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• Nancy O'Dell is an American talk show host and television personality. The co-anchor of Access Hollywood has covered the Academy Awards, the Emmy Awards, the Grammy Awards and the Golden Globe Awards. O'Dell also hosted the first two seasons of Nashville Star for USA Network and has reported for NBC's Today and Dateline.

  On February 8, 2009, it was announced that O'Dell joined the cast for the eighth season of Dancing with the Stars.ABC: Nancy O'Dell Biography She withdrew from the show on March 5, 2009. O'Dell had arthroscopic knee surgery on March 20, 2009 to repair her meniscus which had been torn in two places.People: Nancy O'Dell Recovering from Knee Surgery (March 24, 2009)

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  1. Birth name: Nancy HumphriesAskMen: Nancy O'Dell Profile
  2. Birth date: February 25, 1966 in Myrtle Beach, South CarolinaAskMen: Nancy O'Dell Profile
  3. Residence: Los Angeles, CaliforniaOfficial Site: Nancy O'Dell Biography
  4. First husband: Richard O'Dell, a doctorAskMen: Nancy O'Dell Profile
  5. Second husband: Keith ZubchevichOfficial Site: Nancy O'Dell Biography
  6. Children: Two stepsons Tyler and Carson and one daughter with Zubchevich, Ashby GraceAskMen: Nancy O'Dell Profile
  7. 1989: Graduated from Clemson University summa cum laudeAskMen: Nancy O'Dell Profile
  8. A member of the Kappa Kappa Gamma sororityAskMen: Nancy O'Dell Profile
  9. 1987: Won the Miss South Carolina pageantAskMen: Nancy O'Dell Profile
  10. 1995: Entertainment reporter for the syndicated show, A Current AffairAskMen: Nancy O'Dell Profile
  11. 1996: Started as a correspondent when Access Hollywood debuted
  12. January 1999: Promoted to cohost of Access HollywoodAskMen: Nancy O'Dell Profile#1998: Inducted into South Carolina's Music and Entertainment Hall of FameOfficial Site: Nancy O'Dell Biography
  13. Has won two Society of Professional Journalists (SPJ) AwardsAskMen: Nancy O'Dell Profile
  14. Has won three Associated Press AwardsAskMen: Nancy O'Dell Profile

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  • According to a TV Guide online poll 30 percent of people who voted thought Nancy O'Dell would win the mirrorball trophy on Dancing's Season 8. 26 percent of the vote went to Olympian Shawn Johnson and Julianne Hough's boyfriend, Chuck Wicks came in third with 13 percent.Access Hollywood: O'Dell Early Dancing Favorite (February 10, 2009)

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