Teresa Strasser
| Teresa Strasser | |
|---|---|
| Born |
Teresa Lynn Strasser June 8, 1970 Panorama City, California, US |
| Residence | Los Angeles |
| Occupation | Radio personality, television personality, writer |
| Years active | 1997–present |
| Employer | KABC Radio |
| Known for | The Adam Carolla Show, While You Were Out |
| Height | 5 ft 6 in (168 cm) |
| Spouse(s) | Daniel Wachinski (m. 2008) |
| Website | TeresaStrasser |
Teresa Lynn Strasser (born June 8, 1970) is an American writer and television personality known for hosting the first season of the home makeover show While You Were Out on TLC. She also co-hosted The Adam Carolla Show.
Strasser grew up in San Francisco, with her mother. She attended Lick-Wilmerding High School on a low-income scholarship. She went on to study journalism at New York University.
Teresa attended Anorexia Anonymous for more than seven years.
Strasser married Daniel Wachinski, an IBM accountant, in a small ceremony at the Venetian in Las Vegas, Nevada, on June 25, 2008. The couple's first baby, a boy named Nathaniel "Buster" James, was born on September 24, 2009. Her second son, Andrew, was born in 2012.
She currently lives in Phoenix where she hosts syndicated entertainment show, "The List,” for which she won a 2015 Emmy Award for Best Host.
Strasser began writing for Win Ben Stein's Money in 1997, winning a Daytime Emmy Award, and also had several small film roles and writing jobs, including a writing credit for Who Wants to Be a Millionaire.
In 2002, Strasser hosted fifty episodes of While You Were Out when former host Anna Bocci left the show. Strasser had previously served as a writer for the show. She did not consider herself handy, but she compensated with her dark sense of humor and empathy, as she cried after several renovations. Strasser left the show after one season.
Strasser replaced Rachel Perry on The Adam Carolla Show on May 8, 2006, as the news anchor for the radio program She had previously served as a fill-in before Perry officially left the show. In 2010, she left the show when taping was moved to nighttime, which caused a scheduling conflict. She was replaced by "radio co-host and News Girl," Alison Rosen.
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