Kathie Lee Gifford is the four-time Emmy award winning former co-host of the fourth hour of “TODAY,” alongside Hoda Kotb. After 11 years together, Gifford recently stepped down from that role to pursue other creative endeavors. The Gifford- Kotb hour had been hailed as “appointment television” by Entertainment Weekly, and “TODAY’s happy hour” by USA Today.
Prior to NBC News, Gifford served as the co-host of “Live with Regis and Kathie Lee” for 15 years, where she received 11 Emmy nominations. In 2015 Gifford was inducted into the Broadcast & Cable Hall of Fame. She has been chosen to receive a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 2020.
A playwright, producer, singer, songwriter and actress, Gifford has starred in numerous television programs and movies in her 45-year career. She has her own record label and has written several musicals including Broadway’s Scandalous, which received a Tony nomination for Best Actress in 2012. Gifford also starred on Broadway in Putting it Together and Annie. In the fall of 2018, she wrapped post production on Then Came You, a film she has written, produced and starred in alongside Craig Ferguson. She co-wrote the score with Brett James. In April of this year she made her directorial debut with The God Who Sees short film, shot in Israel and based on a song she co-wrote with Grammy-nominated Nicole C. Mullen. The song is currently nominated for a Dove award.
Gifford authored four New York Times bestselling books including The Rock, The Road and the Rabbi, Just When I Thought I’d Dropped My Last Egg, I Can’t Believe I Said That, and the popular children’s book Party Animals. In October of 2018, she released the children’s book, The Gift That I Can Give with all proceeds going to Childhelp. She also launched GIFFT, a line of wine with the Scheid Family Vineyards in Monterey, CA.
Gifford lends support to numerous children’s organizations including Childhelp, the International Justice Mission, and the Association to Benefit Children, which spawned Cassidy’s Place and Cody House, named after her two children. She received an honorary degree from Marymount University for her humanitarian work in labor relations.
Gifford is on Twitter and Instagram at @KathieLGifford.
