Maria Menounos is an Emmy Award-winning journalist, TV personality, actress, motivational speaker, New York Times best-selling author, former pro wrestler, and digital entrepreneur. Her wide-ranging career accolades include conducting the only sit-down interview with the Obama family, becoming the youngest host of Entertainment Tonight, and wrestling at Wrestlemania. She is the host of the Noovie cinema pre-show, making her the most-watched woman in movie theaters nationwide. Maria is also a frequent guest host on the nationally syndicated morning talk show Live with Kelly and Mark.

She is the founder of AfterBuzz TV, a pioneering streaming network and the first to popularize TV after-shows in the digital era. As an actress, Menounos recently starred in the Lifetime movie I’ll Be Home for Margarita Day and was a lead in Mike Myers’ Netflix series, The Pentaverate. She also hosts the acclaimed daily life improvement podcast Heal Squad x Maria Menounos, dedicated to helping others heal and improve their lives, a mission inspired by her own survival of brain tumor surgery.

In 2025, Menounos expanded her reach with Maria: Discover More, a new magazine-style talk show and airport game show series, airing on ReachTV across airports and hotels in the U.S., covering topics from wellness and travel to finance and entertainment. Her passion continues to be empowering others to take charge of their health and well-being through storytelling and expert advice.