Kelly Ripa

Talk show host and actress on daytime TV

Kelly Ripa - Talk show host and actress on daytime TV
Born

October 2nd, 1970
54 years ago

Category

Performers & Entertainers

Country

United States

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An actress and talk show host. Starred as Hayley Vaughan on the soap opera All My Children from 1990 to 2002. Co-hosted the daytime talk show Live! with Kelly and Ryan since 2017, after previously co-hosting with Regis Philbin from 2001 to 2011. Ripa has also appeared in various television specials and has been a guest on numerous talk shows.

Starred as Hayley Vaughan in All My Children

Co-hosted Live! with Kelly and Ryan

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