Kelly Ripa

Kelly Ripa (born October 2, 1970) is an American actress and talk show host. She is best known for her roles as Hayley Vaughan on the ABC daytime soap opera All My Children (1990–2002, 2010) and Faith Fairfield on the ABC sitcom Hope & Faith (2003–2006). Since 2001, Ripa has been the co-host of the syndicated morning talk show Live! with Kelly and Mark. Ripa and her husband, Mark Consuelos, own a New York–based production company called Milojo. In addition to her acting career, she has been named one of the Most Powerful People in Media by The Hollywood Reporter in 2014. Ripa was born and raised in Berlin, New Jersey, and has a sister named Linda who is a children's book author.