Jillian Marie Barberie (née Warry; born September 26, 1966) is a
Canadian-born American television hostess, sportscaster, radio
personality and actress. From 1995 to 2012, she was a co-host on the
popular Los Angeles television morning news and entertainment program
Good Day L.A. on Fox owned-and-operated station KTTV. Concurrently,
from 2000 to 2005, she appeared on Fox Sports as the weather host for
Fox NFL Sunday.[1] From 2006 to 2013, she was known as Jillian
Reynolds from her second marriage.Barberie was born Jillian Warry in
Burlington, Ontario after being adopted soon after her birth. Later in
life after finding her biological parents she learned she was born to
a native Irish mother and native Lithuanian father who had both
immigrated to Canada, and later went on to marry and raise her two
sisters. She went to Assumption Catholic Secondary School and then
went on to graduate from Mohawk College in Hamilton, Ontario, with a
diploma from its two-year program in broadcast journalism. After
completing her diploma, she worked for several other television
stations, including The Weather Network in Montreal, Quebec, WSVN in
Miami and KTTV in Los Angeles (WSVN and KTTV are both Fox
affiliates).Barberie's screen presence has earned her roles on several
television series including Clueless, V.I.P., and Melrose Place, as
well as several comedies in the CBS comedy series Yes, Dear and the
Fox sketch comedy series MADtv.[2] She hosted the syndicated reality
series EX-treme Dating. In 2000, she was hired to present the national
weather segment of Fox Sports Fox NFL Sunday pre-game show, working
alongside James Brown, Howie Long, and Terry Bradshaw. As a result of
her scratchy gravel-laced voice and affable "one of the guys"
on-camera personality, she became a national figure and earned
significant fan interest in the male-dominated sports demographic, and
several spots for Prestone antifreeze that aired during NFL game
broadcasts.[3]
Canadian-born American television hostess, sportscaster, radio
personality and actress. From 1995 to 2012, she was a co-host on the
popular Los Angeles television morning news and entertainment program
Good Day L.A. on Fox owned-and-operated station KTTV. Concurrently,
from 2000 to 2005, she appeared on Fox Sports as the weather host for
Fox NFL Sunday.[1] From 2006 to 2013, she was known as Jillian
Reynolds from her second marriage.Barberie was born Jillian Warry in
Burlington, Ontario after being adopted soon after her birth. Later in
life after finding her biological parents she learned she was born to
a native Irish mother and native Lithuanian father who had both
immigrated to Canada, and later went on to marry and raise her two
sisters. She went to Assumption Catholic Secondary School and then
went on to graduate from Mohawk College in Hamilton, Ontario, with a
diploma from its two-year program in broadcast journalism. After
completing her diploma, she worked for several other television
stations, including The Weather Network in Montreal, Quebec, WSVN in
Miami and KTTV in Los Angeles (WSVN and KTTV are both Fox
affiliates).Barberie's screen presence has earned her roles on several
television series including Clueless, V.I.P., and Melrose Place, as
well as several comedies in the CBS comedy series Yes, Dear and the
Fox sketch comedy series MADtv.[2] She hosted the syndicated reality
series EX-treme Dating. In 2000, she was hired to present the national
weather segment of Fox Sports Fox NFL Sunday pre-game show, working
alongside James Brown, Howie Long, and Terry Bradshaw. As a result of
her scratchy gravel-laced voice and affable "one of the guys"
on-camera personality, she became a national figure and earned
significant fan interest in the male-dominated sports demographic, and
several spots for Prestone antifreeze that aired during NFL game
broadcasts.[3]
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