Suzanne Sena is an American

United States

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 television host, anchor, and actress. She plays the character Brooke Alvarez on IFC

Independent Film Channel

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's series Onion News Network

Onion News Network

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, which launched January 2011. From 2006 to 2008, she was a primetime and late night breaking news anchor for Fox News Channel

Fox News Channel

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. Prior to joining Fox, she worked for two years at the CBS

CBS

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 Dallas affiliate.

Broadcasting career

Sena is known for her work on E! Entertainment Television. While at E!, she was a fill-in anchor and correspondent for E! News Daily. Sena created, hosted and oversaw production on the reality-lifestyle celebrity series Out to Lunch and regularly on the red carpet

Red carpet

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, hosting live coverage of events including the Emmy Award

Emmy Award

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s and the Academy Awards

Academy Awards

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. In 2005, Sena received an Emmy nomination for hosting the show, Celebrity Homes.

Sena was considered a front runner in the search for Kathie Lee Gifford

Kathie Lee Gifford

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's replacement on Live with Regis, co-hosting with Regis Philbin for four shows. Both the New York Post

New York Post

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and Entertainment Weekly

Entertainment Weekly

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cited Sena as the likely winner of the position.

An Edsel Ford High School

Edsel Ford High School

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 graduate, Sena has a Bachelor of Arts

Bachelor of Arts

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 degree in communications from Michigan State University

Michigan State University

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.

On June 15, 2007, Sena made her debut on the Fox News show Red Eye w/ Greg Gutfeld

Red Eye w/ Greg Gutfeld

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. On August 4, she made her debut appearance on the weekend edition of Fox and Friends, filling in as news anchor. She anchored the network's primetime news updates and handled breaking news in the overnight hours.

Suzanne married Scott Sena in 1991. They divorced in 2000.

External links

• Official website
• Suzanne Sena at Yahoo Groups