"The perfect combination of style and substance." --ESSENCE
On-Air Host
I've made international headlines and anchored conversations with hundreds of thought leaders and celebrities. Here's a small sampling of some of the fun!
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Season 2 launched May 2023 on Madame Noire!
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Watch Season 1 of Momprenuers on Madame Noire!
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Nancy & Steve have fun riffing on love, work, and play.
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The ladies laugh about both being on Who Wants to be.a Millionaire!
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Celebrity reel full of laughter and fun!
USA TODAY & New York Times Bestselling Author
Click below for some of Nancy's latest media moments celebrating her new children's picture books, her many nonfiction books, and more.
VOGUE
Lovely Funmi Fetto mentions BEDTIME BONNET whilst extrapolating on cover girl Rihanna's couture durag!
NYT
From La Mer to Dr. Jart, Nancy's sheet mask review in the Sunday paper is full of great buys!
TODAY SHOW
Nancy chatted with Kathie Lee & Hoda about her photographic guidebook, PREGNANCY, OMG!
GLAMOUR
After writing about the end of the Miss America swimsuit competition, Nancy judged the 2019 Miss America show.
Hi! A longer bio is in the works, but basically...
I’m a professional talker, writer, & shopper.
As a talker, I’m an award-winning, seasoned on-air lifestyle and entertainment host with game shows, talk shows, news, and hundreds of one-on-one celebrity interviews behind my belt. I've grilled Oscar the Grouch about his trash can, bonded over winning $250,000 on Who Wants to be a Millionaire? with Queen Latifah, and given my opinion on kid leashes, spankings, sports bras, and more. (Scroll up for clips.)
As a writer, In 2023, I'm writing and producing multiple unscripted and scripted film & television projects for a variety of networks and production companies (titles and networks to be announced soon, hopefully). I'm also a USA Today and New York Times best-selling author, with multiple books published for children, teens, and adults.
As a shopper, at The New York Times, I'm the health and grooming expert for our product review vertical, Wirecutter. I shop for the best products and then I bathe, vacuum my hair, and take care of my skin. It is a dream beat and I work with some of the most incredible people in the world.
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About Nancy
Called “the perfect combination of style and substance” by ESSENCE magazine, Nancy Redd is a seasoned and award-winning on-air host, Wirecutter's beauty and health product expert at The New York Times, and a New York Times and USA Today bestselling author. Her newest picture book, THE REAL SANTA, has received starred reviews from both Kirkus and Publishers Weekly. THE REAL SANTA is based on Nancy’s son’s intense efforts to catch the jolly icon in action, and is the Black Santa Christmas story Nancy wished she had as a kid. Nancy, a former Miss Virginia, holds an honors degree in women’s studies from Harvard University.
As an on-air host, Nancy has made international headlines and anchored conversations with hundreds of thought leaders and celebrities—including Queen Latifah, Steve Harvey, Oscar the Grouch, Levar Burton, and many, many more. For nearly four years, Nancy hosted daily entertainment, lifestyle, parenting, and celebrity segments at HuffPost Live, The Huffington Post's daily digital show. Collectively, her team earned three consecutive Webby awards, and individually Nancy’s hosting earned her a GLAAD-award nomination. After HuffPost Live, Nancy joined the syndicated FOX talk show So-Me TV as their liberal mom host, and since then Nancy has hosted myriad web series, from 2020’s “Baby Steps,” a parenting advice show for a major diaper app to 2021’s “Couple Goals,” a relationship game show for TheGrio TV.
When she’s not on-air, Nancy is The New York Times beauty, health, and grooming product expert, shopping for and opining on the best buys of everything from bath bombs to shower caps to Santa hats.
Nancy is a popular panelist and culture commentator, having been booked on everything from E! True Hollywood Stories to PBS’s To the Contrary to Entertainment Tonight. She has also repeat guested on major talk shows like Home & Family, The Today Show, Good Morning America, and beyond. As a moderator of events, Nancy led the first-ever digital ESSENCE Wellness House and has moderated major corporate events for Herbal Essences, Mom 2.0, Kimberly-Clark, and more.
The author of multiple award-winning books, Nancy’s latest self-help book, PREGNANCY, OMG!, is the first-ever photographic guide to pregnancy and was called “the ultimate how-to for anyone who’s got a bun in the oven” by OK! magazine. Her first book, BODY DRAMA, was heralded as “a book of liberation” by Eve Ensler. Her debut picture book, BEDTIME BONNET, is about Black nighttime hair rituals and was chosen by the American Library Association Black Caucus as a "Best of the Best" children’s book for 2020 and called “the best children’s book of 2020” by The Grio.
Other select honors include being a $250,000 winner on Who Wants to be a Millionaire?, LOREAL’s Beauty of Giving winner, and two Mom’s Choice Awards. Nancy is married to her college sweetheart, actor Rupak Ginn, and they live in Los Angeles with their two children, August, 10, and Little Nancy, 7. Visit www.nancyredd.com for clips and reel.
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Nancy's Reviews for The New York Times
As the beauty, health, and grooming product reviewer for The New York Times's product review vertical Wirecutter, Nancy has a blast testing all things glam and grooming, from bath bombs and hair dryers to face masks to eyeglasses. Click here to check 'em all out!
Nancy's Books
I've written many award-winning and best-selling fiction and non-fiction books for all ages.
Here's a few of 'em!