Sharon Tay

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Sharon Tay (born October 15, 1966, Singapore) is an Emmy award winning journalist, and former host of MSNBC at the Movies and MSNBC Entertainment Hot List.

Sharon immigrated to the United States at age seven. Her family settled in Connecticut for several years before relocating to the Philippine Islands. She spent her sophomore year at the International School and then returned to the United States to complete her high school education in Massachusetts. Sharon attended Boston University where she obtained a Bachelor of Science degree in Broadcast Journalism with a minor in International Relations.

Her first big break came in Boston where she anchored, wrote, and produced a weekend news show for a local cable station. In 1993, KCCN-TV, now KION in Salinas, California hired Sharon for special investigative reports. Soon thereafter, Tribune Broadcasting recruited Tay for its KTLA-5 Los Angeles staff as a general assignment reporter. She went on to become a weekend anchor and ultimately an anchor for the early morning edition of the news.

She left KTLA in December of 2004 in order to pursue opportunities at MSNBC. Hosting duties at MSNBC including stints at “MSNBC at the Movies” and “MSNBC Entertainment Hot List”, where she either hosted or co-hosted the show. Those shows were cancelled and for some time Tay was off the air completely, most likely waiting out her contract. However, Tay was seen on several episodes of KTTV's Fox 11 weekend entertainment show "That's So Hollywood" and on NBC's drama Las Vegas as a news reporter. Tay is currently working for KCBS2/KCAL9.

Tay is a member of the Asian American Journalists Association.

Sharon is the official spokeswoman for The Directors Edge, a product line of Romar Entertainment, Inc. Sharon has also appeared in several movies as a reporter with notable appearance in Independence Day.