Emily Frances
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Emily Frances is a former entertainment anchor for PIX News at Ten, the weeknight news program seen on Tribune Broadcasting's CW Television Network
Affiliate, WPIX
Channel 11.
and France
as part of a foreign exchange program. She spent her junior year of college abroad in Spain, and, while living in Madrid
, worked at the local television station Canal Plus.
with a degree in communications and a minor in marketing from the Wharton School of Business, Frances joined the staff at CNN
in Atlanta as a production assistant, and covered the Republican National Convention.
Frances spent almost two years at CNN before moving back to Los Angeles to join Univision's KMEX-TV, a Spanish-language TV station, an assignment editor and producer. At age 23, she won an Associated Press
Award for producing a five-part series on immigration and the Mexico–United States border for KMEX-TV. She was also nominated for an Emmy Award for this series. After leaving Univision, she joined Extra—The Entertainment Magazine as a producer, where she helped to launch the syndicated program. The following year she joined A Current Affair, a syndicated news magazine, where she produced feature stories and a daily entertainment news segment for anchor Nancy O'Dell.
Frances then began to work for KVBC-TV, the NBC station in Las Vegas
, where she was hired as an on-air reporter.
Later that year she moved to Tucson, Arizona
, as a lead reporter at KOLD-TV the CBS station. In 1999, she moved to New York to join WCBS-TV Channel 2. Frances left WCBS-TV in 2001 to join the CW11 Morning News as a reporter, and in 2002 was named the Entertainment Anchor for the CW11 Morning News. Each February, she hosts a national, live two-hour Oscar red carpet show, "Live From the Academy Awards" which won a Telly Award in 2004.
In 2004 Emily won an Emmy Award for Best On-Camera Achievement: Entertainment Reporting. That same year, Emily was also nominated for an Emmy Award for Entertainment Producing and Hosting. In 2005, the "The CW11 Morning News" team was awarded an Emmy Award for Best Morning News Program.
In addition to her on-air reporting, Emily has appeared in feature films and television. She has starred as a reporter opposite Ralph Fiennes
and Jennifer Lopez
in Maid in Manhattan
. She also played a reporter in the movies Searching for Bobby D and The Narrow Gate. In addition, she has appeared in the role of entertainment reporter on the July 25, 2006 episode of ABC-TV's soap opera All My Children
(during the opening of the fictional nightclub ConFusion) portraying herself, and herself on the show Maury
.
The CW Television Network
The CW Television Network is a television network in the United States launched at the beginning of the 2006–2007 television season. It is a joint venture between CBS Corporation, the former owners of United Paramount Network , and Time Warner's Warner Bros., former majority owner of The WB...
Affiliate, WPIX
WPIX
WPIX, channel 11, is a television station in New York City built, signed on, and owned by the Tribune Company. WPIX also serves as the flagship station of The CW Television Network...
Channel 11.
Early life
Frances was born in Malibu, California. In high school, she interned in the news department of KABC-TV. She lived in EcuadorEcuador
Ecuador , officially the Republic of Ecuador is a representative democratic republic in South America, bordered by Colombia on the north, Peru on the east and south, and by the Pacific Ocean to the west. It is one of only two countries in South America, along with Chile, that do not have a border...
and France
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
as part of a foreign exchange program. She spent her junior year of college abroad in Spain, and, while living in Madrid
Madrid
Madrid is the capital and largest city of Spain. The population of the city is roughly 3.3 million and the entire population of the Madrid metropolitan area is calculated to be 6.271 million. It is the third largest city in the European Union, after London and Berlin, and its metropolitan...
, worked at the local television station Canal Plus.
Career
After graduating from the University of PennsylvaniaUniversity of Pennsylvania
The University of Pennsylvania is a private, Ivy League university located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Penn is the fourth-oldest institution of higher education in the United States,Penn is the fourth-oldest using the founding dates claimed by each institution...
with a degree in communications and a minor in marketing from the Wharton School of Business, Frances joined the staff at CNN
CNN
Cable News Network is a U.S. cable news channel founded in 1980 by Ted Turner. Upon its launch, CNN was the first channel to provide 24-hour television news coverage, and the first all-news television channel in the United States...
in Atlanta as a production assistant, and covered the Republican National Convention.
