I'm not a prettier everywoman. I am an everywoman that they clean up awfully well for T.V.
In some ways, her life is so much worse that everybody else's, people feel almost cheered up and inspired. They feel like, 'If Hayley hasn't killed herself, why should I?'
We are born into them, marry into them, even create them among the people we love. They come large and extended... or small and nuclear. But whatever their size or wherever they live, strong families give us the nurturance and strength we need in order to survive.
Baseball's in my blood... I've found out the last couple of years I've got a big interest in teaching baseball.
Kelly is currently shooting On*Star commericals because of her frequent reference to them on Live.
Kelly's winter vacation getaway is Nevis, an island in the Carribean that is often paired with St. Kitts.
There was a recorded tribute to Steve Irwin played during his memorial from Kelly Ripa.
In 2000 she won a Soap Opera Digest Award for Outstanding Younger Leading Actress, All My Children.
In 1996 she won a Soap Opera Digest Award for Outstanding Younger Leading Actress, All My Children
After jokingly making a comment about not ever being asked to be on the cover of Maxim magazine, she was offerred a cover, and turned it down.
Kelly has a nickname of Brown Sugar.
She is an avid Boxing fan and loves the show The Contender.
Kelly has hosted SNL.
Kelly's E!True Hollywood Story premiered on the E! Channel on Sunday, August 6, 2006.
Kelly's shoe size is 7.
She and husband, Mark, attended Star Jones' wedding to Al Reynolds.
In early 1995 Kelly's character was paired with Mark Consuelos' character, Mateo Santos. A romance blossomed between the castmates, with Ripa and Consuelos eloping in 1996.
She often vacations in the Hamptons with her family.
Has been named one of "The 50 Most Beautiful People" on several occasions.
Kelly is a New York Mets fan.
Regis refers to Kelly as "Pipa."
Kelly has been a producer for episodes of Live, Saturday Night Live, Jimmy Kimmel Live and Something You Should Know: The Duran Duran Fan Documentary.
Kelly is currently filming the animated movie Fly Me to the Moon.
Her father, Joe, was sworn in on January 6, 2004 as the County Freeholder for Camden County in the state of New Jersey. The ceremony took place at the Scottish Rites Auditorium in the New Jersey city of Collingswood.
Kelly regularly chooses to host entire episodes of Live barefoot.
Announced on St. Patrick's Day, March 17, 2006 that she is 3/4 Italian and 1/4 Irish. Her father is full Italian American and her mother is Italian and Irish American.
Kelly was #81 on "FHM's Annual List of 100 Sexiest Women" in 2006. The year before, 2005, she was #85.
Kelly was a bridesmaid at General Hospital star, Laura Wright's wedding; Kelly was once Laura's roommate.
Kelly was recognized and awarded as one of Glamour's 2004 Women of the Year, the award was given to her by her former All My Children co-star and good friend Sarah Michelle Geller
Kelly recently purchased a beautiful $3 million home in Bridgehampton, NY.
Kelly loves Peppermint Altoids.
Kelly loves her fans!
Kelly eats a BLT sandwich almost everyday, after Live With Regis and Kelly.
Eye color: blue
A special achievement for Kelly was being named "Best Actress" in 1999 by the New York City Independent Film Festival, for her work in the feature film, The Stand-In.
Her father, Joe, a labor union president, and her mother, Esther, a homemaker, eventually moved to Berlin, New Jersey, where Kelly grew up with younger sister, Linda, now a children's book author.
Kelly, is the first in her family to enter the acting profession. She studied ballet since age three, plays the piano and, in her words, is "no Barbra Streisand", but can carry a tune.
Named one of E!'s "Top 20 Entertainers of 2001."
She has also said: "I had already been married five times on the show. The last thing I wanted was a big wedding." She was referring to her five marriages on All My Children and her real life marriage to Mark Consuelos.
She was discovered by her current manager, Cathy Parker, while acting in her high school senior play, The Ugly Duckling.
During the 1980's when Kelly appeared on Dance Party USA her career goal was to be a newscaster, and she often did Dance Party USA cast news reports.
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