Nancy O'Dell

Nancy Humphries O'Dell (born February 25, 1966 [1]) is an American television host and entertainment journalist.

1 Biography
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Biography

Early life

O'Dell was born in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina. She graduated from the now-closed Coastal Academy High School in 1984. She went on to graduate Summa Cum Laude with a major in Marketing from Clemson University in 1990, where, she was a member of Kappa Kappa Gamma sorority. Then known as Nancy Humphries, she won the Miss South Carolina pageant in 1987 and represented the state at Miss America.

Career

O'Dell and Billy Bush currently serve as co-hosts of Access Hollywood, a 30-minute entertainment news program produced and syndicated by NBC Universal Domestic Television Distribution. She has been with the show since its 1996 inception, and became co-host in 1999. O'Dell serves as a contributor for NBC's Today Show and Dateline NBC. In addition, O'Dell co-hosted the Miss USA and Miss Universe competitions in 2004 and 2005, respectively. She also co-hosted the New York City St. Patrick's Day Parade on WNBC from 2004-2006. She also co-hosted the Miss USA 2006 pageant with Drew Lachey, the Miss Universe 2006 pageant with Carlos Ponce, as well as the recent Miss USA 2007 pageant with Tim Vincent.

O'Dell has appeared in several movies as either herself or a generic entertainment reporter, and has also taken on other acting roles, including minor roles in the television series Charmed (Season 1 finale and season 5 premiere). O'Dell was also the host and consulting producer of the USA Network talent competition Nashville Star over its first two seasons, but made the choice to leave the show upon its move from Saturday to Tuesday because of conflicts with her Access Hollywood schedule.

On January 13, 2008, after the 65th Annual Golden Globe Awards were canceled as a result of the 2007–08 Writers Guild of America strike, O'Dell co-hosted NBC's 65th Annual Golden Globe Awards Winners Special with Access Hollywood co-anchor Billy Bush.

Personal life

On June 29, 2005, O'Dell married Keith Zubchevich, an executive for Conviva Networks. O'Dell gave birth to her first child, daughter Ashby Grace on June 11, 2007 at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles.[2] Zubchevich has two other children named Tyler and Carson.

Preceded by
Giselle Fernandezwith Larry Mendte(1996-1997) and with Pat O'Brien(1997-1999) Host of Access Hollywoodwith Pat O'Brien(1999-2004) and with Billy Bush(2004-present)
1999–present Succeeded by
incumbent