Amanda Kloots (born March 19, 1982) is an American television personality, dancer, actress and fitness instructor. Since 2021, she has been a co-host of the daytime talk show '' The Talk''.

Early life

Kloots is the second youngest of five children. She attended GlenOak High School in

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Career

Kloots performed as part of the ensemble in several musicals on Broadway, including ''

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''. She is a former member of the dance company

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. In 2020, Kloots launched a digital fitness brand, which includes exercise videos taught by her. That same year, she served as a guest co-host on the

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daytime talk show '' The Talk''. Kloots joined ''The Talk'' as a permanent co-host in January 2021. She released a memoir, co-authored with her sister, titled ''Live Your Life'', in June 2021. Later that year, she participated as one of the celebrities competing on

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of the competition series '' Dancing with the Stars'', ultimately placing fourth.

Personal life

Kloots was married to actor

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for six years. She was later married to actor

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from 2017 until his death in 2020; the two met while working on ''Bullets Over Broadway''. She received attention for documenting Cordero's struggle and death from

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-related complications on Instagram. The couple had a son in 2019. She lives in Los Angeles. Kloots endorsed Joe Biden in the 2020 United States presidential election.

Filmography

Theatre credits

References

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