Kelly Ripa Height, Age, Family and Full Bio

Early Life

Where was Kelly Ripa born? Kelly Ripa was born in Stratford, New Jersey, USA. She was born to Joseph and Esther Ripa along with her sister Linda Ripa. Kelly Ripa was catholic since her childhood and addition to that belonged to Irish Italian ethnicity.

Kelly Ripa was really talented from an early age. She learned ballet when she was just three along with piano and singing as well. Regarding her education, she went to Eastern Regional High School in New Jersey. Kelly was a renowned cheerleader in her high school days. In Addition to being an excellent dancer, Kelly was an outstanding actor and also liked drama.

Her drama teacher encouraged her to pursue acting when she was younger and her first theatre performance was “The Ugly Duckling” which gave her recognition in the theatre industry during her early career days and changed her life.

Career

What are the career achievements of Kelly Ripa? Kelly Ripa started her career in 1986 with a dancing show titled “Dancing on Air” as a dancer. Later the show was named Dance Party USA. Despite being a dancer, her career goal was to become a sports presenter.

In 1990, she got her first big break and landed a major role in All My Children as Hayley Vaughan a  party girl. After 12 years in 2002, she ended her role but made some guest appearances later down the years.

TV HOST – On November 1, 2000, Kelly Ripa was selected temporarily to host alongside Regis Philbin after an on-air audition. Philbin had met Ripa once and had noticed her awesome and charming personality. During her initial program, she was pregnant with her second child but had not said, anyone. The guest was psychic Char Margolis and she spilled the beans.

In 2001, in February Ripa was announced as permanent host of the show as channel demographics increased by more than 80% and everyone around the show expressed their happiness and claimed Rippa bringing new life to the program. Her chemistry with Philbin was also adored by the audience.

Film

Along with her TV roles, Ripa has also appeared in movies such as The Marvin Room alongside Leonardo Di Caprio.

Apart from her in screen roles, Ripa is involved in various screen roles. She is the spokesperson of Tide, Pantene, and 1D Bank and has been partnered with them for a long time. Kelly Ripa is also constantly involved in charity, mainly for female and ovarian cancer. She has even raised more than $3.5 million for OCRF.

Awards

She has won the Best Actress Award at New York International Film Festival for The Stand-In. For her show Live in she has won the “Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Talk Show Host”. Ripa has also won several people choice awards for the Live Talk show.

Along with that, she is also equally famous on social media with almost 3 million followers on Instagram.

Personal Information

What is the height of Kelly Ripa? Kelly Ripa stands at the height of 5 ft 5 inches and weighs about 55 kg. Her hair color is blonde and she has hazel color eyes. Kelly’s zodiac sign is Libra. She is of American nationality along with that belongs to Irish-Italian ethnicity.

She was catholic from an early age. Her hobbies are shopping, traveling and watching movies. Kelly’s favorite place to travel is Miami and her favorite food is seafood. She is a big fan of Johny Depp.

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