American singer, actress, and television personality
Adrienne Bailon-Houghton
Bailon during an interview in July 2013
Born Adrienne Eliza Bailon
(1983-10-24 ) October 24, 1983 (age 40) Other names Adrienne Bailon[ 1] Adrienne Houghton Occupations
Television personality
singer
actress
entrepreneur
Years active 1999–present Spouse
Children 1 Musical career Genres Labels Island Def Jam , Compound, Disney , Jive , So So Def
Musical artist
Adrienne Eliza Bailon-Houghton [ 2] [ 3] (née Bailon (); born October 24, 1983) is an American television personality, singer, and actress. She is a former member of the girl groups 3LW and The Cheetah Girls . From 2013 to 2022, Bailon was a co-host of the daytime talk show The Real ; for which she has since won a Daytime Emmy Award .[ 4] [ 5] From 2022 to 2023, Bailon-Houghton was a co-anchor of the entertainment news show, E! News .[ 6]
As an actress, Bailon appeared in The Cheetah Girls films, Coach Carter and All You've Got . She has guest starred in numerous television series including That's So Raven (a role she reprises in the spin-off series Raven's Home ), and The Suite Life of Zack & Cody . In 2013, Bailon became the first Latina host of a daytime talk show in the US.[ 7] She also competed in The Masked Singer in 2019 as the Flamingo, finishing in third place.[ 8]
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^ Girl Chat: It's Throwback Disney Time! . The Real Daytime. November 29, 2016. Archived from the original on December 12, 2021. Retrieved March 13, 2017 – via YouTube.
^ "Sneak Peek – Adrienne Houghton's Honeymoon Suite Surprise on Today's THE REAL" . Broadway World. Archived from the original on November 30, 2016. Retrieved March 13, 2017 .
^ "It's Official: 'The Real' Talk Show Begins Four-Week Test Run July 15" . Deadline . June 12, 2013. Archived from the original on September 28, 2014. Retrieved November 3, 2021 .
^ "The Ladies Of 'The Real' Were Left Speechless After Daytime Emmy Win" . Essence . October 24, 2020. Archived from the original on December 6, 2021. Retrieved November 3, 2021 .
^ "Adrienne Bailon-Houghton announces she's stepping down as E! News host" . TODAY.com . November 1, 2023. Retrieved February 15, 2024 .
^ "The Co-Hosts of the Real Changed Television For Women of Color" . O, The Oprah Magazine . October 5, 2018. Archived from the original on July 9, 2019. Retrieved July 9, 2019 .
^ "The Masked Singer Unmasks the Flamingo, the Fox, and the Rottweiler, and Names a Winner" . E! News . December 18, 2019. Archived from the original on December 19, 2019. Retrieved January 27, 2020 .