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My Take
Adrienne Bailon-Houghton earns my respect for the reinvention more than the early fame. Coming up through 3LW and The Cheetah Girls could have been the whole story, but she turned a Lower East Side teen-pop start into a long, decorated run as a daytime talk host, capped by a Daytime Emmy and back-to-back NAACP Image Awards. Singing, dancing and hosting all at a high level takes a versatility that is easy to underrate. Surviving the industry's churn from child star to trusted on-air presence says a lot about her grit. The transformation from idol to beloved host is what I find genuinely impressive.
Overview
Adrienne Eliza Bailon-Houghton (née Bailon (); born October 24, 1983) is an American television personality, singer, and actress. She is a former member of the girl groups 3LW and The Cheetah Girls. From 2013 to 2022, Bailon was a co-host of the daytime talk show The Real; for which she won a Daytime Emmy Award. From 2022 to 2023, Bailon-Houghton was a co-anchor of the entertainment news show, E! News.
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1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Adrienne Bailon-Houghton
- Name (Japanese)
- エイドリアン・ベイロン
- Reading
- えいどりあん・べいろん
- Born
- October 24, 1983 (age 42)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Scorpio / Boar
- Origin
- Lower East Side, New York, United States
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- 150 cm
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- actor / singer / singer-songwriter / composer / dancer
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- High School for Health Professions and Human Services
- University
- Private
Awards & achievements
- 2018 Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Entertainment Talk Show Host
- 2018 NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Talk Series
- 2019 NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Talk Series
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
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7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.