Suzanne Sena (born 1963) is an American television personality, author, and actress. She is a former

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anchor and the founder of Sena-Series Media Training. She also played Brooke Alvarez on the comedic TV series, The Onion News Network, is an author and keynote speaker.

Career

Sena was born in Dearborn, Michigan. An

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graduate, she has a

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degree in communications from Michigan State University. Sena started her national television career on

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. While at E!, she was a fill-in anchor and correspondent for ''

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.'' Sena created, hosted and oversaw production on the reality-lifestyle celebrity series ''Out to Lunch'' and regularly appeared on the

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, hosting live coverage of events including the Emmy Awards and the

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. Sena was considered a front runner in the search for

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's replacement on ''

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'', co-hosting with Regis Philbin for four shows. Both the ''

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'' and ''

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'' cited Sena as the likely winner of the position. From 2004 to 2006 Sena worked at Dallas-based KTVT-TV (CBS11). From 2006 to 2008, worked as an anchor at the Fox News Channel. She anchored the network's primetime news updates and handled breaking news in the overnight hours. While at Fox News, Sena made appearances on ''

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'' and ''

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'', filling in as news anchor. In 2010–2011, Sena portrayed Brooke Alvarez on the IFC series ''

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'', a satire of television journalism.Hibbard, James
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''Hollywood Reporter'', November 19, 2010. Concurrently, she also hosted the online lifestyle reality show ''The Invested Life''. In 2014, Sena appeared in several popular episodic television series, including '' Castle'', ''

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'', ''

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'', and the Amazon pilot ''Down Dog''. She produced and co-starred in the comedic horror film ''Killer Party'' (2014), and starred in an independent movie.

References

External links

Official website

Suzanne Sena
at

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