Basic Information About Meredith Vieira
Category | Celebrities |
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Professions | Journalist, Actor, Television producer, Game Show Host, Presenter, Talk show host, Voice Actor |
Net worth | $45,000,000 |
Date of birth | 1953-12-30 (70 years old) |
Place of birth | Providence |
Nationality | United States of America |
Spouse | Richard M. Cohen - (14 JuneΒ 1986 - present)Β (3 children) |
Gender | Female |
Height | 5 ft 2 in (1.6 m) |
Social Media | βοΈ Wikipedia βοΈ IMDb |
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What Movie Awards did Meredith Vieira win?
Oscar |
Golden Globe |
Golder Raspberry |
BAFTA |
Other |
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0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 |
Meredith Vieira awards
Award Name | State | Movie / Series Name | Year |
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OFTA Television Award - Best Host or Performer in a Miscellaneous Series or Special | Nominee | The View | 2006 |
OFTA Television Award - Best Host of a Talk or Service Show | Nominee | The View | 2003 |
OFTA Television Award - Best Host of a Talk or Service Show | Winner | The View | 2001 |
OFTA Television Award - Best Host of a Talk or Service Show | Winner | The View | 2000 |
Emmy - Outstanding Informational, Cultural or Historic Programming - Segments | Winner | 60 Minutes | 1991 |
Daytime Emmy - Outstanding Game Show | Nominee | Who Wants to Be a Millionaire | 2013 |
Daytime Emmy - Outstanding Game Show Host | Nominee | Who Wants to Be a Millionaire | 2012 |
Daytime Emmy - Outstanding Game Show Host | Nominee | Who Wants to Be a Millionaire | 2011 |
Daytime Emmy - Outstanding Game Show Host | Winner | Who Wants to Be a Millionaire | 2009 |
Daytime Emmy - Outstanding Game/Audience Participation Show | Nominee | Who Wants to Be a Millionaire | 2007 |
Daytime Emmy - Outstanding Game Show Host | Nominee | Who Wants to Be a Millionaire | 2006 |
Meredith Vieira roles
Movie / Series | Role |
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Shrek Forever After | Broomsy Witch (voice) |
Get Him to the Greek | Meredith Vieira |
Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa | Newscaster (voice) |
The Stepford Wives | 'Balance of Power' Host |
Blackfish | Self (archive footage) |
Gulliver's Travels | Lilliputian |
Doctor Who | Newsreader 1 episode, 2011 |
Spin City | Meredith Vieira 1 episode, 2000 |
The Practice | Security Guard 1 episode, 2003 |
30 Rock | Meredith Vieira 5 episodes, 2007-2010 |
17 Kids and Counting | Self 5 episodes, 2008-2011 |
Ellen: The Ellen DeGeneres Show | Self 5 episodes, 2006-2012 |
House of Cards | Meredith Vieira 1 episode, 2015 |
All My Children | June Bellwether / ... 2 episodes, 2001-2005 |
Last Week Tonight with John Oliver | Self 1 episode, 2014 |
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon | Self 1 episode, 2014 |
Deception | Self 1 episode, 2013 |
Sports Night | Self 1 episode, 1998 |
The Talk | Self - Guest Co-Host 2 episodes, 2018 |
American Pickers | Self - presenter 'Who Wants to be a Millionaire' 1 episode, 2013 |
Watch What Happens: Live | Self 3 episodes, 2015-2016 |
Orange Is the New Black | Meredith Vieira 1 episode, 2017 |
The Daily Show | Self 1 episode, 2007 |
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno | Self / ... 12 episodes, 2003-2013 |
Access Hollywood | Self 1 episode, 2017 |
Odd Mom Out | Dr. Baldwin 1 episode, 2016 |
The Oprah Winfrey Show | Self 1 episode, 2010 |
Conan | Self - Guest 1 episode, 2014 |
Late Night with Conan O'Brien | Self / ... 10 episodes, 2000-2009 |
Late Night with Jimmy Fallon | Self 3 episodes, 2010-2013 |
The One Show | Self 1 episode, 2018 |
Meredith Vieira's Movie/Shows Salary
Movie / Series | Salary |
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TodayΒ (1952) | $10,000,000 /year (2009) |
Meredith Vieira's Quotes
- Honestly, I'm living my fantasy. It's being with my family, preferably on a snowy afternoon with a fire going, cuddled up in blankets, playing a game. My family fulfills me.As quoted in the Dec 21, 2004 Woman's World
- Nature inspires me. Whenever I have a problem that needs working out, I walk on the beach or on the path by our home. those simple walks alway seem to help me put things into perspective.
Interesting Facts about Meredith Vieira
- Is of Portuguese heritage.
- Husband Richard M. Cohen teaches journalism at Columbia University.
- Has 3 older brothers named Edwin, Steve and Jeff.
- Has three children with Richard M. Cohen: Ben Cohen (Benjamin Edwin Cohen) (b. 1989), Gabe Cohen (Gabriel Anthony Cohen) (b. 1991) and Lily Cohen (Lily Max Cohen) (b. 1993).
- She has a fear of bridges (gephyrophobia).
- Graduated magna cum laude from Tufts University with a degree in English (1975).
- Scored 1330 on the SAT as a high school junior, and scored 1300 as a senior.
- She is allergic to metal, and, therefore, doesn't wear her wedding ring.
- Was once approached to pose in Playboy, she declined.
- Lives in NY City suburb of Westchester County in a 2-story house built in 1929.
- Husband, Richard M. Cohen, considered free of colon cancer after surgery in March, 2000. Has battled health problems over many years and is legally blind as a result of multiple sclerosis, which he contracted in his 20s.
- Announced on-air during The View (1997) show in May 2002 that she's decided to accept ABC's offer to host the syndicated Who Wants to Be a Millionaire (2002) weekly series, beginning in the fall, while she continues to co-host The View (1997) for the next five years. Reportedly, her salary may jump from $500,000 a year to $5 million.
- Has stated on The View (1997) that because she wears pantyhose, she doesn't wear underwear. She thinks it would be redundant to wear both.
- Hosted a special featurette of Desperate Housewives (2004) that will be featured on the series' Season 1 DVD box set, to be released in August, 2005.
- In 2005, she became the second female to win a Daytime Emmy for Outstanding Game Show Host as host of Who Wants to Be a Millionaire (2002). The first was Betty White in 1983 for Just Men! (1983).
- Older brother Edwin (Ed) Vieira, Jr. is a political activist that resides in Virginia.
- When she was at CBS at the same time as Paula Zahn, they each had a husband named "Richard Cohen".
- Announced that she will be the new co-host on Today (1952) [April 6, 2006].
- Has been chosen by NBC to replace Katie Couric as the female anchor of Today (1952).
- Parents names were Edwin Vieira, MD (b. New Bedford, Massachusetts, 15 May 1904, died Feb 1987), and Mary Elsie Rosa Vieira (daughter of ... Rosa and ... Silveria), both of Portuguese Azorian ancestry. Her paternal grandfather Antonio (Antone) C. Vieira (b. Faial, Azores, ca 1869) is said to have been a Catholic priest in Fall River, Massachusetts, who eloped with Maria Louise (L.) Costa (also b. Faial, Azores, ca 1879), one of his parishioners. They later married in Springfield, Massachusetts, in 1896, had two children, Othilia P. (ca 1902) and Edwin (ca 1905), and he became a state lecturer at the Portuguese community of New Bedford, Massachusetts.
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