18 Facts About Maureen O'Boyle

Maureen Jeralyn O'Boyle was born on July 14,1963 and is an American television reporter and news anchor.

Maureen O'Boyle was the lead anchor for WBTV News 3 in her hometown of Charlotte, North Carolina and used to anchor the weekly "Stretching Your Dollar" report.

Maureen O'Boyle is one of ten children; her oldest brother Johnny died when he was a toddler.

Maureen O'Boyle graduated from West Charlotte High School in 1981 and studied journalism at East Carolina University.

Maureen O'Boyle later went to work for WNCT in Greenville on weekends.

Maureen O'Boyle left school before graduating, and was hired by WECT in Wilmington, North Carolina, where she worked as a nightside reporter and was promoted to noon anchor.

Maureen O'Boyle's next stop was WMAZ in Macon, Georgia, as co-anchor and reporter.

Maureen O'Boyle left that station to become main anchor for the CBS affiliate, KREM 2 in Spokane, Washington.

In 1990, at age 27, Maureen O'Boyle was recruited to replace Maury Povich on the nationally syndicated A Current Affair.

Maureen O'Boyle hosted A Current Affair until 1994, when she was replaced by Penny Daniels.

Maureen O'Boyle left Extra in 1996, and hosted her own talk show In Person, which ran for one season.

Maureen O'Boyle appeared as herself in the films So I Married an Axe Murderer and Undisputed.

In 1999, Maureen O'Boyle left television to be a full-time mother.

Maureen O'Boyle has been the station's main anchor and de facto face since Cameron's retirement in 2018.

Maureen O'Boyle played herself in a 1998 episode of The Larry Sanders Show, in which she interviewed Garry Shandling's lead character.

Maureen O'Boyle told People, "I've always thought that being in a job where I am in the public eye that my story is important to share".

Maureen O'Boyle brought her daughter to the "Extra" set every day and had a crib for Keegan in her office.

Maureen O'Boyle appeared on a charity edition of Who Wants to Be a Millionaire in November 2010, where she and her co-anchor raised $48,000 for the Greater Enrichment Program, an after-school program for at risk youth.