Leyna Nguyen

Leyna Nguyen (born December 13, 1969) is a Vietnamese-American podcaster and former television anchor and reporter based in Los Angeles, California. With a career spanning over two decades, she is a three-time Emmy Award-winning journalist known for anchoring the nightly 4pm and 9pm newscasts on KCAL-TV. Nguyen holds the distinction of being the first newscaster to anchor the news on two stations in the same market, KCBS and KCAL-TV. Before her time in Los Angeles, she worked as a news anchor and reporter for NBC-affiliate KCRA-TV in Sacramento, where she also hosted a program focusing on Asian-American issues. Nguyen has made appearances in over 30 television shows and movies, including NCIS: Los Angeles, Boston Legal, Two and a Half Men, and Pushing Daisies.