MARIA Menounos' resume is not short of experience with the Massachusetts native being a journalist, athlete, actress, businesswoman and mother all in one.
Menounos welcomed her first child, little Athena Alexandra, with her husband Keven Undergaro on June 23, 2023.
Who is Maria Menounos?
Maria Menounos was born in Medford, Massachusetts, on June 8, 1978. She is an entertainment reporter, television personality, author, actress, and businesswoman.
Menounos is most famously known for hosting Extra and E! News and was also a correspondent for Today and Access Hollywood.
She got her first start in acting back in 2002 and is most famously known for her roles in Fantastic Four, Kickin' It Old Skool, One Tree Hill, Without a Trace, and Scrubs.
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Menounos is also a former professional wrestler.
Menounos' net worth is estimated to be $9million, according to Celebrity Net Worth.
Her fortune reportedly flows from her multiple careers.
In 2012, Menounos won a Daytime Emmy for Outstanding Entertainment News Program for her work on Extra alongside Mario Lopez.
In 2014, Menounos was then named CES Entertainment Matters Ambassador, after founding and maintaining AfterBuzz TV, an online entertainment network.
Who is Maria Menounos' husband?
Since 2017, Menounos has been married to Keven Undergaro.
Undergaro, who was born November 18, 1967, is one of the creators of AfterBuzz TV.
In July 2021, the couple opened up about their struggles with surrogacy on Menounos' YouTube series, Better Together with Maria Menounos, after announcing the couple's plan back in 2018.
“I thought, you know, we’d have the surrogacy thing down. We’d be implanted by now. We’d have all this excitement and that just keeps not working,” she said. “We’re trying so hard."
It was first revealed that the couple were expecting their first child in February 2023.
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When was Maria Menounos and Keven Undergaro's daughter born?
After a decade-long journey, Menounos and her husband are finally parents.
Menounos told People: "Just after a decade of trying everything, we are so grateful to the beautiful family helping us conceive our baby.
"Keven, my dad and I are all beyond excited for this soul to come into our lives. What a blessing."
Menounos and her husband reportedly worked with Family Match Consulting to welcome their child via surrogate.
“It was the most special moment of my life,” Maria told US Weekly of her new daughter, Athena Alexandra.
“The doctor literally grabbed her and hiked her onto me. I sat with her on my chest, and Keven and I kept looking at each other like, ‘Oh, my God.’ It was just pure joy.”
When did Menounos have a cancer scare?
In January 2023, Menounos was diagnosed with Stage 2 pancreatic cancer and has been recovering from the removal of a 3.9-cm tumor for nearly four months, she told People.
"I need people to know there are places they can go to catch things early," Menounos told the publication as she waits to welcome her first child.
"You can't let fear get in the way. I had that moment where I thought I was a goner—but I'm okay because I caught this early enough."
This, however, is not the former E! News correspondent's first health battle. In 2017, she was also treated for a benign brain tumor.
Menounos' mother tragically passed away on May 2, 2021, after battling both brain cancer and Covid-19.
