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Caroline Rhea Biography |
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Caroline Gilchrist Rhea (born April 13, 1964) is a Canadian stand-up comedy and actor, who's currently hosting the successful reality show, The Biggest Loser on NBC, since its debut in October 2004. She is also best-known as Hilda, the aunt of Melissa Joan Hart's TV character, in Sabrina, the Teenage Witch from (1996-2002). In addition, she also replaced Rosie O'Donnell as the hostess of her syndicated talk show, renamed The Caroline Rhea Show, which lasted only one season. /b> Born and raised in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, by an American father David Rhea and a Canadian mother Margery Rhea. She has two sisters, Cynthia and Celia. She attended The Study, an all-girls private school in Westmount, Quebec. Rhea is fluent in French language and English language. She moved to New York, New York in 1989 to study stand-up comedy at the New School for Social Research. She says her true training came from her first gigs at the comedy club Catch A Rising Star. Performing around New York City, she quickly gained a reputation, and a name in the city's competitive comedy scene. These performances were augmented with appearances on MTV's Half-Hour Comedy Hour, Comic Strip Live and Caroline's Comedy Hour. She decided to move to Los Angeles for a career in Hollywood, debuting in NBC television series Pride and Joy co-starring with Jeremy Piven. She gained most fame for her role as "Aunt Hilda" on the American Broadcasting Company and The WB's Sabrina, the Teenage Witch (sitcom), as well as being a regular on the most recent incarnation of Hollywood Squares, with Tom Bergeron and Whoopi Goldberg (in the center square). Other credits include: The Caroline Rhea Show The Caroline Rhea Show was created in 2002 upon Rosie O'Donnell's departure from daytime television. Rhea was hand-picked by O'Donnell and had previously served as a guest host for O'Donnell throughout the final two seasons of The Rosie O'Donnell Show. The show was cancelled in June 2003 2003,(mostly due to a late night time-slot) upon the completion of its first season. The Biggest Loser Rhea hosted the first and second season of NBC Universal's The Biggest Loser - a reality television show in which contestants are put through training and dietary regulation in order to lose weight. The team that loses the most weight by the end of the show's season wins prizes. The third season is currently airing on NBC. See also 
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