Kimberly Ann Guilfoyle (/ˈɡɪlfɔɪl/ GHIL-foyl; born March 9, 1969) is an American television news personality and former prosecutor in San Francisco and Los Angeles.

[3][4] She later joined America First Policies, a pro-Trump super PAC, to campaign for Republicans in the 2018 midterm elections.

Her mother was Puerto Rican and her father was born in Ireland and emigrated to the United States at the age of 20.

[10] Her father, Anthony "Tony" Guilfoyle, was born in Ennis, County Clare, Ireland, and emigrated to the United States in 1957 at the age of 20.

[12][13] Guilfoyle graduated from San Francisco's Mercy High School,[9][14] and then the University of California, Davis.

While there, Guilfoyle published research in international children's rights and European Economic Community law.

She lost her job in 1996 when Terence Hallinan was elected district attorney and fired 14 of the city's prosecutors.

[17] Guilfoyle worked for four years in Los Angeles as a deputy district attorney, serving on adult and juvenile cases.

She received several awards at the Los Angeles District Attorney's Office, including Prosecutor of the Month.

During this time she obtained a conviction while co-prosecuting with James Hammer in the 2002 case People v. Noel and Knoller, a second-degree murder trial involving a dog mauling, which received international attention.

This accusation stemmed from a period years earlier, during Guilfoyle's re-hiring at the San Francisco district attorney's office.

Around this time, she was also a regular fixture at political fundraisers organized by oil billionaire Gordon Getty, whose son William she dated.

[26] A year later, in July 2018, Guilfoyle abruptly left Fox News;[27] she began working for a pro–Donald Trump super PAC.

[28][29] HuffPost reported that, at the time of her departure, the network had been in the midst of a year-long investigation of a sexual harassment accusation against Guilfoyle.

[31] In April 2024, Guilfoyle announced the upcoming publication of The Princess and her Pup, a children's book that she has authored.

In December 2016, it was reported that Guilfoyle was being considered for the position of press secretary for the 45th United States president Donald Trump.

In an interview with Bay Area News Group on May 15, 2017, Guilfoyle confirmed she was in contact with the White House about the position following Spicer's resignation.

Two years earlier, white nationalist Richard B. Spencer had preceded them as an invited speaker, generating similar controversy.

[44] The fundraising division managed by Guilfoyle was in internal turmoil amid departures of experienced staff and accusations of irresponsible spending.

[45] In November 2020, Politico's reporting alleged that Guilfoyle had engaged in sexually explicit conversations during private Trump fundraisers that had made some attendees uncomfortable.

[46] At the Republican National Convention in August 2020, Guilfoyle gave a speech endorsing Trump that was widely described by some observers as unnecessarily loud,[47] or unhinged.

[52] Having raised millions of dollars to support the rally, Guilfoyle was also involved in organizing the protest at the Capitol.

The pair separated in 2004, and in January 2005, citing the strain of a bicoastal marriage, they jointly filed for divorce.

[61] Their divorce was final on February 28, 2006,[62] by which time Guilfoyle was already expecting a child with furniture heir Eric Villency.

In 2004, it was reported that in speaking on behalf of then-husband, Gavin Newsom, at the Empire State Pride Agenda gay rights fundraiser, Guilfoyle boasted about his attractiveness and large penis size, and implied (through innuendo and pantomiming) that she was talented at providing oral sex.