Kelly Ripa
Biography
Kelly Maria Ripa
Born October 2, 1970 : Stratford, New Jersey,
US
American Daytime Emmy Award winning actress and talk show host. Since February 2001, she has served as the co host of Live with Regis and Kelly, alongside Regis Philbin, taking the show's rating to a new high when she replaced previous Live co host Kathie Lee Gifford. She is also known for her acting on All My Children and Hope & Faith, both television series on ABC.
Biography
Kelly Ripa was born to an Italian father and a mother of Irish and
Italian descent. While attending Eastern High School in Voorhees Township, New
Jersey, Ripa began acting in high school plays. This led to roles at local theatres
and a regular spot on the USA Network's Dance Party USA, an afternoon teen music
program. She was cast as a gothic teen turned suffering heroine Hayley Vaughan
on the soap opera All My Children. Starting on the show in 1990, the character
of Hayley quickly drew a following.
In 1995 her character was paired with Mark Consuelos' character, Mateo Santos. A romance blossomed between the castmates, with Ripa and Consuelos eloping in Las Vegas on 1 May 1996. Eventually, they had 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 a mutual decision, the couple left All My Children in December 2002.
In September 2003, Ripa was a co star (with Faith Ford) on her first sitcom, Hope & Faith. She portrayed Faith Fairfield, a former soap star whose character is killed off and who moves in with her sister Hope's family, creating havoc for the family and often antagonizing Hope and her husband, Charlie. Hope & Faith was not renewed for a fourth season in May 2006 after the 2005-2006 season saw a significant decline in ratings.
Kelly's father, Joseph Ripa, is an elected official for Camden County, NJ. Joe Ripa is a union executive who was first elected to the county's governing body, the Board of Chosen Freeholders, in November 2003. Visit the government bio page.
Self-parody
On Saturday Night Live
skits about Live with Regis and Kelly, the role of Kelly Ripa is played by Amy
Poehler. When Ripa hosted SNL in November 2003, in the Live with Regis and Kelly
skit, Poehler appeared as Ripa and Ripa as Angelina Jolie. In another skit, Ripa
spoofed ubiquitous hair colouring ads in which she has appeared (in this skit,
Ripa prefers Tressant Supreme because a main ingredient is crack cocaine, thus
explaining her stereotypical peppy persona). In another episode, she had a cameo
as her asinine self in a skit about Bangkok, Thailand with Ben Affleck. She also
appeared in an opening skit with Steve Martin as the host, where they have dinner
until Martin finds out Alec Baldwin is about to host the show again (Baldwin about
to tie Martin for most times hosting show).
In Hope & Faith, sometimes Regis Philbin or others connected with her actual professional life would be brought into an episode. The scripts would lampoon Ripa herself, with jokes that required knowledge of her real life career, as well as furthering the storyline about Faith, her narcissistic character on the show.
She has also made fun of herself on Family Guy, voicing herself. In the episode Family Guy Viewer Mail 1, Peter Griffin found a genie in a beer bottle and his first wish was to see Kelly Ripa behind the scenes. The genie opened a magic window onto Ripa's Live with Regis and Kelly dressing room, showing Ripa ripping off her human face to show an ugly alien face, then going to a tied up human, ripping his heart out and eating it.
Kelly is presently developing a untitled half hour sitcom with her husband Mark Consuelos for the CW network loosely based on their lives about two actors who navigate the behind-the-scenes insanity at the soap opera in which they star.
Controversies
On November 17, 2006, Clay Aiken was a stand in guest host on
Live with Regis and Kelly. During an interview Aiken covered Ripa's mouth with
his hand. There was considerable reaction after Kelly talked about it on a show
4 days later. Aiken made fun of the controversy on the 2006 American Music Awards
a few days later with Tori Spelling.
Awards and honors
Ripa won three
Soap Opera Digest Awards for playing Hayley on All My Children in 1996, 1998 &
2000. She has been nominated for 8 Daytime Emmy Awards. Three of these nominations
were for playing Hayley on All My Children, and 5 were for performing hosting
duties alongside Regis.
In April 2006, she won a Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Special Class Special for co-hosting the 2005 Walt Disney World Christmas Day Parade with Regis Philbin and Ryan Seacrest.
On September 15, 2006, Ripa broke a Guinness World Record for custard pie throwing by throwing 24 pies in one minute at Wilmer Valderrama, as part of a Guinness World Record Breaker theme week on Live with Regis and Kelly. She beat a record held by NASCAR driver Matt Kenseth the previous day, when he threw 17 pies at Ripa.
Trivia
Regis
refers to Kelly as "Pipa."
She loves to watch reality tv, including
The Contender, The Bachelor, American Idol,The Apprentice, Wife Swap, and Survivor.
She can be heard at the end of Nine Inch Nails' "Head Like a Hole"
single, saying "Let's hear it for Nine Inch Nails! Woo! They were good!"
The clip was taken from a Nine Inch Nails appearance on Dance Party USA.
On
Scrubs, the characters have used "Kelly Ripa" as a verb (e.g. "You've
been Kelly Ripa'd") to describe the act of intentionally and temporarily
misleading someone for effect.
Is a fan of the New York Mets
As stated
on her show, - she and husband, Mark, named their third child, Joaquin, after
Joaquin Phoenix because he is her favourite actor and celebrity crush - 2006
In
2004, she signed a 5 year contract with LIVE at 8 million dollars per year
Ripa
hosted the 2007 TV Land Awards. The show opened with the parodies of the opening
credits to a variety of TV classics, with Ripa playing one of the characters from
each show
Her favorite city in the world, which she mentions quite frequently,
is Montreal, Canada.
Has a song written about her entitled "Fantasy"
written by Matt Perrone on the CD "Something I Wanted." On the April
23, 2003 LIVE show, Matt appeared and spoke with Regis & Kelly.
Television
Work
Dance Party USA (1986-1992) (frequent regular)
All My Children (cast
member from 1990-2002)
Someone to Love (2001)
Live with Regis and Kelly
(2001-present)
It's a Very Merry Muppet Christmas Movie (2002)
Hope &
Faith (2003-2006)
Kim Possible: A Sitch in Time (2003) (voice)
Kelly Ripa's
E! True Hollywood Story (2006)
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