Jillian Barberie Biography




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Jillian Reynolds

Jillian at the 2006 American Idol Season Finale
Born Jillian Warry
September 26, 1966 (1966-09-26) (age 42)
Burlington, Ontario, Canada
Spouse(s) Bret Barberie (1996 - October 2002)
Grant Reynolds (July 8, 2006 - present)

Jillian Reynolds (born September 26, 1966), best known by her former name Jillian Barberie, is a Canadian actress and television hostess. She can be seen on the Los Angeles-based show Good Day L.A.. She has also presented the weather on FOX NFL Sunday since the 2000 NFL season.

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Early life

Reynolds was born Jillian Warry, in Burlington, Ontario. She is a graduate of Mohawk College (Hamilton), with a diploma from their two-year program in broadcast journalism. After completing her diploma, she worked for a variety of television stations, including The Weather Network in Montreal, WSVN in Miami and KTTV in Los Angeles (WSVN and KTTV are Fox affiliates).

Career

Reynolds' screen presence has earned her roles on several television dramas including Clueless, V.I.P. and Melrose Place. She also did several spots for Prestone antifreeze. She hosted the TV show EX-treme Dating. In 2000, she was hired to present the national weather segment of Fox Sports FOX NFL Sunday pregame show, working opposite James Brown, Howie Long and Terry Bradshaw. Reynolds became a national figure and earned significant fan interest.

In addition to Reynolds' work on Good Day L.A., she worked on the national version of the show Good Day Live. However, she was ultimately fired from that show, ending her tenure there on June 4, 2004. Reynolds claims that she does not know why she was let go from the national program. In 2005, she was Regis Philbin's co-host for his New Year's Eve special on FOX. She was also among a long list of possible candidates to succeed Philbin's former partner Kathie Lee Gifford on Philbin's popular syndicated Live with Regis and Kathie Lee show (Kelly Ripa was eventually chosen). In 2006, Reynolds participated as a contestant on the FOX reality television show Skating with Celebrities, partnered with professional skater John Zimmerman and came in second place. She was an ice skater in her childhood. As of November 2006, she is the co-host of KTTV's That's So Hollywood with fellow KTTV/KCOP personality, Mark Thompson. She appeared in Maxim magazine twice, making the cover in September 2003.

As of August 2008, Reynolds appears in NutriSystem commercials with former NFL players Dan Marino and Mike Golic, testifying how much weight they have lost. She claims to have lost over forty pounds.

Personal life

Reynolds was once married (1996 - 2002) to former Major League Baseball player Bret Barberie, whose surname she kept until her marriage to actor Grant Reynolds in a private ceremony on July 8, 2006.1 She initially stated that she was legally changing her name to Jillian Reynolds, but keeping Barberie as her professional surname.2 However, she has since chosen to use Reynolds as her surname on Fox NFL Sunday.

Reynolds works for the prevention of cruelty to animals and has nine pets of her own - all of whom she has adopted from shelters. She has often said that she believes her "adoptive" nature is due to the fact that she herself was adopted.

In December 2006, People magazine said Reynolds was pregnant with her first child, due July 7. She officially announced her pregnancy the morning of December 18, 2006, during the broadcast of Good Day L.A.3 Reynolds took a three month hiatus from the show beginning June 22, 2007. On July 9, an announcement on Good Day L.A. stated that she had given birth to a baby girl, Ruby Raven Reynolds, on July 6, 2007 at 5 p.m. The baby weighed 6 lbs. and 12 oz.4

References

  1. ^ Marla Lehner (2006-07-11). "Jillian Barberie Gets Married". People magazine. Retrieved on 2007-06-09.
  2. ^ "Jillian Barbarie ties the knot". canada.com (2006-09-11). Retrieved on 2007-06-09.
  3. ^ Lisa Ingrassia (2006-12-15). "Skating With Celebrities' Jillian Barberie Is Pregnant". People. Retrieved on 2007-07-09.
  4. ^ Lisa Ingrassia (2007-07-09). "Jillian Barberie Welcomes a Baby Girl". People. Retrieved on 2007-07-09.

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NAME Reynolds, Jillian
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Warry, Jillian; Barberie, Jillian
SHORT DESCRIPTION Actress, television hostess
DATE OF BIRTH September 26, 1966
PLACE OF BIRTH Burlington, Ontario, Canada
DATE OF DEATH
PLACE OF DEATH