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Kelly Maria Ripa (born October 2, 1970 in
Stratford, New Jersey) is an United
States|American actor|actress. 

She currently co-hosts Live! With Regis and Kelly
(a morning talk show) and also co-stars, with
Faith Ford, in Hope and Faith (a sitcom on
American Broadcasting Company|ABC).

Acting in high school plays led to roles at local
theaters and a regular spot on the USA Network's
Dance Party USA -- an afternoon teen music
program.   She was then noticed and cast as gothic
teen turned suffering heroine, Hayley Vaughan, on
the soap opera All My Children. Starting on the
show in 1990, the character of Hayley quickly drew
a large following.  

In early 1995 her character was paired with Mark
Consuelos' character, Mateo Santos. A romance
blossomed between the castmates, with Ripa and
Consuelos eloping in 1996. Eventually, they had
three children. In a mutual decision, the couple
left All My Children.

== Self-Parody ==

On Saturday Night Live skits about Live with Regis
and Kelly, the role of Kelly Ripa is often taken
by Amy Poehler. When Ripa hosted SNL, in one skit
Poehler appeared as Ripa and Ripa as Angelina
Jolie. In another skit, Ripa spoofed the
ubiquitous hair coloring ads in which she has
appeared (in this skit, Ripa prefers Tressant
Suprème because a main ingredient is crack
cocaine, thus explaining her stereotypical "peppy"
persona).  Further in another episode she had a
brief 5 second cameo as herself in a skit about
Thailand.

She has also made fun of herself on Family Guy,
voicing herself. In the episode "Family Guy Viewer
Mail #1", Peter Griffin found a genie in a beer
bottle and his first wish was to see Kelly Ripa
behind the scenes. The genie opened a magic window
onto Ripa's Live with Regis and Kelly dressing
room, showing Ripa ripping off her human face to
show an ugly extraterrestrial|alien face, then
going to a tied-up human, removing his heart and
eating it.

==Awards==

Ripa won three Soap Opera Digest Awards for
playing Hayley on All My Children in 1996, 1998 &
2000.  She has been nominated for 8 Daytime Emmy
Awards.  Three of these nominations were for
playing Hayley on All My Children, and 5 were for
performing hosting duties alongside Regis.