Nancy O'Dell
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Nancy O'Dell on Olive Coco TV in 2011
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Nancy Evelyn Humphries February 25, 1966 Sumter, South Carolina, U.S. |
| Education | Clemson University |
| Occupation | Television journalist and personality |
| Notable credit(s) | Access Hollywood, Entertainment Tonight |
| Home town | Myrtle Beach, South Carolina |
| Title | Miss South Carolina 1987 |
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| Children | Ashby Grace Zubchevich |
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| Website | www |
Nancy O'Dell (born Nancy Evelyn Humphries; February 25, 1966) is an American television host and entertainment journalist. She is co-anchor of the syndicated entertainment news show Entertainment Tonight, having joined the show on January 3, 2011. In May 2013, she received an Honorary Doctorate of Humanities from Clemson University.
O'Dell was born in Sumter, South Carolina, and moved to Myrtle Beach as an infant. She has one sister. After her 1984 graduation from the now defunct Coastal Academy High School, she graduated with a summa cum laude bachelor's degree in marketing from Clemson University in 1990. At Clemson, O'Dell joined Kappa Kappa Gamma. She won the Miss South Carolina pageant in 1987, and represented the state at Miss America 1988, where she won a preliminary swimsuit award. In 1990, in the Miss South Carolina USA pageant, she finished 1st runner-up to Gina Tolleson, who became the 1st runner up in Miss USA 1990 before winning Miss World that year.
O'Dell began her broadcast career as a reporter and anchor at WPDE-TV in her home town of Myrtle Beach, South Carolina. She later worked as morning news anchor and crime reporter at WCBD-TV in Charleston, South Carolina. While there, her reports on the lenient police approach to DUI cases led to a State Law Enforcement Division investigation that resulted in authorities issuing more stringent directive for such cases. She was honored by the Associated Press with the Best Report of the Year Award (all media, South Carolina). In 1993, she joined NBC's WTVJ in Miami, co-anchoring the 5:30 pm news with Jackie Nespral. O'Dell left that station in 1995 to move to Las Vegas with her first husband. There she worked as an entertainment reporter for the nationally syndicated tabloid show A Current Affair until the show ended in 1996.
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