Meredith Vieira Biography
Meredith Vieira is a prominent American journalist who is popularly known as co-anchor of the talk program and morning news called Today. Vieira is also a host of the game show known “Who Wants to Be a Millionaire”.
She has served as a contributor to Rock Center with Brian Williams, NBC Nightly News, and Dateline NBC. Besides that, Viera hosted a Lifetime television series titled Intimate Portrait and later hosted her own daytime talk show known as The Meredith Viera Show.
Meredith Vieira Age
From our research, Meredith Vieira was born in Providence, Rhode Island, in the United States, on December 30, 1953. She is 67 years old.
Meredith Vieira Height
Vieira stands at a moderate height of 5 ft 4 inches (Approx 1.63 m).
Meredith Vieira Family
Meredith was born and raised near East Providence to her parents Mary Elsie and Edwin Viera. Her mother is a homemaker while her caring father is a medical doctor. In addition, her supportive parents belong to first-generation Portuguese Americans.
Meredith Vieira Husband
She is married to her handsome husband called Richard M. Cohen, who is an American journalist, television producer, and author. Her husband since he was 25 years old has been suffering from multiple sclerosis.
The duo tied the knot on June 14, 1986, and presently lives in Irvington, Westchester County, New York. The couple is blessed with three good-looking children. Her husband, who is blind has written an autobiography titled Blindsided: Lifting a Life Above Illness: A Reluctant Memoir.
Meredith Vieira Children
She is a proud mother of three children namely Gabriel Cohen, Benjamin Edwin Cohen, and Lily Max Cohen.
Meredith Vieira Education
She graduated with a high school diploma from Lincoln School, a Quaker all-girls offshoot of Moses Brown School in Providence in the year 1971. Meredith later joined the University of Tufts and graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree in English.
Meredith Vieira Net Worth
Vieira has an approximate net worth of $40 million.
Meredith Vieira Career
In September 2014, She started her syndicated afternoon daytime talk show called The Meredith Viera Show. On January 4, 2016, It was later announced that the show would be ending after two seasons. Her show after airing from September 8, 2014, to May 20, 2016, ended with 290 episodes.
Vieira started hosting the syndicated game show in the year 2005 known as Who Wants to Be a Millionaire. For her work on that program, She late obtained a Daytime Emmy Award in 2009. In 2006, Meredith left The View Show to fill in a vacant seat on Today, which aired on NBC as a co-anchor.
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