Giselle Fernández Biography
Giselle Fernández is a Spectrum News 1 anchor and an American television journalist. She has reported and guest-anchored for CBS Early Show, CBS Evening News, Today, and NBC Nightly News, as well as being a regular host for Access Hollywood and a contestant on Dancing with the Stars.
Giselle Fernández Age | Birthday
How old is she? She is 60 years old as of 15 May 2021. She was born in 1961 in Mexico City, Mexico, the United States of America. She celebrates her birthday every 15th of May.
Giselle Fernández Education
She attended California State University, Sacramento, where she graduated in 1982 earning her B.A. in Journalism and Government.
Giselle Fernández Nationality
The Spectrum News 1 anchor Liz is an American national and citizen by birth. She was born in Mexico City, Mexico, United State of America. She is of mixed ethnicity/heritage/ancestry.
Giselle Fernandez Height
How tall is Giselle? Giselle stands at a height of 5 feet and 12 inches (1.81 m).
Giselle Fernández Family | Parents
When he was four years old, Fernández relocated from Mexico City to East Los Angeles, California. Her Jewish mother was a Mexican folklore student, and her Catholic father was a flamenco dancer. Attempts to establish the identities of her mother and father were in vain since no information about them is available to the public. It’s therefore not known whether she has any siblings.
Is Giselle Fernandez Married? | Husband
Is Giselle Fernandez Married? While in Chicago, she met Ron Kershaw, who had previously been connected with Jessica Savitch. While the couple was engaged, Kershaw died of pancreatic and liver cancer. A month later, her father died of Alzheimer’s disease. In 2002, she married John Farrand, the former CEO of Panavision, Inc., and they have a daughter, Talei. In April of 2014, the couple divorced.
Giselle Fernandez Salary
She earns an annual salary of $67,000.
Giselle Fernandez’s Net Worth
Fernandez has an estimated net worth of $2 million.
Giselle Fernandez News 1 | CBS |Career
Where is Giselle Fernandez now? In 1983, she began her television career with KRDO-TV in Colorado Springs, Colorado, and KEYT-TV in Santa Barbara, California. In 1985, she started working for KTLA in Los Angeles as a reporter and weekend anchor. Actor Fess Parker, who lived in Santa Barbara and was a friend of the station’s news managing director at the time, suggested her to KTLA. Fernandez moved to WBBM-TV, a CBS-owned station in Chicago, two years later, and then to WCIX, a CBS-owned station in Miami, in 1989. She made headlines in Chicago in 1988 when she went boating with suspected drug dealer John Cappas and subsequently accompanied him to his arrest by federal officials.
She moved to New York City in October 1991 for her first national news job with CBS News, where she served as a journalist and backup anchor for the morning, evening, and weekend newscasts. She eventually joined NBC, where she presented Weekend Today and the Sunday edition of NBC Nightly News, as well as filling in for Brian Williams on the Saturday edition and doing numerous special reporting assignments in the US and abroad. While covering the Persian Gulf War, Fernández reported the Cuban immigration problem, riots in Haiti, the 1989 US invasion of Panama, the trial of the 1993 World Trade Center bombing conspirators, and a scud missile attack.
She was invited to conduct a rare interview with Fidel Castro, Cuba’s then-president. Fernández co-hosted Access Hollywood, an NBC entertainment news program, from 1996 to 1999. She later co-hosted the History Channel’s This Week in History show. She returned to Los Angeles and rejoined KTLA in October 2001.
In August 2003, she resigned from this role to pursue a variety of side pursuits, including directing a film and writing children’s books. Laredo Publishing Company released her book, Gigi and the Birthday Ring, in 2004. Skinny Hippo Productions is her own production firm, and she is also the co-president of F Squared Productions, where she produces film and television ideas. Spectrum Cable’s News 1 now employs Giselle.
