Jillian Reynolds

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name = Jillian Reynolds


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birthname = Jillian Warry
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birthplace = Burlington, Ontario
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spouse = Grant Reynolds
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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.

Biography

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, Canada, WSVN in Miami and KTTV in Los Angeles, both Fox affiliates.

Career

Her 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 also 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 her 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 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 of 2003.

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

Personal life

Reynolds was once married (1996 - 2002) to former professional baseball player Bret Barberie, whose surname she kept until her marriage to Grant Reynolds. She 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.

Jillian married actor Grant Reynolds in a private ceremony on July 8, 2006. [cite web|url=http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,1212600,00.html|title=Jillian Barberie Gets Married|accessdate=2007-06-09|author=Marla Lehner|date=2006-07-11|publisher=People magazine] Barberie stated at the time she was legally changing her name to Jillian Reynolds, but keeping Barberie as her professional surname. [cite web
url=http://www.canada.com/topics/entertainment/television/story.html?id=5920d3c6-5460-49a3-9d66-7822e027aa04&k=83867
title=Jillian Barbarie ties the knot|accessdate=2007-06-09|date=2006-09-11|publisher=canada.com] She uses Reynolds as her name on "Fox NFL Sunday".

In December 2006, People Magazine announced that she was pregnant with her first child due July 7 almost one year to the date she married Reynolds. It was officially announced by her on the morning of December 18, 2006, during the broadcast of "Good Day L.A." [cite web|url=http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20004367,00.html|title=Skating With Celebrities' Jillian Barberie Is Pregnant|accessdate=2007-07-09|author=Lisa Ingrassia|date=2006-12-15|publisher=People] She took a three month hiatus from the show beginning June 22, 2007, and on July 9, it was announced on "Good Day L.A." that Jillian had had her baby girl, Ruby Raven Reynolds, at 5pm on Friday, July 6, 2007. She weighed 6 lbs. and 12 oz. She also attented Howard Stern's wedding. [cite web|url=http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20045094,00.html|title=Jillian Barberie Welcomes a Baby Girl|accessdate=2007-07-09|author=Lisa Ingrassia|date=2007-07-09|publisher=People]

References

External links

*imdb name|id=0053516|name=Jillian Barberie
*tvtome person|id=39290|name=Jillian Barberie
* [http://www.myfoxla.com/myfox/pages/InsideFox/Detail?contentId=10849&version=12&locale=EN-US&layoutCode=TSTY&pageId=5.3.1 KTTV Fox 11 Profile]
* [http://msn.foxsports.com/nflonfox Fox NFL Sunday Home]

Persondata
NAME = Barberie, Jillian
ALTERNATIVE NAMES = Jillian Warry, Jillian Reynolds
SHORT DESCRIPTION = actress and television hostess
DATE OF BIRTH = September 26, 1966
PLACE OF BIRTH = Burlington, Ontario, Canada
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