Samantha Harris Biography
Samantha Harris is an American television presenter, model, entertainment reporter, and actress best known as the co-host of Dancing with the Stars seasons two through nine with Tom Bergeron. She worked as a correspondent for Entertainment Tonight from 2010 to 2012. She returned to the show in September 2015 as a co-anchor for the weekend edition.
How old is Samantha Harris? – Age
She is 49 years old as of 27 November 2022. She was born in 1973 in Hopkins, Minnesota, United States. Her real name is Samantha Harris Shapiro.
Samantha Harris Family – Education
Harris was the son of rock ‘n’ roll promoter Richard Harris and dancer Bonnie (née Harris) Shapiro. Her parents founded a renaissance festival known as King Richard’s Faire in 1982, which continues to operate seasonally in Carver, Massachusetts, as of 2017. She was raised in a Jewish household. She received her bachelor’s degree from Northwestern University.
Samantha Harris Husband
In 2005, Harris married Michael Hess. Harris missed the season five premiere of Dancing with the Stars after giving birth to the couple’s first daughter in 2007. Harris gave birth to the couple’s second child three years later.
Samantha Harris Net Worth
She has an estimated net worth of $6 Million.
Samantha Harris Game Show Network
Harris took over as host of Game Show Network’s Tug of Words for the second season, which premiered on November 14, 2022.
Samantha Harris E! News
She previously worked as a correspondent for E! Entertainment Television’s E! News and as the host of THS Investigates. She co-hosted the network’s live award-show coverage for the Oscars, Golden Globes, and Emmys, in addition to writing, producing, and reporting daily for E! News.
Samantha Harris Career
She has also appeared on Good Morning America as a special correspondent. Harris previously worked as a weekend co-host for the infotainment show Extra, where she interviewed hundreds of celebrities and was an anchor for the show’s Las Vegas bureau.
Her most well-known hosting gig was for Dancing with the Stars, which she shared with Tom Bergeron. She took over for Lisa Canning in 2006. Her other television appearances include Fox’s The Next Joe Millionaire and AMC Access (the short-lived spinoff of Access Hollywood produced for AMC). She also appeared as a guest co-host on The View. On May 11-15, 2009, she hosted a week of Who Wants to Be a Millionaire shows.
On January 28, 2010, Harris announced her departure from Dancing with the Stars to focus on other projects such as her correspondent duties at The Insider and Entertainment Tonight. Brooke Burke, the Season 7 champion, took over as co-host in the spring 2010 season.
Harris took over as host of Game Show Network’s Tug of Words for the second season, which premiered on November 14, 2022. D3: The Mighty Ducks, Drop Dead Gorgeous, Surviving Gilligan’s Island (in which she played actress Dawn Wells), Reefer Madness, Beautiful, and CSI: Crime Scene Investigation are among her film and television credits.In 2009, she made her Broadway debut as Roxie Hart in Chicago.
From July 7 to August 16, she appeared in the long-running musical at the Ambassador Theatre for a six-week run. Harris reprised her Broadway role as Roxie in the national tour’s Greenville, SC, stop, August 18-23, at the Peace Center.