Jean Trebek ( Currivan; September 8, 1963) is an American entrepreneur, philanthropist, and blogger.

Early life

Trebek was born on September 8, 1963, in Greenlawn, New York, as the second of three children in a

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family. She attended high school at

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in Greenlawn and college at Pepperdine University in

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Career

Before moving to

, Jean worked as a real estate project manager in

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. She later pursued a part-time job as a bookkeeper. She, along with

Alison Martin Alison Martin is an American character actress, writer and producer who has appeared on television, film, in podcasts and onstage. She is, along with Alex Trebek's wife Jean, the editor and co-founder of the online magazine ''insidewink''. Mar ...

, is a co-founder and blogger of "insidewink", a lighthearted lifestyle website on which she interviews various actors, spiritual leaders, and other famous personalities. On August 19, 2021, prior to the start of ''

Jeopardy! ''Jeopardy!'' is an American game show created by Merv Griffin. The show is a quiz competition that reverses the traditional question-and-answer format of many quiz shows. Rather than being given questions, contestants are instead given genera ...

'' season 38 taping, she attended the dedication of the Sony Pictures Studios sound stage Studio 10 as "The Alex Trebek Stage" (named after her late husband), alongside her two children, Matthew and Emily, Trebek's adopted daughter, Nicky Trebek, and chairman and CEO of

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Personal life

Jean was married to game show host and television personality

Alex Trebek George Alexander Trebek (; July 22, 1940 – November 8, 2020) was a Canadian-American game show host and television personality. He is best known for hosting the syndicated general knowledge quiz game show ''Jeopardy!'' for 37 season ...

from 1990 until his death in 2020. She has two children, Matthew and Emily.

Filmography

Awards

On January 7, 2020, Trebek, along with her husband

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, received the Fordham Founder's Award at

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External links

* {{IMDb name, 11244126 Living people 1963 births People from Greenlawn, New York Businesspeople from New York (state) Pepperdine University alumni