Lauren Sánchez is a Mexican-American journalist, entrepreneur, actor, and media personality known for hosting several American television shows, including Barbara Walters’ The View, FOX 11’s Good Day LA, and Ten O’clock News, CNN’s Larry King Live, Joy Behar: Say Anything! and HLN’s ShowBiz Tonight. She made headlines in May 2023 when she became engaged to Amazon founder Jeff Bezos.
Wiki/Biography
Lauren Wendy Sánchez was born on Friday, December 19, 1969, in Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States of America (age 53; as of 2022). Her zodiac sign is Sagittarius. Lauren completed her education at Del Norte High School in San Diego, California, and French High School in Los Angeles before attending El Camino College in Torrance, California, where she earned a degree in communications. There she wrote news articles for the university magazine. Thereafter, she attended the University of Southern California, where she received a scholarship to earn a degree in journalism. While studying at the University of Southern California, she learned how to fly a helicopter and received her pilot’s license in 2016.
Photos taken when Lauren was studying in college
appearance
Height (approximately): 5′6″
Weight (approximately): 60kg
Hair color: black
Eye color: dark brown
Body measurements (approximately): 34-28-34
family
Lauren Sánchez was born into a Mexican-American Christian family.
Parents and siblings
Her father’s name is Ray Sanchez. Her mother’s name is Eleanor Sanchez. She has two siblings, a singer named Michael Sánchez and a sister named Elena Sánchez Blair who is a photographer.
Lauren and Michael
Elena Blair and Lauren
husband and children
Her first ex-husband, Tony Gonzalez, was an NFL player, and they had a son, Nikko Gonzalez, who was a professional football player. However, some sources claim that Lauren and Tony are not married and are just in a relationship.
Tony Gonzalez pictured with Lauren
Photos of Lauren and Nico Gonzalez
Her second husband, Patrick Whitesell, was a businessman and executive chairman of Endeavor Corporation. Lauren married him in 2005. The pair parted ways in 2019 after Lauren’s affair with Jeff Bezos came into the spotlight. She and Patrick have two children, a son named Evan Whitesell and a daughter named Ella Whitesell.
Photos of Lauren with Patrick, Evan and Ella
Relationships/Affairs
Lauren Sanchez’s name has been linked to several celebrities, including Anthony Miller (NFL player), Derek Fisher (NBA player), and Henry Simmons (Hollywood actor).
Photos by Anthony Miller
Photos by Derek Fisher
Lauren and Henry Simmons
In 2018, she began an extramarital affair with Amazon founder Jeff Bezos.
Lauren and Jeff
fiancé
Lauren Sánchez is rumored to be engaged to sports broadcaster Rory Markas, who died in 2010. In May 2023, she became engaged to Jeff Bezos.
Photos of Rory Markas
Lauren with Jeff Bezos
Profession
News and anchoring
After completing her formal education, Lauren began working as a desk assistant at KCOP-TV in Los Angeles. Thereafter, she worked as an anchor and news reporter at KTVK-TV in Phoenix.
Stills from Lauren’s football press conference
From 1997 to 2000, Lauren worked as a weekend anchor/reporter for the syndicated newscast Extra. She then left her job at Extra to join Fox Sports Network and began working as a news reporter for FSN Sports magazine Going Deep. She later started working as an entertainment reporter for FSN’s The Best Damn Sports Show period.
Lauren (left) pictured as anchor during her best years as a sports show anchor
During her tenure at FSN, Lauren was nominated for an Emmy Award. In 1999, she rejoined KCOP-TV in Los Angeles, where she began anchoring and won an Emmy Award. In February 2000, Lauren placed second in the national hosting competition for the second season of “The View.” In 2005, Lauren was selected as the host of the dance competition “So You Think You Can Dance” (SYTYCD), which aired on the Fox Network; however, she quit the show and did not host the second season because she was pregnant Two children. In 2009, she rejoined Extra as a weekend anchor and special correspondent.
