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Jillian Michaels Biography

Birth Name:Jillian Michaels

Birth Place:Los Angeles, California, United States

Profession Producer, Actress, Director

Fast Facts

  • Named ambassador for the organization Stand Up to Cancer
  • Serves as a member of the child welfare group Clinton Global Initiative
  • While attending California State University, she worked as a bartender and personal trainer
  • Opened the Beverly Hills sports medicine facility Sky Sports & Spa in 2002
  • Quote: "Unless you puke, faint or die keep going!"
  • Best known as a personal trainer and life coach who was a fitness coach on the reality show "The Biggest Loser․"
  • Her interests include racing cars, traveling and martial arts

Awards

  • 2012Daytime Emmy-Outstanding Talk Show Host: nominated