Karyn Bryant

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Karyn Bryant
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Born
Karyn Elaine Bryant

(1968-12-23) December 23, 1968 (age 54)
Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Occupation(s)Actress, writer, television personality
Notable credit(s) CNN anchor, MTV VJ, Showtime Championship Boxing Commentator
Spouse
Wade Eck
(m. 2001;div. 2021)
Children1
Website www.karynbryant.com

Karyn Elaine Bryant (born December 23, 1968) is an American actress, writer, and television personality.

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Early life

Bryant was born and raised in Boston, Massachusetts. While in Massachusetts, she completed secondary school at Lawrence Academy at Groton, and received a Bachelor's Degree [1] from Brown University with concentrations in political science and sociology. She is of Jamaican descent. [2]

Career

Bryant's love of music led to her first television job [1] in 1990, as an MTV VJ. She later hosted a live, daily music program on FX called Sound fX alongside Matt Ostrom and Orlando Jones. Jeff Probst replaced Jones toward the end of the show's run.

Bryant was chosen by TNT to host a series of entertainment vignettes called Rough Cut. The success of the vignettes prompted TNT to turn Rough Cut into a weekly television series hosted and written by Bryant. This marked the beginning of Bryant's professional relationship with Turner Broadcasting. TBS soon launched the wraparound series Movies, For Guys Who Like Movies , allowing Bryant to drive a U.S. Naval LCAC hovercraft, train with Marine snipers and engage in other activities. Lorne Michaels later picked Bryant to host his new daily VH1 game show, Name That Video in 2001; Bryant filmed 50 episodes.

After a brief stint hosting CNN's Talk Back Live , Bryant was chosen to co-anchor CNN's revamped Showbiz Tonight in 2004. [3]

Bryant, a Patriots and Red Sox fan, joined ESPN for their first live New Years Eve show as the countdown to 2006 began. That year, Bryant joined the Showtime Championship Boxing announcer team with Steve Albert, Al Bernstein and Jim Gray. In May 2008, Bryant was invited by CBS to join their Elite Xtreme Combat announcer team [4] for their new primetime mixed martial arts programming, debuting mixed martial arts for the first time on primetime network television May 31, 2008. [5] Bryant also co-owns MMAheat.com which covers most mixed martial arts sporting events. MMA H.E.A.T. (the show) [6] is a half-hour sports and entertainment podcast that Bryant writes and anchors ("H.E.A.T." stands for "Heart. Endurance. Aggression. Technique."). As of the end or 2018 she co-hosted most of the UFC Pre and Post shows on ESPN. [7]

TV appearances

Hosting

Recurring roles

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