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Maria Ripa (born October 2, 1970 in Stratford, New Jersey)
is an American actress.
She currently co-hosts (and also is
co-executive producer) of Live! With Regis and Kelly
(a morning talk show) and also co-stars, with Faith
Ford, in Hope and Faith (a sitcom on ABC).
Acting in high school plays led to
roles at local theaters and a regular spot on the
USA Network's Dance Party USA -- an afternoon teen
music program. She was then noticed and cast as gothic
teen turned suffering heroine, Hayley Vaughan, on
the soap opera All My Children. Starting on the show
in 1990, the character of Hayley quickly drew a large
following.
In early 1995 her character was paired
with Mark Consuelos' character, Mateo Santos. A romance
blossomed between the castmates, with Ripa and Consuelos
eloping in 1996. Eventually, they had three children.
In a mutual decision, the couple left All My Children.
Self-Parody
On Saturday Night Live skits about Live with Regis
and Kelly, the role of Kelly Ripa is often taken by
Amy Poehler. When Ripa hosted SNL, in one skit Poehler
appeared as Ripa and Ripa as Angelina Jolie. In another
skit, Ripa spoofed the ubiquitous hair coloring ads
in which she has appeared (in this skit, Ripa prefers
Tressant Suprème because a main ingredient
is crack cocaine, thus explaining her stereotypical
"peppy" persona). Further in another episode
she had a brief 5 second cameo as herself in a skit
about Thailand.
She has also made fun of herself on
Family Guy, voicing herself. In the episode "Family
Guy Viewer Mail #1", Peter Griffin found a genie
in a beer bottle and his first wish was to see Kelly
Ripa behind the scenes. The genie opened a magic window
onto Ripa's Live with Regis and Kelly dressing room,
showing Ripa ripping off her human face to show an
ugly alien face, then going to a tied-up human, removing
his heart and eating it.
Awards
Ripa won three Soap Opera Digest Awards for playing
Hayley on All My Children in 1996, 1998 & 2000.
She has been nominated for 8 Daytime Emmy Awards.
Three of these nominations were for playing Hayley
on All My Children, and 5 were for performing hosting
duties alongside Regis.
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