Jillian Barberie
| Jillian Barberie | |
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Barberie in 2006
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| Born |
Jillian Marie Warry September 26, 1966 Burlington, Ontario, Canada |
| Other names | Jillian Reynolds |
| Citizenship | Canadian (by birth); American (naturalized) |
| Occupation | Actress, television hostess, sportscaster |
| Years active | 1993–present |
| Spouse(s) |
Bret Barberie (m. 1996; div. 2002) Grant Reynolds (m. 2006; div. 2014) |
| Children | 2 |
| Website | www |
Jillian Marie Barberie (née Warry; born September 26, 1966) is a Canadian-born American actress, television hostess, and radio personality who currently co-hosts Mid-Day LA on TalkRadio 790 KABC in Los Angeles. From 1995 to 2012 she was a co-host on the popular Los Angeles morning show Good Day L.A. Concurrently, from 2000 to 2005, she appeared on Fox Sports as the weatherperson for Fox NFL Sunday. From 2006 to 2013, she was known as Jillian Reynolds by marriage.
Barberie was born Jillian Warry in Burlington, Ontario after being adopted soon after her birth. Later in life after finding her biological parents she learned she was born to a native Irish mother and native Lithuanian father who had both immigrated to Canada and later went on to marry and raise Jillian's two sisters. She went to Assumption Catholic Secondary School and then went on to graduate from Mohawk College in Hamilton, Ontario, with a diploma from its two-year program in broadcast journalism. After completing her diploma, she worked for several other of television stations, including The Weather Network in Montreal, Quebec, WSVN in Miami and KTTV in Los Angeles (WSVN and KTTV are Fox affiliates).
Barberie's screen presence has earned her roles on several television dramas including Clueless, V.I.P. and Melrose Place, as well as comedic turns on the sitcom Yes, Dear and the Fox sketch comedy series MADtv. She hosted the reality television show EX-treme Dating. In 2000, she was hired to present the national weather segment of Fox Sports Fox NFL Sunday pregame show, working opposite James Brown, Howie Long and Terry Bradshaw. As a result of her scratchy gravel-laced voice and affable "one of the guys" on-camera personality, she became a national figure and earned significant fan interest in the male-dominated sports demographic, and several spots for Prestone antifreeze that aired during NFL game broadcasts.
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