Bree Walker

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Bree Walker (born February 26, 1953) is a well-known television network news anchor in San Diego, New York City, and Los Angeles. As an advocate for persons with disabilities, she is one of the first in her field to succeed in spite of a physical deformity.

Established and well into her career at the ABC affiliate KGTV Channel 10 in San Diego, Walker decided to go public with her ectrodactyly, a rare congenital deformity: her fingers and toes are fused together. She previously kept her deformed hands and fingers out of view. With her hands now clearly visible, she continued her successful newscasting career at KGTV, moving up to the larger markets at WCBS Channel 2 in New York City, and in 1988 to KCBS Channel 2 Los Angeles.

Her media career started as an FM rock and roll disc jockey, on KUDL FM as "rock's lady of the night" in Kansas City in the middle 1970s. She soon after became New York City's first-ever female morning drive rock personality. She started her television career in 1980 at KGTV as a consumer advocacy reporter. She also dabbled in acting, appearing as herself in the end of the world SF thriller Without Warning in the early 1990s.

Her career took a surprising twist during the 2003 season when she watched the show Carnivale, an HBO television series about a Depression-era carnival traveling through the Dust Bowl. She noticed that no cast member had ectrodactyly. She requested, created, auditioned, and won the role of Sabina, The Scorpion Lady.

Sabina appeared in three episodes during the 2005 season. She showcases her webbed hands as the series probes public attitudes toward persons with highly visible disabilities. In Walker's own words: "I really get to be me." Walker based Sabina on characters she knew existed in the 1920s and 1930s carnival sideshows with names like Lobster Girl or Lobster Boy. These were typically the best jobs persons with ectrodactyly could have, with most others being hidden away.

Walker furthered her acting career in 2006 by appearing as an inspirational woman with ectrodactyly on the fourth season premiere of Nip/Tuck.

She and former husband, NBC and HBO sportscaster, Jim Lampley jointly run Crystal Spring Productions, a film production company. She is also contributing writer for New Image magazine. Walker resides in Del Mar, California with her two children.