Frances spent almost two years at CNN before moving back to Los Angeles to join Univision's KMEX-TV, a Spanish-language TV station, an assignment editor and producer. At age 23, she won an Associated Press
Associated Press
The Associated Press is an American news agency. The AP is a cooperative owned by its contributing newspapers, radio and television stations in the United States, which both contribute stories to the AP and use material written by its staff journalists...
Award for producing a five-part series on immigration and the Mexico–United States border for KMEX-TV. She was also nominated for an Emmy Award for this series. After leaving Univision, she joined Extra—The Entertainment Magazine as a producer, where she helped to launch the syndicated program. The following year she joined A Current Affair, a syndicated news magazine, where she produced feature stories and a daily entertainment news segment for anchor Nancy O'Dell.
Frances then began to work for KVBC-TV, the NBC station in Las Vegas
Las Vegas, Nevada
Las Vegas is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Nevada and is also the county seat of Clark County, Nevada. Las Vegas is an internationally renowned major resort city for gambling, shopping, and fine dining. The city bills itself as The Entertainment Capital of the World, and is famous...
, where she was hired as an on-air reporter.
Later that year she moved to Tucson, Arizona
Tucson, Arizona
Tucson is a city in and the county seat of Pima County, Arizona, United States. The city is located 118 miles southeast of Phoenix and 60 miles north of the U.S.-Mexico border. The 2010 United States Census puts the city's population at 520,116 with a metropolitan area population at 1,020,200...
, as a lead reporter at KOLD-TV the CBS station. In 1999, she moved to New York to join WCBS-TV Channel 2. Frances left WCBS-TV in 2001 to join the CW11 Morning News as a reporter, and in 2002 was named the Entertainment Anchor for the CW11 Morning News. Each February, she hosts a national, live two-hour Oscar red carpet show, "Live From the Academy Awards" which won a Telly Award in 2004.
In 2004 Emily won an Emmy Award for Best On-Camera Achievement: Entertainment Reporting. That same year, Emily was also nominated for an Emmy Award for Entertainment Producing and Hosting. In 2005, the "The CW11 Morning News" team was awarded an Emmy Award for Best Morning News Program.
In addition to her on-air reporting, Emily has appeared in feature films and television. She has starred as a reporter opposite Ralph Fiennes
Ralph Fiennes
Ralph Nathaniel Twisleton-Wykeham-Fiennes is an English actor and film director. He has appeared in such films as The English Patient, In Bruges, The Constant Gardener, Strange Days, The Duchess and Schindler's List....
and Jennifer Lopez
Jennifer Lopez
Jennifer Lynn Lopez is an American actress, singer, record producer, dancer, television personality, and fashion designer. Lopez began her career as a dancer on the television comedy program In Living Color. Subsequently venturing into acting, she gained recognition in the 1995 action-thriller...
in Maid in Manhattan
Maid in Manhattan
Maid in Manhattan is a 2002 romantic comedy film directed by Wayne Wang about a hotel maid and a high profile politician who fall in love starring Jennifer Lopez, Ralph Fiennes, and Natasha Richardson. It is based on a story by John Hughes who is credited using a pseudonym. The original music score...
. She also played a reporter in the movies Searching for Bobby D and The Narrow Gate. In addition, she has appeared in the role of entertainment reporter on the July 25, 2006 episode of ABC-TV's soap opera All My Children
All My Children
All My Children is an American television soap opera that aired on ABC from January 5, 1970 to September 23, 2011. Created by Agnes Nixon, All My Children is set in Pine Valley, Pennsylvania, a fictitious suburb of Philadelphia. The show features Susan Lucci as Erica Kane, one of daytime's most...
(during the opening of the fictional nightclub ConFusion) portraying herself, and herself on the show Maury
Maury (TV series)
Maury is a syndicated American tabloid talk show hosted by Maury Povich.When the series first aired in 1991, the show was called The Maury Povich Show and was produced by MoPo Productions in association with Paramount Domestic Television...
.
List of awards
- 2005 Emmy Award, Best Morning News Program, The CW11 Morning News
- 2004 Emmy Award, Best On-Camera Achievement: Entertainment Reporting
- 2004 Telly Awards, "Live from the Academy Awards"
- 1994 Los Angeles Associated Press Broadcasters Award, Best Investigative Mini Documentary (KMEX-TV)