Alyson "Aly" Rae Eckmann (born November 8, 1990) is an American journalist, reporter, TV presenter, radio broadcaster and nude model.

Early life

Eckmann was born in Winthrop,

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on November 8, 1990, although at the age of eighteen, she moved to

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and later, at the age of twenty, she moved to

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. Initially, Eckmann would stay for about ten months, although after finding work as a babysitter she stayed for two more years. After this, Eckmann went on vacation to the

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where she found the recording of the television program ''Un príncipe para Corina'', with which according to her: "I happened to stumble upon Corina's program, and without really knowing how, I ended up on TV." A casting director actually proposed the idea of participating in Cuatro's dating show. At first she was reluctant to it but finally accepted.

Career

Television

After this, Eckmann signed for the television program Hable con ellas for the television channel

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, where she became a presenter for the first time, and also works as a reporter. On the other hand, Eckmann also works as an announcer in the radio program No te cortes, from Los 40 Principales. On October 22, 2014, she started as a reporter for the program Todo va bien de Cuatro. In April 2015, Eckmann made an appearance in the television series ''

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'', where she starred as Megan Simons, Trevor's wife, Judith's ex-partner. Since 2014, Alyson has collaborated with

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Spain presenting the Vevo Fresh program and the DCODE festivals. In 2015, Eckmann joined Non Stop People, a

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channel run by and for young people to present the ''Xtraǃ'' program. On 29 September 2016, she participated in the game show ''Sígueme el Rollo'' on

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. On 9 January 2017, she became one of the contestants on the Telecinco reality show '' Gran Hermano VIP 5''. She won the 100,000 euros prize with 58.8% of the audience in her favor.

Music

Eckmann was the vocalist of a jazz group for 8 years. Later, she composed two singles, one in 2014, called "Believe Me" and another in 2015 titled "Day After Day." She has also participated in various musicals such as

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and Annie.Alyson Eckman, la norteamericana que vino a aprender español y triunfa en 'Hable con ellas'
/ref> In 2016, she went to the Antena 3 musical program '' Tu cara me suena''. At the end of that same year, Eckmann collaborated as a vocalist in "Get Over It", a song by Les Castizos that came out to the sold under the music label Clipper's Sounds.

Filmography

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Eckmann, Alyson 1990 births Living people Radio personalities from Seattle American expatriates in Spain American television hosts American women radio hosts American women singers American women journalists American women television hosts 21st-century American women