Meredith Vieira

Meredith Vieira
Meredith Vieira hosting NBC's Today in 2010
Born	Meredith Louise Vieira (1953-12-30) December 30, 1953 (age 70) Providence, Rhode Island, U.S.
Alma mater	Tufts University
Occupations	Broadcast journalist television host
Years active	1975–present
Television	West 57th (1985–1989) 60 Minutes (1989–1991) The View (1997–2006) Who Wants to Be a Millionaire (2002–2013) Today (2006–2011, 2017, 2019) Dateline NBC (2006–present) The Meredith Vieira Show (2014–2016) 25 Words or Less (2019–present)
Spouse	Richard M. Cohen ​ (m. 1986)​
Children	3

Meredith Louise Vieira (born December 30, 1953) is an American broadcast journalist and television personality.^[1] She is best known as the original moderator of the daytime talk show The View (1997–2006), the original host of the syndicated daytime version of the game show Who Wants to Be a Millionaire (2002–2013), and as co-host of the NBC morning news program Today (2006–2011). As of 2019^[update], she hosts the syndicated weekday game show 25 Words or Less.

Vieira has also been a contributor to Dateline NBC, Rock Center with Brian Williams, and NBC Nightly News, and hosted the Lifetime television series Intimate Portrait (1994–2005). From 2014 to 2016, she hosted her own syndicated daytime talk show, The Meredith Vieira Show.