Lara Spencer Bio, Wiki, Age, Husband, ABC, Net Worth, Salary and Twitter

Lara Spencer Biography

Lara Spencer (born Lara Christine Von Seelen) is an American television presenter working for ABC News. She servs as the co-anchor for ABC’s Good Morning America.

Lara Spencer Age

Spencer is 52 years old as of 2021. She was born on 19 June 1969 in Garden City, New York, United States. She celebrates her birthday on the 19th of June every year.

Lara Spencer Height

Spencer stands at a height of 5 feet 6 inches (1.77 m).

Lara Spencer Family

Spencer is the daughter of Richard von Seelen and Carolyn von Seelen. It is also not known if Spencer has any siblings.

Lara Spencer Husband

Spencer is currently married to Richard McVey, an American entrepreneur. She was previously married to the former CNNfn journalist David Haffenreffer. The couple married on September 30, 2000, at St. Andrew’s Dune Church in an Episcopal ceremony. They together have two children, Duff Haffenreffer born on January 22, 2002, and Katharine Paige Haffenreffer born in 2004. In March 2015, the couple announced that they had separated and they were divorced in June 2015.

Lara Spencer Net Worth

Spencer has an estimated net worth of about $20 million which she has earned through her career as a television news personality.

Lara Spencer Salary

Spencer earns an annual salary of $3 Million.

Lara Spencer Career

Spencer serves at ABC News as the co-anchor for ABC’s Good Morning America. In March 2011, Spencer became a co-anchor for ABC’s “Good Morning America” This is Spencer’s second return to “GMA.” For 5 years from 1999 to 2004, she was previously the National Correspondent of the program.

Spencer debuted and began hosting the syndicated entertainment newsmagazine special, “The Insider.” in 2004. She interviewed several of the biggest stars in the industry over her seven seasons there including Julia Roberts, George Clooney, Angelina Jolie, Halle Berry, Tom Cruise, and Meryl Streep.

For exclusive interviews, she toured the globe, such as Athens, Greece, with the cast of Mamma Mia, Panama City with the cast of the James Bond film Quantum of Solace, and Rome, Italy for Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes’s wedding. She has also hosted three CBS primetime television specials, including Jim Nantz’s famous “Superbowl’s Greatest Commercials”

With the NBC Page Scheme, Spencer launched her broadcasting career. Her first journalistic work was filming, reporting, and editing all of her reports at WDEF-TV in Chattanooga, TN, where she was, as she puts it a “one-man-band” From there as the New York native started covering for News 12, Long Island, she landed on her home turf.

Spencer was a reporter and anchor for “Eyewitness News” on WABC-TV in New York City from 1995 to 1999, where she reported breaking headlines such as the crash of TWA Flight 800 and the death of Princess Diana. But it was her nightly segment, “Life Around Here with Lara Spencer,” which got her noticed by “Good Morning America,” and while still working at Ch.7 in 1999, she was invited to join them. The next year, she moved full-time to “GMA” lending her infectious curiosity and writing talents to unforgettable stories, including “50 States in 50 Weeks: In Search of America.” Spencer discussed the diversity of the American states in the Emmy-nominated film.

On the One Kings Lane website, she keeps the “Taste Maker Tag Sales” charity with her antique finds and donates all proceeds to Housing Works, a non-profit that supports people dealing with HIV/Aids. Spencer is now a passionate promoter in Connecticut for Greenwich Adult Day Care, which supports people dealing with Alzheimer’s Disease. When coming to her education, Spencer graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in Journalism from Pennsylvania State University. She won a full springboard and platform diving athletic scholarship and became an All-American athlete in 1991.

Lara Spencer ABC News

Spencer is working at ABC News where she works alongside other famous ABC News anchors and reporters including;

1. John Quiñones
2. Karen Travers
3. Pierre Thomas
4. Cecilia Vega
5. Elizabeth Vargas
6. David Wright
7. Nick Watt
8. Jeff Zeleny

Lara Spencer Social Media Platforms

Spencer is active on her social media accounts and often posts on her Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter. She has over 279k followers on Twitter, over 354k followers on Instagram, and over 254k followers on Facebook.