Kinga Philipps Biography
Kinga Philipps is a journalist and actress from Poland. She has worked as a correspondent for a number of networks. She has appeared in a variety of television shows, including The West Wing, Cold Case, According to Jim, Eleventh Hour, NCIS: Los Angeles, Perception, and Scandal.
Kinga Philipps Age
She was born Kinga Szpakiewicz on 16 August 1976, in Warsaw, Poland. Kinga is 47 years old as of August 2023.
Kinga Philipps Height
Kinga stands at a height of 5′ 6″ (1.68 m) tall.
Kinga Philipps Family- Education
Philipps was born Kinga Szpakiewicz in Warsaw, Poland, and raised in Bartlesville, Oklahoma. She is an Oklahoma State University graduate.
Kinga Philipps Career
She has appeared in a variety of television shows, including The West Wing, Cold Case, According to Jim, Eleventh Hour, NCIS: Los Angeles, Perception, and Scandal. She has also appeared in Tomcats, Torque, 20 Feet Below, The Darkness Descending, and several Lifetime films. She can be seen as Austin Powers’ mother in the 2002 film Austin Powers in Goldmember, where she and an infant Powers are blown up in the family car by enemy agents in a flashback. Philipps was one of the original hosts of Al Gore’s Current TV network. She used to host Google Current, a daily comedic look at what people are searching for online.
She went on to host Yahoo Current Driver and Yahoo Current Traveler, two shows produced as a result of Current’s collaboration with Yahoo. Philipps also covered hard news for Current’s Vanguard division and provided in-studio coverage for the network. Philipps covered Current’s Emmy win for Best Interactive Television Service in 2007 with a pod titled “Kinga Goes to the Emmys.” Philipps joined Syfy’s new show Legend Quest in 2011. Legend Quest is a fast-paced action-adventure series that follows symbologist and archeological explorer Ashley Cowie as he travels the world with his field producer (Philipps) and their team in search of some of history’s most enigmatic artifacts.
The National Geographic Channel series America’s Lost Treasures, hosted by Kinga Philipps and Curt Doussett, premiered on July 4, 2012. Thom Beers and Original Productions’ 10-part series travels the country looking for hidden links to America’s past. She appeared in 20 Feet Below: The Darkness Descending in 2013. At the 2013 Action On Film International Film Festival, Kinga won Best Actress for her role in the film. Since 2013, Kinga has hosted the Travel Channel shows The Wild Side With Kinga Philipps and Real. She also contributes to The Trip, the Travel Channel’s annual special. The Travel Channel’s Real: Malibu won a silver Telly Award in 2015.
Kinga is a co-founder of Rebel Belle Productions, which produces inspiring scripted and unscripted content in the areas of adventure travel, history, anthropology, and cuisine. As a travel writer, Kinga contributes to publications such as Wandermelon, The Wayward Post, and Real Clear Life. Kinga is the host of the new television series Finding Adventure on Roku and Fire TV.
Kinga Philipps Net Worth
Kinga has an estimated net worth of 1 million dollars.