Kelly Maria Ripa[1] (/ˈrɪpə/; born October 2, 1970)[2] is an American actress and talk show host.

Her co-hosts have included Regis Philbin, Michael Strahan, Ryan Seacrest, and her husband Mark Consuelos.

[11] She attended Camden County College studying psychology, but dropped out and moved to New York City to pursue an acting career.

[14] Aside from local TV gigs, Ripa's first national television exposure came in 1986 when she appeared as a regular dancer on Dancin' On Air, leading into Dance Party USA.

[citation needed] Ripa was cast in her first major acting role in 1990 as Hayley Vaughan, a troubled party girl, on All My Children.

So that was when this smiling, petite ball of fire named Kelly Ripa made her return to Live!

"[16] Philbin later said that Ripa was first among the potential candidates including Valerie Bertinelli, Jane Krakowski, Dolly Parton, and Bernadette Peters: "[I]t could only be Kelly.

with Regis and Kelly's young-audience demographics increased by 80 percent with Ripa credited for bringing "a new life to the show.

"[citation needed] The chemistry between Philbin and Ripa (or "Pippa" as he nicknamed her), their banter, interviews, and conversations about their families, personal lives, and New York City attracted a successful, strong, and loyal viewership averaging 6 million viewers daily.

In a process similar to the one in which she was selected to replace Gifford, a rotating lineup of co-hosts auditioned on-air with Ripa to take over her former co-hosting duties, including: Dan Abrams, Michael Bublé, Reggie Bush, Dana Carvey, Sam Champion, Taye Diggs, Boomer Esiason, Peter Facinelli, Mike Greenberg, Josh Groban, Bryant Gumbel, Neil Patrick Harris, Chris Harrison, Derek Hough, D.L.

Hughley, Carrie Ann Inaba, Randy Jackson, Kevin Jonas, Pat Kiernan, Nick Lachey, Mario Lopez, Rob Lowe, Howie Mandel, Joel McHale, Seth Meyers, Ben Mulroney, Jerry O'Connell, Jesse Palmer, Fred Savage, Jerry Seinfeld, Martin Short, and Michael Strahan.

On February 16, 2023, Seacrest announced that he would be leaving Live with Kelly and Ryan after six years in April 2023, primarily due to traveling as his primary residence is in Los Angeles, while the show tapes in New York City.

However, Seacrest has stated that he will return to guest host whenever Consuelos is unavailable, meaning he is not permanently leaving the show.

The half-hour sitcom, co-starring Faith Ford, Ted McGinley, and Megan Fox, gave ABC its best Friday premiere score since 1996.

She appeared in the acclaimed Miramax feature Marvin's Room in 1996 alongside Meryl Streep and Leonardo DiCaprio.

[25] Ripa stars in the Electrolux television and print advertising, and her image is used on point of sale materials and extensively online.

In 2007, Ripa and her husband Mark Consuelos founded Milojo, the production company, named for their children Michael, Lola, and Joaquin.

In addition, Milojo launched a first look development deal with Discovery Channel for non-scripted series' including Homemade Millionaire, hosted by Ripa, and the docu-series Masters of Reception.

[28] In 2012, the company premiered its first short film, a collaboration with Will Ferrell's Funny or Die entitled "The Bensonhurst Spelling Bee" featuring Ripa, Consuelos, and their son, Michael.

In 1999, she won the Best Actress Award at the New York International Independent Film and Video Festival for her work in The Stand-In.

She and co-host Regis Philbin have also twice won the Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Talk Show Host for Live!

The Broadcast Pioneers inducted Ripa into their Hall of Fame for her tremendous success in the television industry on November 19, 2010, and also honoured her as their Person of the Year.

They bought the place in 2013, though it was never officially listed on the market, for $27 million from fashion designer Luca Orlandi and his wife, Oluchi Onweagba, making it the second most expensive townhouse sold in NYC that year.