Ashleigh Banfield Biography
Ashleigh Banfield is a Canadian-American journalist and former television anchor for the HLN TV network. Currently, she works on Live PD program on A&E backup as a backup host and also hosts banfield.
Previously, she worked as a host for shows like ‘Legal View with Ashleigh Banfield’ and ‘Early Start’ on CNN. She also served as a freelance associate producer for World News Tonight on the ABC network. Furthermore, she was also the host of MSNBC Investigates.
Ashleigh began her television career in 1988 on CJBN-TV in Kenora, Ontario and on CKY-TV in Winnipeg later that year. Between 1989 and 1992, Banfield anchored the weekend newscast for CFRN-TV in Edmonton. In addition, Ashleigh worked at CICT-TV in Calgary as a producer from 1992 to 1993 and as a nightly news anchor and business correspondent from 1993 to 1995. In 1994, she won two Iris Awards in the categories of Best News Documentary and Best of Festivals.
While still in Canada, Ashleigh worked as a freelance associate producer for ABC’s World News Tonight during her tenure at CICT-TV. She also covered the 1991 Bush/Gorbachev Summit in Russia and the April 1993 Clinton/Yeltsin Summit in Vancouver.
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In early 2000, Ashfield moved to the United States of America after being hired by the national cable network MSNBC after winning an Emmy for her reporting on the Dallas, TX broadcasting station KDFW-TV. Furthermore, she hosted MSNBC Investigates, worked at NBC News and became a HomePage presenter along with Gina Gaston and Mika Brzezinski.
In 2005, Ashleigh joined CourtTV as a co-host of the trial coverage program Banfield & Ford: Courtside Weekdays from 1pm to 3pm ET with Jack Ford. Effective June 1, 2009, Banfield took over as host of the truTV series Open Court during the weekdays from 9 am to 11 am ET.
Ashleigh joined CNN in January 2012 as a co-anchor with Zoraida Sambolin of the network’s morning show, Early Start. On August 13, 2012, she moved to the 11 pm edition of CNN Newsroom in New York every weekday, replacing Kyra Phillips as anchor.
Ashleigh later returned to host shows on courtTV, including the 2020 true crime documentary series Judgment with Ashleigh Banfield. The show recaps past high-profile trials and provides updates on the individuals involved. In January 2021, Ashleigh was announced as the host to replace the third hour of NewsNation Prime on NewsNation (American TV channel). The talk show, titled Banfield, aims to interview journalists from all walks of life in a style that is said to be similar to Larry King Live.
Ashleigh Banfield Age
How old is Ashleigh Banfield? banfield It is 54 years in December 2021. She was born Ashleigh Dennistoun Banfield in December 29, 1967, in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. Furthermore, Ashleigh celebrates her birthday on December 29 every year.
Ashleigh Banfield Height
banfield is approximately height of 5’10” (1.78 meters).
Ashleigh Banfield family
banfield and the daughter of Susanne Elizabeth (Netherlands) who is the mother. Your dad is called John Alexander Banfield. Furthermore, she is Canadian by birth and became a US citizen on October 24, 2008, by naturalization.
Ashleigh Banfield’s husband
banfield he picked up married for your first husband Howard Gould, a real estate lender in 2004. Additionally, Howard founded the carbon trading company Equator Environmental. He is the great-grandson of Jay Gould, a railroad developer. Furthermore, the wedding took place on a wooden yacht at the Royal Lake of the Woods Yacht Club in Canada. The couple had two children and is now divorced.
banfield he picked up married for her second husband Chris Haynor on December 29, 2017. She got married on her fiftieth birthday at the Hermitage Club ski lodge in Wilmington, Vermont. Chris Haynor and Banfield dated for three years before getting married.
Ashleigh Banfield Education
Banfield attended Balmoral Hall School, a preparatory school for a private university in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. She left school in 1985. Furthermore, her mother Suzanne Elizabeth also attended the same school in the 1950s.
In 1988, Banfield went to and received a bachelor’s degree in political science and French from Queen’s University in Kingston, Ontario. Furthermore, she continued her studies in French at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver, British Columbia. Later, she graduated in 1992.
Ashleigh Banfield Net Worth | Wage
Banfield has an esteemed net worth of $3 million. Her income is mainly attributed to her career as a journalist and television presenter. In addition, she annual salary is estimated at vary in between $50,000 – $70,000.
