Marla Christine Tellez is an American news anchor for

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Early life and education

Tellez was born in

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and raised in

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. She earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in political science from

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in 1998.

Career

She studied

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. Prior to being an anchor in Los Angeles, Tellez was an anchor for

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news, the local NBC news in

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. Prior to that, she was a producer and correspondent for CBS in San Francisco, and had also previously been an anchor at

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. During her tenure in New Mexico, she appeared in an episode of the hit show ''

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'' as a news anchor. Tellez joined the cast of ''

Good Day L.A. ''Good Day L.A.'' is an American morning television news and entertainment program airing on KTTV (channel 11), a Fox owned-and-operated television station in Los Angeles, California, owned by the Fox Television Stations subsidiary of Fox Corpo ...

'' in January 2014 as a news anchor. She was re-assigned to KTTV's early morning news program as co-anchor with Tony McEwing in late-May of that same year. Tellez has since anchored the 12:00 PM newscast for KTTV.

Personal life

On April 16, 2014, Tellez was involved in a car accident when a texting driver hit her car. She was not injured.

Filmography

Film

Television

References

External links

Marla Tellez on myfoxla.com Living people American television actresses American film actresses American television journalists People from San Francisco People from the San Francisco Bay Area Journalists from California American women television journalists 21st-century American women Year of birth missing (living people) {{US-tv-journalist-stub