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Soledad O'Brien More at IMDbPro »

Date of Birth

19 September 1966, Saint James, New York, USA

Birth Name

Maria de la Soledad Teresa O'Brien

Height

5' 5" (1.65 m)

Spouse

Brad Raymond

(1995 - present) 4 children

Trivia

Voted one of the 50 most beautiful people in the World 2000 by People Magazine.

Her mother Estella is a black high school teacher from Cuba and her father Edward is a white Australian of Irish descent and is a mechanical engineer. She has been honored by African-American, Hispanic-American ,and Irish-American groups for her contributions to journalism. Studied at Smithtown High School East in St. James, N.Y., and went to Harvard but dropped out at age 21 to become a newswriter and producer at Boston's WBZ-TV.

Has a brother named Orestes.

Daughter Sophia Elizabeth born October 23, 2000 at 4:55 am.

It was announced she is pregnant for a second time, and will be taking a six-week maternity leave. [March 2002]

Gave birth to second daughter Cecilia. [March 20, 2002]

Expecting twins in summer, 2004.

Both parents are immigrants. Father is Australian, mother is Cuban.

Her name means "the Blessed Virgin Mary of Solitude" in Spanish.

She gave birth to twin boys: Charlie was born at 6:23 p.m. weighing 7 pounds, 1 ounce and Jackson was born at 6:27 p.m. weighing in at 7 pounds, 2 ounces. [August 30, 2004]

Twins, Charlie and Jackson, born. [30 August 2004]

She is a member of the National Association of Black Journalists and the National Association of Hispanic Journalists. O'Brien also serves on the board of directors for The Harlem School for the Arts.

Recipient of NAACP Image Award.

Friend of Spike Lee.

Returned to Harvard to complete her degree.

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