Katie Couric
Biography
Katie Couric is an American journalist and presenter. Born in Arlington, Virginia, she worked as a CNN assignment editor before joining NBC News in 1989. She became co-anchor of Today in 1991 and remained until 2006, then moved to CBS to anchor CBS Evening News and contribute to 60 Minutes, becoming the first woman to anchor a major network evening newscast alone. She later served as a special correspondent for ABC News, hosted the daytime talk show Katie from 2012 to 2014, and was Yahoo's Global News Anchor from 2013 to 2017. She founded Katie Couric Media in 2017, voiced Katie Current in Shark Tale (2004), and appeared as herself in Sully (2016). Her honors include a Peabody Award, an Emmy Governor's Award, an Edward R. Murrow Award, and induction into the Television Hall of Fame in 2004.
69years old
Turns 70 on January 7in 86 days
- Born Arlington County
- Star sign: CapricornThe sign runs December 22 to January 19
- Katherine Anne Couric (birth name)Also credited as Katy Couric
Movie Career
- Films
- 10
- Career span
- 22 years2004 to 2026
Genres
- Documentary50%, 5 films
- Comedy30%, 3 films
- Biography20%, 2 films
- Drama20%, 2 films
- Action10%, 1 film
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A first
In May 2006, Couric announced she was leaving NBC News for CBS to anchor CBS Evening News, which made her the first solo female anchor of the "Big Three" weekday nightly news broadcasts.
First role
In 1979 Couric started out at the ABC News bureau in Washington, D.C. She went on to work for CNN as an assignment editor.
A first
Following the 2010 earthquake in Haiti, Couric became the first network anchor to reach Port au Prince and report from the ground there.
Behind the camera
Couric founded Katie Couric Media in 2017, which produces her newsletter Wake Up Call and her weekly podcast Next Question with iHeartMedia.
Katie Couric movies on Netflix
Best known for
The films on Netflix they are best known for, with the part played in each.
Worked with
Katie Couric made one film with each of them. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.
Films together
Robert De Niro's page
Whoopi Goldberg's page
Bruce Davison's page
Tom Hanks's page
Luis Guzmán's page
Edward Asner's page
All films by Clint Eastwood
All films by Bibo Bergeron
All films by Vicky Jenson
Awards
Three awards and honors from 2004 to 2013, one of them major.
| Year | Award | Film | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| Emmy Awards | |||
| 2013 | Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Talk Show Host | Katie | Won |
| Other honors | |||
| 2004 | Television Hall of Fame | Won | |
| Peabody Awards | Won | ||
Online
Official profiles and reference pages.