Julie Chen
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Julie Chen (born January 6, 1970) is a Chinese American news anchor and television host, who has eleven years of broadcasting experience, is best known for co-anchoring CBS's, The Early Show and for hosting the CBS summer reality program Big Brother, since its debut in July 2000. Her catchphrase is "but first".
Chen was born in Queens, New York. She attended the University of Southern California and graduated in 1991 with a major in broadcast journalism and in English. The previous year in 1990, while she was in school, she stayed in Los Angeles where she worked for ABC NewsOne, for one season as a desk assistant, just before she was promoted to work as a producer for the next three years, for a total of five seasons altogether.
From 1999 to 2002, Chen was the anchor of the early-morning CBS Morning News. Since 2002, she has been a co-host for The Early Show on CBS. Before CBS News she was a reporter and weekend anchor at WCBS-TV in New York City.
Since 2000, she has also been the host of the American version of Big Brother. During the first season (2000), Chen was widely ridiculed in the media for her heavily scripted, wooden delivery, interaction with the studio audience and interviews on the live programs. Since then, she has grown into her dual roles, and her mannerisms have earned her a cult-like adoration among some fans of the show, including the affectionate moniker "Chenbot" by writers at television website TVgasm.com [1].
On December 23, 2004, she married Les Moonves, president and CEO of CBS Television. Chen is 21 years his junior. At the time, she had been the only single host among the 4-person Early Show anchor team.
