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Amy Robach
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Amy Joanne Robach
February 6, 1973 St. Joseph, Michigan, U.S.
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| Education | Broadcast journalism |
| Alma mater | University of Georgia |
| Occupation | Anchor, correspondent |
| Years active | 1995–present |
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Tim McIntosh
(m. 1996; div. 2008)Andrew Shue
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| Partner(s) | T.J. Holmes (since 2022) |
| Children | 2 |
Amy Joanne Robach (born February 6, 1973) is an American television reporter formerly for ABC News. She is best known as co-anchor of 20/20 and as the breaking news anchor/fill-in anchor for Good Morning America. Robach first entered national television by working for NBC News from August 2003 to May 2012. She served as a national correspondent for NBC News from 2003 to 2007, and became co-host of the Saturday edition of NBC's Today as well as anchor on MSNBC from 2007 to 2012.
From May 2012 to January 2023, Robach worked for ABC News. She was a contributor for Good Morning America from May 2012 until March 2020, when she became the host of Pandemic: What You Need to Know, a show created in response to the COVID-19 Pandemic. The show would later become GMA3: What You Need to Know, which she co-hosted from September 2020 to December 2022. Robach also served as co-anchor of 20/20 alongside David Muir from May 2018 until January 2023.
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Early life
Born in St. Joseph, Michigan, Robach grew up in East Lansing, Michigan, before moving to St. Louis, Missouri. Her family moved again to Georgia, where she attended high school and college. Robach graduated from Brookwood High School in Snellville, Georgia, and from the University of Georgia with high honors in broadcast journalism. She was fourth runner-up in the 1995 Miss Georgia pageant.
Career
Robach started her career at WCBD-TV in 1995. Robach then left the station in 1999, and started working at WTTG in Washington, D.C., then moved to MSNBC in 2003 where she spent four years, including a stint anchoring two hours in the morning, and filling in on Weekend Today, Countdown with Keith Olbermann and Morning Joe. She was named co-anchor of Weekend Today in July 2007. Her last day on Weekend Today was May 19, 2012, when she announced she would be moving to ABC News.
Robach initially appeared on ABC's Good Morning America as a correspondent. She became the show's news anchor on March 31, 2014. In 2018, Robach became the new co-anchor of 20/20.
In March 2020, Robach began hosting Pandemic: What You Need to Know on ABC, a daytime program initially focused on the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States, and airing in place of Strahan, Sara & Keke. The program later replaced Strahan, Sara & Keke indefinitely as GMA3: What You Need to Know, with Robach continuing as host. Robach was removed from GMA3 in December 2022.
Personal life
Family
Robach is a cousin of former Nashville Star contestant Matt Lindahl. Her aunt and uncle were performing-arts teachers at her high school.
Robach was married to Tim McIntosh from 1996 until filing for an uncontested divorce in 2008. They have two daughters, Ava (2002) and Analise (2006).
Robach became engaged to former Melrose Place star Andrew Shue in September 2009. They were married on Robach's 37th birthday, February 6, 2010, at The Lighthouse at Chelsea Piers, adjacent to the Hudson River. The divorce was reportedly finalized in March 2023.
Health
On November 11, 2013, Robach revealed on Good Morning America that she had been diagnosed with breast cancer after receiving a mammogram on live television on October 1, 2013, and after undergoing follow-up tests. She took time off from broadcasting to undergo a bilateral mastectomy. On November 22, 2013, Robach revealed that during the surgery, doctors found a second malignant tumor in her other breast and that the cancer had spread to her lymph nodes (classified as Stage IIB). She then underwent eight rounds of chemotherapy, radiation and reconstructive surgery. As of March 2022, Robach was cancer free.
See also
- New Yorkers in journalism
