Sara Hilary Haines
(born September 18, 1977) is an American television host and journalist. She is known as a co-host of the
ABC
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daytime talk shows ''
The View'' and ''Strahan, Sara and Keke'' and game show ''
The Chase''. She has also worked as a correspondent on ''
Today
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'', ''
ABC News
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'', and ''
Good Morning America
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''.
Early life and education
Haines was born in
Newton, Iowa
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,
and raised there with her three siblings.
She attended
Smith College
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in
Northampton, Massachusetts
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, where she received a
Bachelor of Arts
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degree in
government
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in 2000.
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"Live on Today: Sara Haines '00 makes her mark on America's number one morning show"
''SAQ'', Spring 2010, Smith College Alumni Association At Smith, Haines played
basketball
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and
volleyball
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.
Career
Haines began her career in the
NBC Page Program.
After nine months in the program,
[ she became the ]production coordinator
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for NBC's ''Today
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* Current era, present
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'' at Rockefeller Center
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in 2002. In 2009, Haines became the show's fourth-hour's contributing correspondent until departing in 2013.
In 2013, Haines became an ABC News
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correspondent as well as the pop news anchor for the weekend editions of ''Good Morning America
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''. After multiple appearances as a guest co-host, Haines joined '' The View'' as a permanent co-host in the show's 20th season, which premiered on September 6, 2016. On July 23, 2018, ABC
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ABC or abc may also refer to:
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announced that she would not return to ''The View'' for season 22 and that she would co-host ''GMA Day'', later renamed ''Strahan and Sara'', with Michael Strahan
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. Haines made her final appearance as a co-host during the 21st season's penultimate episode on August 2.
Haines's debuted as co-host of ''GMA Day'' during the series premiere on September 10, 2018. In August 2019, the program was renamed ''GMA3: Strahan, Sara and Keke'', with the addition of Keke Palmer
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as a third co-host. Haines returned to ''The View'' as a frequent guest co-host in 2020. Following the reformatting of ''GMA3'' that same year, Haines permanently returned to ''The View'' for its 24th season. In November 2020, it was reported that Haines would host a revival of '' The Chase'' on ABC. The series premiered in January 2021. She made an appearance as herself in the second episode of the Disney+
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superhero series ''The Falcon and the Winter Soldier
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'', interviewing the character John Walker about his role as the new Captain America
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.
Recognition
On her birthday in 2022, in appreciation of her accomplishments as a journalist and TV host, Newton's mayor Mike Hanson proclaimed September 18 as "Sara Haines Day" in Newton, Iowa.
Personal life
Haines married attorney Max Shifrin in November 2014. The couple resides in New Jersey
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. Their first child, Alec Richard, was born in March 2016, followed by their second, Sandra Grace, in December 2017, and their third, Caleb Joseph, in June 2019.
Haines grew up in what she describes as a “conservative household" and identifies as a "moderate".
Awards and nominations
See also
* New Yorkers in journalism
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References
External links
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1977 births
Living people
ABC News personalities
American Christians
American game show hosts
American television reporters and correspondents
American television talk show hosts
American women television journalists
Journalists from Iowa
NBC News people
People from Newton, Iowa
Smith College alumni
21st-century American women