Megyn Kelly
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Kelly in 2012
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Megyn Marie Kelly November 18, 1970 Champaign, Illinois, U.S. |
| Residence | Rye, New York |
| Other names | Megyn Kendall |
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| Employer | NBC News |
| Notable work | The Kelly File |
| Political party | Independent |
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| Children | 3 |
Megyn Marie Kelly (born November 18, 1970) is an American journalist, political commentator and former corporate defense attorney. From 2004 to 2017, she worked for Fox News, and in January 2017, joined NBC News.
From 2013 to 2017, Kelly hosted The Kelly File. She previously hosted America Live, and prior to that, co-hosted America's Newsroom with Bill Hemmer. From 2007 to 2012, the two reporters hosted Fox News Channel's New Year's Eve specials, "All American New Year". She was included in the 2014 Time list of the 100 most influential people.
Kelly was born in Champaign, Illinois, to Edward Kelly, who taught education at the State University of New York at Albany, and Linda (née DeMaio), a homemaker. She is of Italian and German descent on her mother's side and Irish descent on her father's. Kelly's father died of a heart attack when she was 15 years old.
Kelly attended Tecumseh Elementary School, in DeWitt, New York. At age 9, her family moved to the Albany, New York, suburb of Delmar, where she attended Bethlehem Central High School. She obtained an undergraduate degree in political science from Syracuse University in 1992 and earned a J.D. from Albany Law School in 1995.
Kelly was an associate in the Chicago office of law firm Bickel & Brewer LLP, during which time she co-wrote an article for the American Bar Association's journal, Litigation, called "The Conflicting Roles of Lawyer as Director". She later joined Jones Day for nine years, where one of her clients was the credit bureau Experian.
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