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Soledad O'Brien

Highest Rated: 100% The Rebellious Life of Mrs. Rosa Parks (2022)

Lowest Rated: 100% The Rebellious Life of Mrs. Rosa Parks (2022)

Birthday: Sep 19, 1966

Birthplace: St. James, New York, USA

Soledad O'Brien was an American journalist and producer who became one of the most trusted faces in news during the late '90s and early 21st century. Born on September 19, 1966 in St. James, NY, O'Brien was the fifth of six children born to Edward O'Brien, an Australian-born mechanical engineering professor at SUNY Stony Brook, and Estela O'Brien, a French and English teacher of Afro-Cuban descent. O'Brien graduated from Smithtown High School East in Long Island in 1984, and attended Harvard-Radcliffe College, studying journalism. She left school shortly before she was scheduled to graduate, taking her first jobs as an associate producer and news writer at WBZ-TV, Boston's NBC affiliate, in 1988 (she would eventually go back to Harvard and receive her degree in 2000). O'Brien joined NBC News in New York City in 1991, working as a field producer for the Nightly News and Weekend Today for two years, before taking a job as a local reporter and bureau chief for KRON, San Francisco's NBC affiliate, in 1993. Around 1996, MSNBC decided that they needed to take advantage of the dot com boom, and offered O'Brien a job anchoring their weekend morning show, as well as the technology program The Site. She held down this position until 1999, when she returned to NBC to co-anchor the program Weekend Today with David Bloom. During this time, O'Brien also acted as a contributor for "The Today Show" (NBC, 1952-) and the weekend edition of "NBC Nightly News" (NBC, 1970-). She covered events ranging from JFK Jr.'s fatal plane crash to the Columbine massacre. After four years in this position, O'Brien once again moved on, becoming co-anchor on CNN's "American Morning" (CNN, 2001-2011) in 2003. She made a name for herself on the network with her incisive coverage of Hurricane Katrina and its aftermath, especially her interview of disgraced FEMA chief Michael Brown. After "American Morning" was cancelled by CNN, O'Brien was offered a lead anchor position on a new program, "Starting Point" (CNN, 2012-13). She would host this program for a year, before announcing on February 21, 2013, that she was leaving CNN to start a production company, Starfish Media Group, alongside her husband, investment banker Brad Raymond. That same year, Starfish Media Group signed a first-look rights development deal with HBO, and O'Brien became a correspondent on "Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel" (HBO, 1995-). She continued her work on that show when she began her own news show, "Matter of Fact with Soledad O'Brien" (A&E, 2016-). O'Brien also served as a prominent critic of President Donald Trump on social media during his time in office.

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Highest rated movies

100% 100% The Rebellious Life of Mrs. Rosa Parks
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40% O.J. Simpson: The Lost Confession?
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Filmography

Movies

Credit
100% 100% The Rebellious Life of Mrs. Rosa Parks Executive Producer - 2022
No Score Yet No Score Yet Surviving R. Kelly: The Impact Host - 2019
No Score Yet 40% O.J. Simpson: The Lost Confession? Self - 2018

TV

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100% 77% Quiet on Set: The Dark Side of Kids TV Host 2024
No Score Yet No Score Yet REAL Sports With Bryant Gumbel Unknown (Character),
Correspondent
2013 2017-2023
No Score Yet No Score Yet 60 Days In Unknown (Guest Star),
Host
2017-2018 2022
100% 33% Black and Missing Executive Producer 2021
No Score Yet No Score Yet Antiques Roadshow Guest 2021
No Score Yet 55% The Kelly Clarkson Show Guest 2021
No Score Yet No Score Yet Wilmore Guest 2020
No Score Yet No Score Yet Tooning Out the News Guest 2020
No Score Yet No Score Yet Real Time With Bill Maher Guest 2012 2018 2020
No Score Yet No Score Yet Finding Your Roots Guest 2016 2020
No Score Yet No Score Yet Mysteries & Scandals Host 2018-2019
No Score Yet 61% Late Night With Seth Meyers Guest 2018
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Talk Guest,
Host
2011 2018
84% 79% Animals. Unknown (Guest Voice) 2018
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Turpin 13: Family Secrets Exposed Host 2018
No Score Yet No Score Yet Desus & Mero Guest 2017-2018
No Score Yet No Score Yet Totally Biased With W. Kamau Bell Guest 2013
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Wendy Williams Show Guest 2013
77% 76% House of Cards Unknown (Guest Star) 2013
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Nate Berkus Show Guest 2012
No Score Yet No Score Yet Roadtrip Nation Guest 2011
No Score Yet No Score Yet Rachael Ray Guest 2006
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Daily Show Guest 2003