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Valentyne at Breakfast Television Viewer Appreciation Day 2008
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Born | May 31, 1967 |
Occupation | Television personality |
Spouse(s) | Greg Valentyne |
Website | www.jennifervalentyne.com |
Jennifer Elizabeth Valentyne (née Peck, born May 31, 1967) is a Canadian television personality. Her longest running role was on Breakfast Television in Toronto, where she hosted the "Live Eye" and was the stand in co-host. As of fall 2016, she is the host of The Bachelor & Bachelorette Canada After Show on W Network and a co-host on Derringer in the Morning on Q107 in Toronto.
Valentyne graduated from David and Mary Thomson Collegiate Institute and earned a Radio and Television Broadcasting Diploma from Toronto's Centennial College. She began work at City Toronto in 1987, as an intern and then a graphics operator with MuchMusic. In the early 1990s she appeared occasionally as "The Prize Queen" on Speakers Corner and hosted 30-second spots called "MuchHappenings". In 1992 she became a regular as the "Singing Weathergirl" on Breakfast Television, where she worked doing "Live Eye" segments and as a fill-in co-host until her position was eliminated in April 2016.
She is a former Toronto Argonauts cheerleader and has posed as the Toronto Sun's Sunshine Girl. She is also a singer-songwriter. She sings jazz standards and originals; she sings on BT Holiday Favourites, a CD released by City Toronto in 2007.
In fall 2016 she became the host of The Bachelor & Bachelorette Canada After Show on W Network, and since February 2017 she has also been a co-host on Derringer in the Morning on Q107.
She is married to Greg Valentyne, a freelance producer/camera operator and founder of Heroes Beer. They have two children, Jackson and Georgia Valentyne.