Michelle Charlesworth Biography and Wikipedia
Michelle Charlesworth is an American Emmy winning television news reporter and anchor working for WABC-TV as a weekend morning anchor for WABC-TV’s Eyewitness News.
In addition, she has been a reporter for both ABC News and WABC-TV since 1998, as well as a weekend morning anchor for WABC-TV’s Eyewitness News, and is perhaps best known for an award-winning series of stories about her struggle with skin cancer, broadcast on both WABC-TV and Good Morning America from ABC.
Michelle Charlesworth Age
Charlesworth is 52 years old as of 2022. Besides, she was born on 7 June 1970, New Jersey, United States. Therefore, she celebrates her birthday on 7th June every year.
Michelle Charlesworth Height and Weight
She is a woman of an average structure. In addition, she has an average body height of 5 feet 8 inches (1.72 meters) tall. Moreover, she weighs 139 lbs (63 kilograms).
Michelle Charlesworth Nationality
Charlesworth holds an American nationality and as well citizenship by birth.
Michelle Charlesworth Family, Parents and Siblings
Charlesworth was born and raised in New Jersey, United States to her parents James Charlesworth( father) and Jerrie Charlesworth (mother). In addition, her father is a professor at Duke University. Besides, she had one brother and sister.
Michelle Charlesworth Husband and Children
She is a married woman. She is married to former anchor Steve Livingstone Charlesworth. Moreover, the couple got married in 2003. They are blessed with two children, Isabelle Marlene born on October 16, 2006, and Jack James born on September 29, 2009.
Michelle Charlesworth Education
An Edison High School alumnus in Edison, New Jersey, she graduated from Duke University with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Public Policy and studied economics at the University of Freiburg in a doctoral program on a full German government scholarship.
Michelle Charlesworth Surgery|Cancer
Back in the early 2000s, Michelle had been diagnosed with a form of skin cancer, basal cell carcinoma. The diagnosis came when she was visiting a dermatologist on an assignment, not as a patient but as a reporter. The findings have shown that she had skin cancer after the doctor suggested conducting some tests.
Michelle was terrified by an eight-hour operation that was originally supposed to last just a few hours and left the hospital on her face with 27 stitches. Michelle broke down at the sight of her distorted features while at school and sat weeping in a bathtub. She felt she actually looked like a beast.
Michelle Charlesworth Net Worth
Charlesworth is estimated to have a net worth of about $5 million U.S dollars. Furthermore, she has enjoyed a long career in the journalism industry spanning almost three decades. Through proceeds from her work as an anchor, she has been able to accumulate a huge and modest fortune. In addition, she receives around $400 thousand dollars as her her total earnings.
Michelle Charlesworth Eyewitness News, WABC and NBC
Michelle has covered news from Israel and the occupied territories to Oscar’s Red Carpet since joining the Eyewitness News team in 1998, but she is currently best known for her award-winning coverage about her personal fight with skin cancer. She has won the coveted Gold Triangle Journalism Prize.
Michelle is also the host of Emmy Award-winning special programs on WABC-TV, Broadway Backstage-a look at the upcoming spring and fall theater seasons, and Above and Beyond-a welcome to local high school students and teachers who have made a difference in their schools and neighborhoods.
Michelle moved from NBC 17 in Raleigh, North Carolina to Channel 7 where she worked as a reporter and anchor. She was previously at WCTI in New Bern, North Carolina, and at WMGM in Atlantic City, New Jersey.
