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Kelly Ripa (born October 2, 1970) is an American actress and television host. Since February 2001, she has served as the co-host of talk show Live with Regis and Kelly, along with Regis Philbin and now solo host of Live! With Kelly. Earlier in her career, Ripa played Hayley Vaughan for twelve years (1990–2002) on the television soap opera All My Children (1970–2011); she also played Faith Fairfield on the television situation comedy Hope & Faith (2003–2006). Both television series were on the ABC network. She was born Kelly Maria Ripa in Stratford, New Jersey, the daughter of Esther,... MORE

Kelly Ripa (born October 2, 1970) is an American actress and television host. Since February 2001, she has served as the co-host of talk show Live with Regis and Kelly, along with Regis Philbin and now solo host of Live! With Kelly. Earlier in her career, Ripa played Hayley Vaughan for twelve years (1990–2002) on the television soap opera All My Children (1970–2011); she also played Faith Fairfield on the television situation comedy Hope & Faith (2003–2006). Both television series were on the ABC network. She was born Kelly Maria Ripa 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. Her father has been the Democratic County Clerk for Camden County, New Jersey, since June 2009. She is three quarters Italian descent, and one quarter Irish. 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 comedy play along side her first love Tony Chesta The Ugly Duckling (c. 1941) by A. A. Milne, during her LESS