Ann Curry

Ann Curry: Biography in Details

Who is Ann Curry?

Ann Curry is an American journalist and photojournalist. People mostly know her for reporting on the wars in Syria, Darfur, Congo, Lebanon, Israel, Afghanistan, and Kosovo among others.

Additionally, from 2005 to 2011, she was the anchor of ‘Dateline NBC.’

Ann Curry: Age, Parents, Siblings, Ethnicity, Education

Curry was born in Guam on November 19, 1956. She was born to parents Hiroe Nagase and Robert Paul “Bob” Curry. Her parents met when her father worked as a streetcar conductor.

Additionally, she is the eldest of five children. Throughout her childhood years, she lived in Japan. She is of American nationality. Furthermore, she belongs to a mixed ethnic background of English, Irish, Scottish, German, and Japanese.

Talking about her education, Curry attended the Ernest J. King School. In addition, she graduated from Ashland High School. She also received a  B.A. in journalism from the University of Oregon in 1978.

Is Ann Curry active on social media?

Curry is active over social media. She has a huge number of followers on social networking sites like Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter.

She has more than 1.52M followers on Twitter. Additionally, she has over 55.1k followers on Instagram. Similarly, her Facebook page has more than 2.9k followers.

Ann Curry: Career, Salary, Net Worth

Ann Curry initially began her career in broadcasting in 1978 as an intern at KTVL in Medford, Oregon. Additionally, she later moved to NBC affiliate KGW  in 1980. Eventually, she moved to Los Angeles as a reporter for KCBS-TV. She joined NBC News in 1990 as a correspondent.

In addition, she was the news anchor at ‘Today’ from 1997 to 2011. During her time there, Ann covered several major international stories from Baghdad, Sri Lanka, Congo, and Darfur. On July 7, 2007, she hosted NBC’s primetime coverage and highlights of the Live Earth concerts.

Curry interviewed then-President of Iran Mahmoud Ahmadinejad in 2009. Additionally, she also appeared in the first PBS Kids Sprout ‘Kindness Counts’ in 2011. She announced that she was leaving ‘Today’ on June 28, 2012.

More recently, Ann returned to television with her six-part PBS series, ‘We’ll Meet Again’ in January 2018. Furthermore, on January 23, 2018, she appeared on ‘The View’ as a guest co-host.

Curry won the Daytime Emmy Award in 2007. Additionally, she has also won the News & Documentary Emmy Award. All in all, she has 3 wins and 18 nominations to date.

Curry has not revealed her current salary. However, she has an estimated net worth of around $10 million as of 2022.

Ann Curry: Rumors, Controversies/Scandal

Curry’s departure from ‘Today’ was controversial. Additionally, she also made the news in January 2018 after she had to make comments about Matt Lauer and his scandals.

Furthermore, at present, there are no rumors concerning Curry and her career.

What are the body features of Ann Curry?

Talking about her body measurement, Ann Curry has a height of 5 feet 6 inches (1.68 m). Additionally, she weighs around 55 kg. She has a body measurement of 35-24-35 inches.

Furthermore, her hair color is black and her eye color is dark brown.

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