Date of Birth : 19 November 1956, Guam
Height : 5' 6" (1.68 m)
Spouse : Brian Ross (? - present) 2 children
Television journalist. Born November 19, 1956 in the U.S. Territory of Guam. Ann Curry’s father was an American of predominantly French and Scots-Irish descent who met her Japanese mother during the U.S. occupation of Japan following World War II. Her childhood followed her father’s military career, and she was raised in San Diego and Alameda, California, Japan, Virginia Beach, Virginia, and Ashland, Oregon. She graduated from the University of Oregon School of Journalism and Communication in 1978.ann curry hot young ann curry ann curry family ann curry feet ann curry legs.
In 1978, Ann Curry took an internship at KTVL in Medford, Oregon, eventually becoming the station's first female news reporter. In 1981, she took a three-year post as a reporter and anchor at KGW in Portland. She then moved to Los Angeles, where she was a reporter for KCBS-TV from 1984 to 1990. While there, she won two Emmy Awards.
In 1990, Ann Curry signed on with NBC news, first working as the network’s Chicago correspondent and then anchoring NBC News at Sunrise from 1991 to 1996. She also served as a replacement anchor and newsreader for the Today show. In 2005, she joined Stone Phillips as co-host of Dateline NBC, while continuing as news anchor at Today. Curry has earned a reputation for her coverage of global humanitarian crises from such hot spots as Baghdad, Sri Lanka, Rwanda, Albania and Darfur.
Throughout her career, Ann Curry has landed several exclusive interviews, including Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir and Chadian President Idrsiss Deby. She also conducted the first exclusive interview with General Tommy Franks before the outbreak of the war in Iraq. Other notable interviews include Liberia's Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf, the first female elected President of an African nation; Thomas Hamill, the Halliburton truck driver who escaped captivity in Iraq; and accused spy Wen Ho Lee after he was cleared of all charges of espionage against the United States.
Ann Curry is married to software executive Brian Ross. The couple lives in New York City with their two children, McKenzie and Walker.American journalist and television personality Ann Curry was born on November 19, 1956, in Guam, but she was raised in Ashland, Oregon. The daughter of an American father and a Japanese Mother, she is a graduate of University of Oregon's School of Journalism. Ann won two Emmy awards for KCBS-TV in Los Angeles from 1984-1990. In 1990, she was hired by NBC to host "NBC Sunrise," and she later went on to co-host "Dateline NBC." Ann also served as a revolving anchor for NBC Nightly News Sunday from 1993 to 1999. She is an honorary member of the Multiple Myeloma Research Foundation. She is married to software executive Brain Ross and they have two children, son Walker and a daughter McKenzie.
Trivia
Her mother is Japanese.
She was selected one of People Magazines 50 Most Beautiful People of 1998.
Has a son named Walker and a daughter named McKenzie.
Is the oldest of five children born to an American father and a Japanese mother. She grew up in Oregon.
Her father is of French, Scotch-Irish, and Amerindian descent.
She grew up in Ashland, Oregon, USA.
Ann was born in Guam to American and Japanese parents. Her family moved often until they finally settled down in Ashland, Oregon where Ann was eventually brought up.
Husband Brian Ross is a software executive.
1978 graduate of the University of Oregon School of Journalism.
Worked through college as a cocktail waitress.
Replaced Meredith Vieira as co-host of the "Today" (1952) Show on June 9, 2011.
Personal Quotes
Beauty doesn't matter because in the end, we all lose our looks and all we have is our heart
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