Brief facts:
Birth Name: Kelly Maria Ripa
Birth Date: 21 October 1970 (Birthday Countdown)
Birth Place: Stratford, New Jersey
Education: Eastern Regional High School in Voorhees, New Jersey (class of 1987). New Jersey's Camden County Community College
Sign of the Zodiac: Libra
Height: 5'4" (1,63m)
Hair: Naturally Brown
Eyes: Blue
Father: Joseph Ripa, bus driver, labor union president
Mother: Esther
Sister: Linda Ripa, writes children's books; born 1973
Sons: Michael Joseph Consuelos. (2 June 1997). Joaquin Antonio Consuelos, born on February 24, 2003, 8 lbs. 5 oz.
Daughter: Lola Grace Consuelos, born on 16 June 2001 at 6:30 am in NYC, weighing 8 pounds, 3 ounces.
Nationality: American
Relationships: Married to Mark Consuelos (Actor born 1970), (Las Vegas 1 May 1996 - present),

Biographical Notes:
Kelly and her family moved to Berlin, New Jersey, where she grew up with younger sister Linda. She had studied ballet since age three and played the piano.
Kelly met her husband on the set of "All My Children" and married a year before their characters married onscreen. They live in New York with their three children.
Kelly Awarded #19 in E! Rank's Top 25 Blondes, named one of E!'s "top 20 entertainers of 2001", named one of People Magazine's "25 Most Intriguing People of 2001"
The Coalition of Italo-American Associations during it's annual Italian Heritage and Culture month gala at the Waldorf Astoria in Manhattan honored Kelly in 2001.