Mary Josephine "Mary Jo" Eustace (born May 1, 1962) is a

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actress, singer-songwriter, comedian, model, author, and

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best known as co-host of the Canadian cooking TV series '' What's for Dinner?''.

Early life

Eustace was born and raised in

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, Ontario. She attended

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and

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studying English. She later graduated from

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's culinary program.

Career

In 1994, Eustace recorded a solo musical album entitled ''Bone & Marrow''. In 1995 Eustace appeared on ''What's for Dinner?'', on

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, co-hosting with

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throughout its run during the late 1990s. From 2000 to 2001, Eustace served as a regular on ''

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''. In April 2007, Eustace reunited with Kostick as the original morning hosts of ''What's for Breakfast'' on new

radio station PROUD FM, a station licensed to appeal to the city's

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community. She stepped down from the show in June 2008, and subsequently co-hosted ''

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'', a cooking show similar to ''What's for Dinner?'', which debuted in July 2008 on

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. Eustace has also acted, appearing in one episode each of ''

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'' in 1995, '' The Newsroom'' in 1997 and ''

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'' in 2000, as well as the television movie ''What Kind of Mother Are You?'' (1996), the feature film '' That Old Feeling'' (2000) and the

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''Break Dreams'' (2014). In addition to her book about the break-up of her marriage,

Personal life

Eustace married actor

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on July 24, 1993. She moved to

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when McDermott went south to develop his acting career. They had one child, Jack Montgomery McDermott (born October 6, 1998) and were in the process of adopting a baby girl when McDermott began his affair with

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. After 13 years of marriage, McDermott and Eustace divorced on February 12, 2006, and he married Spelling that May. She later finished the adoption of her daughter Lola Eustace (born July 7, 2004) as a single parent. Although McDermott was awarded joint custody of their son Jack, Eustace moved back to

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with her children. She returned to Los Angeles in 2008, and has been based there since.

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