Christianne Klein

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Christianne Klein is a television news anchor. On July 6, 2006, ABC News announced that she would be joining the network as an overnight and early morning news anchor and a New York-based correspondent. In this role, she will contribute to ABC’s World News Now and World News This Morning as well as Good Morning America and ABC News Now.

Prior to joining ABC News, she worked as an anchor and reporter for ABC-7/WJLA-TV in Washington, DC, USA where she was demoted for an acrimonious segment on the arrival of Prince Charles and Camilla to Washington D.C. that did not sit well with management.

She is a California native and has worked as television news anchors for KNVN in Chico, California and KUTV in Salt Lake City, Utah. She has reported on such stories as the Elizabeth Smart kidnapping and the murder of Lori Hacking.

Klein was a frequent panelist on ABC's [1] controversial late night political talk show, "Politically Incorrect with Bill Maher."

She appeared as news reporter Linda Garvey in the 2006 movie, American Dreamz.

Klein is a graduate of Wellesley College in Boston, USA. with a degree in Political Science and she is a lifetime member of Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society.