Kelly O’Donnell

Kelly O'Donnell: Biography in Details

Who is Kelly O’Donnell?

Kelly O’Donnell is an American journalist. Kelly O’Donnell is a political reporter for NBC News and Capitol Hill’s lead correspondent. She currently appears on NBC Nightly News, Today, Meets The Press, and MSNBC.

Social Media: Facebook, Instagram, Twitter

Kelly O’Donnell is active in social media. She uses Twitter and Instagram. She has over 338.2k followers on her Twitter account and 11.4k followers on her Instagram account. She does not use Facebook.

Age(58), Parents, Siblings, Family, Ethnicity, Nationality

Kelly was born on May 17, 1965, in Cleveland, Ohio, USA. Her nationality is American and she is of Irish-American ethnicity.

She is the second child of Irish immigrant parents, Josh O’ Donnell and Kristien O’ Donnell. Her father Josh was a businessman who did a lot of traveling and her mother was a dancer.

Kelly O’Donnell has an elder sister named Jenny, who also works as a journalist.

Kelly O’Donnell: Education, School/College University

Kelly O’Donnell graduated from Northwestern University in 1987 with a Bachelor of Science in Education degree. As a child, she always wanted to become an actress and thus used to take dancing classes.

Her mother was also a dancer, and she encouraged both her daughters to join dance classes, but she ended up being a journalist.

Kelly O’Donnell: Professional Life, Career

After university graduation, Kelly began her career working as a reporter and anchor at WJW TV in Cleveland, Ohio, in the 1990s.

At that time, Kelly O’Donnell worked with former NBC reporter Martin Savidge when WJW was still a CBS station in Cleveland. She was a regular panelist on The Chris Matthews Show until it was canceled.

Kelly O’Donnell served as a news anchor and substitute host on the Weekend Today program and the weekend edition of Nightly News.

Kelly O’Donnell also served as a White House correspondent for NBC News during the second term of George W. Bush.  At the end of 2007, Kelly O’Donnell was appointed as Capitol Hill Correspondent by NBC News. Since then, she has been working for NBC.

How much is the net worth of Kelly O’Donnell in 2024?

Kelly O’Donnell has a salary of $200 thousand and her net worth is estimated to be $8 million according to the sources of 2024.

Kelly O’Donnell: Rumors, Controversy/Scandal

Currently, there are no desperate rumors regarding her personal and professional life. It seems she is doing her job well without harming others and has been a straight person in her life, for which she has not been in any controversy yet.

What are the body stats of Kelly O’Donnell?

Kelly O’Donnell has a Height of 5 feet 10 inches and Weighs 65 kg.

Her hair color is brown and her eye color is blue. Her body measurement is 39-28-38 and her bra size is 36 C. She wears a dress size of 12(US) and her shoe size is unknown.

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