Nancy Margaret Regan (born March 20, 1966) is a Canadian actress, journalist, news anchor, and television personality, most known for her fifteen-year tenure as host of CTV's Live at 5, a live news and general interest television program reaching more than a quarter of a million viewers nightly. She is the daughter of Anita Carole Thomas (née Harrison) and former

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Premier

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, and the sister of both actress Laura Regan, and former Nova Scotia Liberal MP (and former House of Commons Speaker)

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. Her maternal grandfather,

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, was a Liberal MP for Meadow Lake in

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. She is married to David Graham, son of former Liberal

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(1928–2015). They have one daughter, Alexandra. She has also hosted CTV’s national weekend morning show '' Good Morning Canada'' and ''That News Show'' on

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. She was crowned Miss Nova Scotia in 1986 and attended Miss Canada 1987.

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* 1966 births Living people Actresses from Halifax, Nova Scotia Journalists from Nova Scotia Canadian people of Irish descent Canadian television news anchors Canadian television actresses Canadian women television journalists Nancy St. Francis Xavier University alumni Canadian beauty pageant contestants {{Canada-tv-bio-stub