herself Guest star, episode "I Am Mamaw, Hear Me Roar!"