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American journalist and television personality Meredith Viera was born on December 30, 1953, in East Providence, Rhode Island. Meredith scored a 1330 on the SATs as a junior in high school and graduated magna cum laude from Tufts University in 1975. She was the moderator and co-host of ABC's "The View." While she was on "The View," she hosted the daytime version of "Who Wants To Be a Millionaire" and also appeared in the film "The Stepford Wives" and on the television shows "All My Children" and "The Practice." On April 6, 2006, Meredith was chosen by NBC to replace Katie Couric as the female anchor of the "Today" show. On July 14, 1986, she married Columbia University journalism professor Richard Cohen, and they have three children, Benjamin, Gabriel and Lily.
After earning a degree from Tufts University, Meredith Vieira began a career in the media with a job as a radio personality for a station in Massachusetts. She made her way to television, rising through a series of bigger and bigger local markets until she found a steady job at the network owned and operated WCBS in New York. She began appearing on television programs such as West 57th and 60 Minutes, leading to an offer to change networks from ABC. She accepted that job, becoming a regular contributor to Turning Point, a show that was canceled in 1997. Vieira landed on her feet, however, as a co-host of the Barbara Walters-hosted morning talk show The View. Her popularity rose steadily, eventually leading to a stint hosting the daytime syndicated version of Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? In 2006, she was tapped to replace Katie Couric as the host of The Today Show on NBC. Perry Seibert, All Movie Guide

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