Sara Haines | |
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![]() Haines at the Charleston Air Force Base in 2013 | |
Born | Sara Hilary Haines September 18, 1977 Newton, Iowa, U.S. |
Alma mater | Smith College (BA) |
Occupation(s) | Television host, journalist |
Known for | The View , Good Morning America , Today |
Spouse | Max Shifrin (m. 2014) |
Children | 3 |
Sara Hilary Haines [1] [2] (born September 18, 1977) [3] is an American television host and journalist. She is known as one of the co-hosts of the ABC daytime talk shows The View and Strahan, Sara and Keke and the host of the game show The Chase . For her work on the first two series, she received Daytime Emmy Award nominations. She has also worked as a correspondent on Today , ABC News , and Good Morning America .
Haines was born in Newton, Iowa, [2] and raised there with her three siblings. [4] She attended Smith College in Northampton, Massachusetts, where she received a Bachelor of Arts degree in government in 2000. [5] At Smith, Haines played basketball and volleyball. [6] [7]
Haines began her career in the NBC Page Program. [5] After nine months in the program, [7] she became the production coordinator for NBC's Today at Rockefeller Center in 2002. [4] [8] In 2009, Haines became the show's fourth-hour's contributing correspondent until departing in 2013. [8]
In 2013, Haines became an ABC News correspondent as well as the pop news anchor for the weekend editions of Good Morning America . [9] After multiple appearances as a guest co-host, Haines joined The View as a permanent co-host in the show's 20th season, which premiered on September 6, 2016. [10] On July 23, 2018, ABC announced that she would not return to The View for season 22 and that she would co-host GMA Day, later renamed Strahan and Sara, with Michael Strahan. [11] [12] Haines made her final appearance as a co-host during the 21st season's penultimate episode on August 2. [13]
Haines's debuted as co-host of GMA Day during the series premiere on September 10, 2018. [14] In August 2019, the program was renamed GMA3: Strahan, Sara and Keke, with the addition of Keke Palmer as a third co-host. [15] Haines returned to The View as a frequent guest co-host in 2020. [16] Following the reformatting of GMA3 that same year, Haines permanently returned to The View for its 24th season. [17] In November 2020, it was reported that Haines would host a revival of The Chase on ABC. The series premiered in January 2021. [18] She made an appearance as herself in the second episode of the Disney+ superhero series The Falcon and the Winter Soldier , interviewing the character John Walker about his role as the new Captain America. [19]
On her birthday in 2022, in appreciation of her accomplishments as a journalist and TV host, Newton's mayor Mike Hanson proclaimed September 18 as "Sara Haines Day" in Newton, Iowa. [20]
Haines married attorney Max Shifrin in November 2014 after initially meeting online. [21] The couple resides in New Jersey. [22] Their first child was born in March 2016, [23] followed by their second in December 2017, [24] and their third in June 2019. [25] Sara Haines had postpartum depression following the birth of her first child, which lasted approximately a year. [26]
Haines grew up in what she describes as a "conservative household" and identifies as a "left-leaning moderate". [27] [28]
Year | Award | Category | Result | Ref. |
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2017 | Daytime Emmy Awards | Outstanding Entertainment Talk Show Host for The View (shared with Joy Behar, Jedediah Bila, Candace Cameron Bure, Paula Faris, Whoopi Goldberg, Sunny Hostin, and Raven-Symoné) | Nominated | [29] |
2018 | Outstanding Entertainment Talk Show Host for The View (shared with Joy Behar, Jedediah Bila, Paula Faris, Whoopi Goldberg, Sunny Hostin, and Meghan McCain) | Nominated | [30] | |
2019 | Outstanding Entertainment Talk Show Host for The View (shared with Joy Behar, Whoopi Goldberg, Sunny Hostin, Abby Huntsman, and Meghan McCain) | Nominated | [31] | |
2020 | Outstanding Entertainment Talk Show Host for GMA3 (shared with Keke Palmer and Michael Strahan) | Nominated | [32] | |
2022 | Outstanding Informative Talk Show Host for The View (shared with Joy Behar, Whoopi Goldberg, Sunny Hostin, Meghan McCain, and Ana Navarro) | Nominated | [33] | |
2024 | Outstanding Daytime Talk Series Host (shared with Joy Behar, Whoopi Goldberg, Alyssa Farah Griffin, Sunny Hostin, and Ana Navarro) | Nominated | [34] | |
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