Giuliana Rancic

Giuliana Rancic (née DePandi;^[1][2] born August 17, 1974),^[3] is an Italian-American television personality.

Early life

Rancic was born in Naples, Italy and immigrated to the United States with her family at age 7.^[3] In 1996^[3] she received a bachelor's degree in journalism from the University of Maryland, College Park, and a master's degree in journalism from American University.^[4] During this time, she worked for a Capitol Hill news bureau covering stories related to the U.S. government.^[4]

Career

In 2005 Rancic was named anchor of E! network's E! News. On March 13, 2006 she was joined by co-anchor Ryan Seacrest.

Additionally, she co-hosts E!'s Fashion Police and often co-hosts red carpet events for award shows, such as the Golden Globes and the Academy Awards. She is the creator and executive producer of MTV's Celebrity Rap Superstar, which premiered in 2007. She and her husband, Bill Rancic, star in the reality-television show Giuliana and Bill which aired on E!. She appeared in the movie Bring It On: Fight to the Finish in a brief scene. Rancic also has hosted the Miss USA and Miss Universe beauty pageants on NBC.

She is also a co-founder of FabFitFun, a women's health, beauty, and fashion website.^[5] Rancic won the 2014 Daytime Emmy Award for Fan Favorite.^[6] She also launched a wine line, Xo, G.^[7]

In 2013 Rancic, who has a history of breast cancer, assisted the launch of CureDiva,^[8][9] an online shop for breast cancer patients.

Personal life

From 2003 to 2004 Rancic was in a relationship with actor Jerry O'Connell.^[10] On December 15, 2006 Giuliana and Bill Rancic announced their engagement. They were married on September 1, 2007 in a ceremony on Capri at Sancta Sophia Church in Anacapri.^[11][12]

The two have publicly discussed their fertility issues on television talk shows, having tried to conceive since approximately the beginning of 2009.^[13] The couple began in vitro fertilization (IVF) in March 2010,^[13] and Rancic got pregnant in the spring of 2010, but she miscarried at nine weeks.^[14][15] She had an IVF transfer for a second time in November 2010; however, the procedure did not result in a pregnancy. When the couple decided to try for a third round of IVF, her doctor recommended a mammogram, which is how she found out she had breast cancer. Despite her condition, the couple were still motivated to have a baby, so they continued with the egg retrieval and found a surrogate.^[16]

On October 17, 2011 during an interview on Today, Rancic announced she had been diagnosed with an early stage breast cancer, for which she would be treated with a lumpectomy, followed by radiation. She underwent surgery in mid-October 2011 and returned to work at E! News about a week later.^[17] On December 5, 2011, Rancic disclosed she had decided to undergo a double mastectomy.^[18]

On April 23, 2012, Giuliana and Bill announced on The Today Show that they were expecting their first child, via gestational carrier, due in late summer.^[19] On August 29, 2012, the couple welcomed son Edward Duke Rancic in Denver, Colorado.^[20]

Filmography

Awards

Rancic was ranked #94 on the Maxim Hot 100 Women of 2004. She was also featured in People magazine's 100 Most Beautiful of 2006 issue. Giuliana was nominated Favorite TV Celebreality Star for the 2012 People's Choice Awards.^[21] In June 2014, Rancic was named "Fan Favorite" during the Daytime Emmy Awards. She dedicated the award to her six million followers on social media.^[6]

Books

• DePandi, Giuliana (2006). Think Like a Guy: How to Get a Guy by Thinking Like One. St. Martin's Griffin. ISBN 978-0312354374. 
• Rancic, Giuliana; Rancic, Bill (2010). I Do, Now What?: Secrets, Stories, and Advice from a Madly-in-Love Couple. Ballantine Books. ISBN 978-0345524997. 

References

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Giuliana Rancic.

• Giuliana Rancic on E! Online
• Giuliana Rancic at the Internet Movie Database