Ashleigh Banfield Biography

Ashleigh Banfield is a well-known Canadian-American journalist. She was an anchor for HLN and CNN as well as a legal adviser who also appeared on Legal View with Ashleigh Banfield and Early Start. She began her television career at a Kenora, Ontario station called CJBN-TV . The journalist is also serving as a backup host on A&E’s hit show Live PD, starting April 28, 2018. The well-known media personality was married to Howard Gould and the two have two children Jay and Ridley . She is now married to Chris Haynor .

Early life and education of Ashleigh Banfield

Ashleigh Banfield was born Ashleigh Dennistoun Banfield on December 29, 1967, in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, under the birth sign of Capricorn. She is the daughter of Suzanne Elizabeth and John Alexander Banfield.

Banfield studied at Balmorals Hall School, graduating in 1985. In 1988, from Queen’s University in Ontario, he earned his BA in Political Science. He also studied at the British’s Advance University in 1992.

Banfield went on to study French at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver, British Columbia.

Ashleigh Banfield’s career

Ashleigh Banfield began her television news career for CJBN-TV in 1998 in Kenova. She served as a producer from 1992 to 1993 and as an anchor at CICT-TV for a nightly newscast. While working there, she reported on the 1991 Bush/Gorbachev Summit in Russia and the 1992 Summit in Vancouver. For ABC’s World News she tonight she also worked as an independent associate producer. At the beginning of 2000 she was hired by MSNBC in the United States.

After that, Banfield worked for Dallas-based KDFW-TV, which gave him an Emmy Award. She was loved and appreciated by her viewers for her work on MSNBC. In September 2011, when the terrorist attack on the World Trade Center occurred, she presented live coverage from Manhattan Street, which was just a few blocks from the scene of the attack.

Banfield lost his two friends in that accident. He also suffered from post-traumatic stress disorder after losing his two friends in the World Trade Center attacks. Apart from that, he also interviewed many war victims during the conflict in Afghanistan, which includes the Taliban.

Banfield covered the trips from Jalalabad to Kabul and reported on other experiences in Afghanistan. He also interviewed a Catholic priest from Pakistan, Father Gregory Rice. She then began working with the Ashleigh Banfield program on Location at 10 pm For her trademark rectangular glasses, she has received both positive and negative comments since her arrival on the national media scene.

It was reported by HLN on October 16, 2018, that Banfield was canceled by net worth along with Michaela Pereira and Carol Costello , as part of the network’s decision to reduce its live news programming.

Ashleigh Banfield Net Worth and Salary

Speaking of her achievements, Ashleigh Banfield won two Iris Awards in 1994 for Best News Documentary and Best Festival while working for CICI-TV. And from her illustrious career, the popular media personality has also raised a decent amount of money.

How much does Ashleigh Banfield earn?

Based on the estimate made by various online sources, it can be assumed that Ashleigh Banfield’s net worth is over $2 million. And it is said that her salary was $200,000 per year when she worked with MSNBC live. She also once worked for CNN, where her annual salary ranged from $35,195 to $132,162 a year.

Ashleigh Banfield personal life and relationship

Ashleigh Banfield was married to Howard Gould, who is a real estate financier, in 2004. Her husband founded the carbon credit trading company Equator Environmental. She is the great-grandson of the well-known railway developer Jay Gould.

Their affair began while Banfield was walking through Central Park in New York when she met him. After having an affair, they got married at the Royal Lake of the Woods Yacht Club in Canada. They have two children together, Jay Fischer Gould and Ridley Banfield Gould. There have been rumors in the media that a divorce has taken place between them but all the news is just rumors.

Despite their love affair and long marital journey, the couple could not last long and they parted ways. The reason for their split has yet to be revealed. Following her divorce, the hostess married her boyfriend, Chris Haynor, at the Hermitage Club ski lodge in Wilmington, Vermont, on December 29, 2017. More than 50 guests attended her wedding. She chose the New England-based band The Short Bus for her wedding music.

The married couple first met on Match.com in October 2014. The two later set up a lunch date.

Banfield has a large following on his Twitter microblogging site with more than 85.5 thousand followers. She is also active on her Instagram account.

Ashleigh Banfield Body Measurement

• Ashleigh Banfield’s Height: She stands at a height of 5 feet 11 inches / 178 cm.
• Weight: 137lbs / 62kg
• Body Measurement: 35-27-35 in
• Bust Size: 35 inches / 91 cm
• Waist Size: 27 inches / 69 cm
• Hips Size: 35 in / 91 cm
• Bra Size: 40B (US) / 90B (EU)
• Hair Color: Blonde
• Eye color: blue
• Canadian nationality
• Ethnicity: white
• Age: December 29, 1967 (51 years old)