Cynthia McFadden

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Martin Bashir, Cynthia McFadden, and Terry Moran at ABC's Times Square Studios, where Nightline was taped from late 2005 through mid-2006.
Martin Bashir, Cynthia McFadden, and Terry Moran at ABC's Times Square Studios, where Nightline was taped from late 2005 through mid-2006.

Cynthia McFadden (born May 27, 1956 in Lewiston, Maine) is a correspondent for ABC News. McFadden currently co-anchors Nightline and Primetime. McFadden graduated Phi Beta Kappa and summa cum laude from Bowdoin College in 1978. She received her law degree from Columbia University. She has been divorced twice and has a son, Spencer Graham McFadden Hoge, who was born in 1998 and was named after the late actor, Spencer Tracy[1]. McFadden is also the executor of the estate of longtime friend Katharine Hepburn. She has Crohn's disease and has done public service announcements to raise awareness of the condition.[2][3]

[edit] Awards

  • George Foster Peabody Award
  • Cine Golden Eagles (2)
  • Ohio State Award
  • Silver Gavels (2) from the American Bar Association
  • Grand Award of the New York Festival
  • Blue Ribbon of the American Film Festival
  • Nominated for an Emmy[4]

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Preceded by
Ted Koppel
Nightline anchor
November 28, 2005-
With Martin Bashir and Terry Moran
Succeeded by
Current