Bianna Vitalievna Golodryga is a Moldovan-born American journalist and news anchor who is currently serving as a senior global affairs analyst at CNN.
24 Facts About Bianna Golodryga
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Bianna Golodryga was previously co-anchor of the weekend edition of ABC's Good Morning America and a co-host of CBS This Morning.
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Bianna Golodryga has returned to Moldova only once since then, visiting her grandparents and cousins in 1988.
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Bianna Golodryga's mother is the chief digital and administrative officer for Phillips 66, and previously worked as chief information officer of Hess Corporation and her father, a mechanical engineer, was a consultant for DuPont.
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Bianna Golodryga attended the High School for the Performing and Visual Arts in Houston but was interested in becoming a journalist instead of an actress.
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Bianna Golodryga was inspired to look closer at what was going on in the world after performing in a play about AIDS written by her teacher.
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Bianna Golodryga had planned for a career in the financial services industry after she graduated from college.
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Bianna Golodryga became a licensed trader and worked at several financial companies.
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Bianna Golodryga moved to New York in February 2001 and began working as a producer at CNBC, where she later became an on-air correspondent.
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In 2004, Bianna Golodryga was named one of the top journalists under the age of 30.
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Bianna Golodryga was a correspondent for ABC between 2007 and 2010, and was named co-anchor of the weekend edition of Good Morning America in May 2010, following the departure of former co-anchor Kate Snow, who went to work for NBC.
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Bianna Golodryga had very few details to offer but called her back the next day, trying to find more information about what was happening and whether or not Dzhokhar, who had been taken into custody severely injured, was still alive.
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Bianna Golodryga was a guest host on Way Too Early and was a regular contributor to Morning Joe on MSNBC.
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Bianna Golodryga joined CBS on a permanent basis as a correspondent in September 2017 and simultaneously joined CNN as a contributor.
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In December 2016, Bianna Golodryga confronted then-Congressman Dana Rohrabacher, a Republican from California, over his defense of Russian President Vladimir Putin.
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Bianna Golodryga then asked about Putin, who has been consistently praised by Trump.
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Bianna Golodryga is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations.
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In 2015, Bianna Golodryga, whose husband was a former Bill Clinton staff member, was selected by Hillary Clinton to conduct Clinton's first interview as a presidential candidate.
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However, Clinton expressed her choice as "Bianna Golodryga", which was misinterpreted by Clinton's staff as "Brianna" and an interview was scheduled with CNN's Brianna Keilar, who conducted a tough interview.
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Later that year CNN announced that Bianna Golodryga had accepted a full-time role at the network as a senior global affairs analyst.
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Bianna Golodryga was accused of racial bias during a CNN interview segment.
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In May 2021, Bianna Golodryga interviewed Shah Mahmood Qureshi, the Pakistani Minister of Foreign Affairs.
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In September 2010, Golodryga married Peter R Orszag, the former Director of the Office of Management and Budget for the Obama Administration and the CEO of Financial Advisory at Lazard, a financial services firm.
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Bianna Golodryga has completed the 2019 New York City Marathon in 4:01:37 and has run several half marathons in the New York City area.