Lauren serves as host of Extra
acting
Movie
Lauren Sánchez has played a reporter/newscaster in several Hollywood films, including Fight Club (1999), Hollywood Homicide (2003), Fantastic Four (2005), The Last of Us The Longest Yard” (2005), “Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer” (2005). 2007), White House Down (2013) and Teddy Bear 2 (2015).
TV show
She has worked as a reporter on several American television shows, including Babylon 5 (1997), Girlfriends (2001), The Secret Service (2005) and Hustlers (2014).
entrepreneur
In 2017, Lauren Sánchez founded an aviation film and production company called Black Ops Aviation in the United States. The company was the first female-owned aviation production company in the United States. The company maintains a variety of aircraft in inventory, including the BELL 429 with Shotover, the AS350 with Shotover and the Cirrus SR22. Black Ops Aviation works with numerous networks and entertainment companies including ABC, Discovery Canada, Sony, Netflix and Discovery.
Lauren takes a selfie while flying a helicopter
net worth
As of 2023, Lauren Sanchez’s net worth is estimated to be $30 million.
Facts/Trivia
- Her name is also W. Lauren Sánchez.
- In the late 1980s, Lauren Sánchez competed in the Miss Hawaiian Tropic international beauty pageant.
Photos of Lauren at the Miss Hawaii Tropic International Pageant
- In 2010, Lauren Sánchez’s name appeared in People magazine’s “50 Most Beautiful” issue.
- She serves as vice chair of the Bezos Earth Fund. Through the Bezos Earth Fund, she often speaks out against climate change and its impact on the planet to educate the public about climate change.
- Jeff announced his relationship with Lauren Sanchez to the public in February 2019, when American Media, an avid supporter of Donald Trump, threatened Jeff and Lauren with releasing their photos to the public. According to Jeff, the media company blackmailed the two men while demanding that Jeff order the Washington Post, which Jeff owns, to stop publishing content against Donald Trump.
- In March 2019, Lauren severed all contact between her and Michael Sanchez after he took $200,000 from American Media for leaking intimate photos and text messages of Lauren and Jeff. Michael, however, denied playing any role in the leak. Michael said of this in an interview:
I’m not saying I didn’t do something. Before I take the oath, what I can tell you right now is that since I met Jeff on April 20, my only goal has been to protect Jeff and Lauren. “
Lauren expressed her displeasure over the issue during a media interaction, saying she saved Michael from bankruptcy by giving him $165,000 and a job.
Lauren Sanchez reportedly ‘cut off all ties’ with her brother Michael after sources revealed she offered him a job and $165,000 Avoid bankruptcy. Lauren Sanchez allegedly thanked her husband Jeff Bezos by leaking news of her affair.
How would you respond to such family betrayal? pic.twitter.com/YItSSIBsuY
— The Talk (@TheTalkCBS) February 27, 2019
- Lauren Sánchez is expected to join the all-female crew heading into outer space aboard the New Shepard rocket in 2024.
- Lauren Sanchez revealed in an interview that she has dyslexia. Talking about this, she said,
I was dyslexic and I had to lock myself in a room and memorize things to figure it out. They call it a learning difference now, which is really sweet, but growing up I just felt stupid.My co-host knew I was dyslexic, but didn’t know much more [did]. I felt like I had to hide it because it wasn’t something people talked about. “
- Lauren said in an interview that she witnessed poverty during her childhood. Talking about this, she said,
We started with nothing. I used to sleep in the back seat of my grandmother’s car when she went to clean the house, and I was lucky enough to have a career. “
- Lauren Sánchez is a travel enthusiast (very fond of traveling) who has visited and explored many places.
- Lauren Sánchez is an avid dog lover and owner of an Old English Sheepdog named Luna. She also owns an Alaskan Malamute named Blu.
Photo of Lauren’s pet dog Luna
Lauren and Blue on the helicopter
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