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Place of birth
St. Louis
Age
41 years
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Biography

Amy Paffrath (born July 22, 1983) is an American TV host and actress.

Early life

She was born in St. Louis to Mark and Mary Paffrath. She has six siblings: Christy, Mark, Steven, Stacey, Matt and Brittany and she is the middle child. Her grandfather, Herman Paffrath, was also an actor. Her family used to put on plays and newscasts at family parties. Her mom enrolled her in ballet, tap and jazz class when she was just 3-years-old. At 9, she entered gymnastics and won many awards and medals in competitions. While at school, she used to experiment with theatre and performed in various plays. She is known to have a curious nature and extraordinary creativity. She decided to pursue a career in journalism and attended Missouri School of Journalism where she completed an internship at Entertainment Tonight in Los Angeles alongside TV veterans Mark Steines and Mary Hart under the leadership of Linda Bell Blue. After earning a degree in Broadcast Journalism in 2005, she moved to Los Angeles to pursue her dreams.

Career

Hosting

In early 2006, she moved to Los Angeles after earning a degree in Broadcast journalism. Immediately, she got on-air reporting jobs for two shows, "Created by U" and "In the Mix", both on Direct-TV (2006-2007). In early 2007, she was given the opportunity to host her own pop culture news show, Broadcaster News on broadcaster.com. There has been an exponential growth in her career since then. She has served as the longtime host of E! News Now, a red carpet correspondent for TV Guide’s Hollywood 411, series regular on MSN's The Big Debate, and guest host on both G4’s Attack of the Show! and Fuel TV’s The Daily Habit.

But it was a little show called Jersey Shore (TV series) that put her on the map. She held court with the guidos and guidettes of Seaside Heights as the host of MTV’s Jersey Shore: After Hours and Jersey Shore: Reunion in fourth, fifth and sixth seasons. Then, she appeared on The Girl Spot on BiteSize TV as well as a red carpet correspondent for Yahoo! Movies. She also hosted in Top Story! Weekly on Improv Olympics. She also hosted in the popular reality series Dating Naked on VH1 which fetched her immense recognition. She hosted both the first and second seasons of the show. In 2016, she was later replaced in season 3 by former BET's 106 & Park personality Rocsi Diaz. Recently,she hosted the 2015 Mid-America Emmy Awards.

Acting

She also nabbed roles in film, commercials and music videos. After working in movies, "Moonlight on Ivy" (2006), "Fly Kidz" (2006) and "Dinner at Eight" (2007), she played the lead in "Huntsville" (2007). She also appeared in Paramore's number one hit Misery Business and Whitestarr's "Sunshine Girl".

She is a budding standup comedian and appeared in some guest-starring roles in Sitcoms. She acted in the American sitcom Hot in Cleveland, Sullivan & Son and 2 Broke Girls. She was also seen in the CBS pilot, Oh Fuck, It's You, directed by James Burrows. In 2014, she appeared in the American film The Purge: Anarchy.

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Other Works

She wrote, directed, and produced Boner Killers Comedy Series with her friend Rebecca Zamolo.

Personal life

She is married to Drew Seeley who is also an actor and singer. They married on 28 April 2013.

Filmography

Films

YearFilmRoleNotes
2007Dinner at EightMolly-SueShort Film
2007HauntsvilleTammy
2008Shadow on the WallShort Film
2009Fired Up!3rd Row BrunetteUncredited
2009Fun with War CrimesNurseShort Film
2009The Pit and the PendulumGemma
2009Deep in the ValleySorority GirlUncredited
2012StockholmQaraShort Film
2014DumbbellsFemale Cop
2014The Purge: AnarchyTV Newscaster
2015FreshwaterKim Whitley
2016Do OverAngela Weiss
2016The ThinningWendy BanksFilming

Television

YearTV ShowRoleChannel
2009Attack of the Show!HerselfG4
Evil Bong II: King BongVelicity
I Kissed a VampireLuna Dark
2010The DefendersField ReporterCBS
The Daily 10CorrespondentE! News
2011Hollywood 411CorrespondentTV Guide
The Daily HabitGuest HostFuel TV
Evil Bong 3-D: The Wrath of BongVelicity
2011-2012Jersey Shore (TV series)HostMTV
2012Oh Fuck, It's YouMiaCBS
War BrideNicole
Husband & WifeThe Wife
Hot in ClevelandLA ActressTV Land
2013BK Comedy SeriesWriter,Director,Producer
Sullivan & SonKathyTBS
Hollywood MinuteBiteSize TV
2 Broke GirlsYorkCBS
2014The BreaksVanessa
2014-2015Dating NakedHostVH1

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