Sara Haines

Sara Hilary Haines^[1] (born September 18, 1977)^[2] is an American television host and journalist. She is known as one of the co-hosts of the ABC daytime talk shows The View and Strahan, Sara and Keke and the host of the game show The Chase . For her work on the first two series, she received Daytime Emmy Award nominations. She has also worked as a correspondent on Today , ABC News , and Good Morning America .

Haines was born in Newton, Iowa,^[1] and raised there with her three siblings.^[3] She attended Smith College in Northampton, Massachusetts, where she received a Bachelor of Arts degree in government in 2000.^[4] At Smith, Haines played basketball and volleyball.^{[5] [6]}

Haines began her career in the NBC Page Program.^[4] After nine months in the program,^[6] she became the production coordinator for NBC's Today at Rockefeller Center in 2002.^{[3] [7]} In 2009, Haines became the show's fourth-hour's contributing correspondent until departing in 2013.^[7]

In 2013, Haines became an ABC News correspondent as well as the pop news anchor for the weekend editions of Good Morning America .^[8] After multiple appearances as a guest co-host, Haines joined The View as a permanent co-host in the show's 20th season, which premiered on September 6, 2016.^[9] On July 23, 2018, ABC announced that she would not return to The View for season 22 and that she would co-host GMA Day, later renamed Strahan and Sara, with Michael Strahan.^{[10] [11]} Haines made her final appearance as a co-host during the 21st season's penultimate episode on August 2.^[12]

Haines's debuted as co-host of GMA Day during the series premiere on September 10, 2018.^[13] In August 2019, the program was renamed GMA3: Strahan, Sara and Keke, with the addition of Keke Palmer as a third co-host.^[14] Haines returned to The View as a frequent guest co-host in 2020.^[15] Following the reformatting of GMA3 that same year, Haines permanently returned to The View for its 24th season.^[16] In November 2020, it was reported that Haines would host a revival of The Chase on ABC. The series premiered in January 2021.^[17] She made an appearance as herself in the second episode of the Disney+ superhero series The Falcon and the Winter Soldier , interviewing the character John Walker about his role as the new Captain America.^[18]

On her birthday in 2022, in appreciation of her accomplishments as a journalist and TV host, Newton's mayor Mike Hanson proclaimed September 18 as "Sara Haines Day" in Newton, Iowa.^[19]

Haines married attorney Max Shifrin in November 2014 after initially meeting online.^[20] The couple resides in New Jersey.^[21] Their first child was born in March 2016,^[22] followed by their second in December 2017,^[23] and their third in June 2019.^[24] Sara Haines had postpartum depression following the birth of her first child, which lasted approximately a year.^[25]

Haines grew up in what she describes as a "conservative household" and identifies as a "left-leaning moderate".^{[26] [27]}

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