Kinga Philipps is a Polish-American actress and TV host. She has hosted for a variety of networks including: USA, AMC, Food Network, Current TV, Fox Sports and SyFy.
In her acting career she has guest starred on a number of television shows including: The West Wing, Cold Case, According to Jim, Eleventh Hour, NCIS LA, Perception and Scandal. She has also appeared in several films including: Tomcats and Torque

Torque (film)

-Similarities to The Fast and the Furious:The film has often been called "The Fast and the Furious on Motorcycles", referring to the use of many of the same thematic elements between the two films...

. She can be seen as Austin Powers's mother in the 2002 film Austin Powers in Goldmember

Austin Powers in Goldmember

Austin Powers in Goldmember is a 2002 American spy comedy film and the third installment of the Austin Powers series starring Mike Myers in the title role. The movie was directed by Jay Roach, and co-written by Mike Myers and Michael McCullers. Myers also plays the roles of Dr. Evil, Goldmember,...

where, in a flashback, she and an infant Powers are blown up by enemy agents in the family car.

Philipps was one of the original hosts of Current TV

Current TV

Current TV, or Current, is a media company led by former U.S. Vice President Al Gore and businessman Joel Hyatt. Comcast owns a ten percent stake of Current's parent company, Current Media LLC....

, the network famous for being started by Al Gore

Al Gore

Albert Arnold "Al" Gore, Jr. served as the 45th Vice President of the United States , under President Bill Clinton. He was the Democratic Party's nominee for President in the 2000 U.S. presidential election....

. She originally hosted Google Current

Google Current

Google Current is a brief, once every half hour, television program on the channel Current TV . Selected episodes are also available on the Internet. The series tracks not necessarily what the news is, but what people are searching for on Google....

, a daily comedic look at what the world is searching for online. She then went on to host Yahoo Current Driver and Yahoo Current Traveler, two shows that resulted from Current's partnership with Yahoo. Additionally Philipps covered hard news for Current's Vanguard division and did various in studio coverage for the network. When Current won an Emmy in 2007 for Best Interactive Television Service, Philipps covered the event with a pod titled "Kinga Goes to the Emmys."

In 2011 Philipps joined the Syfy Network on their new show Legend Quest

Legend Quest

Legend Quest is an American adventure television series that premiered on July 13, 2011, on the SyFy channel. The series follows historian and adventure-seeker Ashley Cowie in his quest to crack the code on his hunt for the most powerful lost treasures in the world...

. Legend Quest is a fast-paced action-adventure series, which follows symbologist and archeological explorer Ashley Cowie as he travels the world with his field producer Kinga Philipps and their team in search of some of history's greatest and most mysterious artifacts.

Philipps was born Kinga Szpakiewicz in Warsaw, Poland, and changed her name to "Philipps" as inspired by her favorite verse of the Bible, Philippians 4:13. Philipps grew up in Bartlesville, Oklahoma and is a graduate of Oklahoma State University.

External links

• http://www.syfy.com/legendquest/