Ashleigh Banfield

Ashleigh Banfield

Canadian-American journalist
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Ashleigh Dennistoun Banfield (born December 29, 1967) is a Canadian-American journalist and host of Banfield on the NewsNation network. She is a former host of Legal View with Ashleigh Banfield and Early Start on CNN.

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Ashleigh Banfield was born on Friday, 29 December 1967 in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. Her full name at birth was Ashleigh Dennistoun Banfield. She is best known as a tv news personality. Banfield's country of citizenship (nationality) is Canadian. Ashleigh attended high school at Balmoral Hall School, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada (1985). For university, she studied at Queens University in Kingston, Ontario, Canada for a bachelor's degree in Political Studies and French (1988). She is 5' 10" (178 cm) tall and weighs 137 lbs (62 kg) with an average build. She has green eyes and blonde hair (color). Ashleigh Banfield is 57 years old and her zodiac star sign is Capricorn.

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Full name at birth
Ashleigh Dennistoun Banfield
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Claim to fame
hosting the CNN daytime news program Legal View with Ashleigh Banfield, the HLN legal issues interview program Primetime Justice with Ashleigh Banfield and the NewsNation interview program Banfield
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Date of birth
29 December 1967
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Place of birth
Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
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TV Journalist, Singer
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Height
5' 10" (178 cm)
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Weight
137 lbs (62 kg)
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Distinctive feature
"Ashleigh Banfield" glasses
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8.5
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Residence
Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
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High school
Balmoral Hall School, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada (1985)
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  • Queens University in Kingston, Ontario, Canada for a bachelor's degree in Political Studies and French (1988)
  • University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada (Advanced French) (1992)
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Partner: Chris Haynor (Married)
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Ashleigh Banfield and Chris Haynor
  • Has a brother who is working in Alaska.
  • Children with husband Gould: Jay Fischer Gould (born October 22, 2005 at 6lbs, 4oz) and Ridley Banfield Gould (born May 21, 2007 at 7 lbs, 8 oz.).
  • She covered stories on the front lines in Afghanistan when the war on terrorism had just begun, this would have been when the Taliban was still in power.
  • She once sang in a rock band.
  • She has a bachelor's degree in Political Studies and French from Queens University in Ontario.

Ashleigh Banfield is known for her role in the podcast series No News Is News (2022) as Self.

She is also known for her role in the TV series Cuomo (2022) as Self.

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