Here is Samantha Harris' biography:
Samantha Harris is a seasoned entertainment news journalist and two-time Emmy-nominated TV personality. She is currently a correspondent on the world's #1 entertainment news program, Entertainment Tonight.
Harris is best known for her eight seasons as a co-host of the live ABC hit, Dancing with the Stars, which averaged more than 30 million viewers weekly and was the #2 most-watched show in the U.S. in each of those years. She also pulled double hosting duty as a panelist and correspondent on the entertainment news program, CBS Television Distribution's The Insider.
In her first year with The Insider, Harris covered President Barack Obama's inauguration in Washington, D.C., surfed the North Coast of Oahu during an interview with 19-year-old surfing champion Bethany Hamilton, and interviewed Oprah Winfrey in Chicago and Olympic skater Nancy Kerrigan in LA.
Additionally, Harris made her Broadway debut in summer 2009 in New York City, singing and dancing for sold-out audiences, playing the iconic role of "Roxie Hart" in the long-running musical, "Chicago".
Harris has been seen on a myriad of TV shows, including filling in for Meredith Vieira as a guest host on Who Wants to Be a Millionaire, multiple times as a guest host on ABC's The View, contributing as a special correspondent on ABC's Good Morning America, and hosting the live official red carpet pre-show for ABC's 80th Annual Academy Awards: Oscar's Red Carpet 2008 with Regis Philbin.
Harris has also worked on E! Entertainment Television, reporting from inside San Quentin Penitentiary as host for E!'s "THS Investigates", and co-hosting the network's live award-show coverage for the Oscars, Golden Globes, and Emmys.
Prior to her work on The Insider and E!, Harris served as the weekend co-host and full-time correspondent for the nationally syndicated entertainment news magazine, Extra.
Harris' triple-threat talents were noticed within her first years living in Los Angeles, and she has been featured on the covers of various magazines, including Muscle & Fitness HERS, USA Today, FIRST, Fit Parent, Shape, People, Health, and Self.
Samantha is actively involved in various charities, including the Entertainment Council of Feeding America, the Revlon Run/Walk, and What A Pair for cancer research.
In 2009, Harris was given the honor of making her Wall Street debut by "Ringing The Bell" to open trading at the New York Stock Exchange in front of a television audience of more than 120 million.
Born and raised in Hopkins, MN, Harris graduated with honors from Northwestern University's Medill School of Journalism in Evanston, IL. She currently resides in Los Angeles, CA, with her husband, Michael Hess, and their two daughters, Josselyn Hess and Hillary Hess.
