Kelly Ripa

 Kelly Maria Ripa was raised in Berlin, New Jersey. She is the daughter of Esther who is a homemaker and Joseph Ripa (a labor union bus driver, president, as well as a Rutgers University student). Linda Ripa, her sibling is a children's book author. Prior to the time that Dancing on Air was taken over by USA Network, she was an PHL17 local dancer, referred to as Dancing on Air. Kelly was featured in several chat line advertisements, asking men to dial the hotline which is where "hot hot girls" are always on hand. The commercials were broadcast at midnight in the Philadelphia market. Six-quarters of her body is Italian-American, and one-quarter Irish. Ripa was born Catholic. Since June 2009 her father, who is the Democratic County Clerk of Camden County, New Jersey is Ripa's father. Ripa is a graduate of Eastern Regional High School, Voorhees Township. [9] She played cheerleading at high school and was urged to pursue acting through her drama instructor. She claimed that Jim Boeckle was responsible for many of her successes. He believed that I was an excellent performer, and he offered me the role of lead in the following show. She was the star of numerous local theatre productions and was discovered to be performing in The Ugly Duckling in her senior year. After completing her psychology studies at Camden County College, she relocated to New York City to pursue acting.