Cher Calvin (born August 1, 1974) is a

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for

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television in

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Biography

Born Cherlynn Calvin on August 1, 1974, in New York City, she is the daughter of the former Filipino actor Roger Calvin. She graduated from the Marymount School of New York in 1992, a college preparatory Catholic high school for girls on the Upper East Side of Manhattan. She is a

New York University New York University (NYU) is a private research university in New York City. Chartered in 1831 by the New York State Legislature, NYU was founded by a group of New Yorkers led by then- Secretary of the Treasury Albert Gallatin. In 1832, ...

graduate with a BA in

broadcast journalism Broadcast journalism is the field of news and journals which are broadcast by electronic methods instead of the older methods, such as printed newspapers and posters. It works on radio (via air, cable, and Internet), television (via air, cable, ...

and a minor in

political science Political science is the scientific study of politics. It is a social science dealing with systems of governance and power, and the analysis of political activities, political thought, political behavior, and associated constitutions and ...

Career

After Calvin hosted '' Mornings @ GMA'' (a now-defunct morning show of

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from 1998 to 1999), she started with KTLA in Los Angeles in January 2005. She has won 7 Emmy awards for news journalism, winning 5 consecutive years (2012–2017), and has received 5 Golden Mike awards, all while reporting for KTLA. Calvin came to KTLA from KVVU-TV Fox 5 in Las Vegas, Nevada, where she was a presenter for ''Fox 5 News This Morning'', replacing '' Sharon Tay''. She is also a former news presenter for ''News Central'' on the Filipino television network Studio 23, and she was one of the hosts of the fashion magazine show '' F!'' on the Filipino television network

ABS-CBN ABS-CBN (an initialism of its two predecessors' names, Alto Broadcasting System and Chronicle Broadcasting Network) is a Philippine commercial broadcast network that serves as the flagship property of ABS-CBN Corporation, a company under L ...

. Her acting credits include ''Hancock'' (2008), ''Chuck'' (2007), ''Criminal Minds'' (2005), and ''The Closer'' (2012). In her appearance on ''

The Closer ''The Closer'' is an American television police procedural starring Kyra Sedgwick as Brenda Leigh Johnson, a Los Angeles Police Department deputy chief. A CIA-trained interrogator originally from Atlanta, Georgia, Brenda has a reputation as a cl ...

'', she portrayed herself as a reporter with KTLA.

Personal life

Calvin is

Filipino American Filipino Americans ( fil, Mga Pilipinong Amerikano) are Americans of Filipino ancestry. Filipinos and other Asian ethnicities in North America were first documented in the 16th century as slaves and prisoners on ships sailing to and from New ...

. She speaks English and Tagalog and participates in many Filipino, Asian community and KTLA-sponsored public community events. She has participated in ''

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'' at the Center for the Pacific Asian Family to help stop violence against women around the world.

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Calvin, Cher 1974 births Living people American writers of Filipino descent American people of Kapampangan descent American television reporters and correspondents American women television journalists Journalists from California Journalists from Las Vegas Television anchors from Las Vegas Television anchors from Los Angeles New York University alumni ABS-CBN News and Current Affairs people 21st-century American women