Nancy Grace

Birth Name:

Nancy Ann Grace

Birth Place:

Macon, Georgia, United States

Profession

Actress, Producer, Writer

All of her earnings from "Dancing with the Stars" went to support the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children
Has received several American Women in Radio & Television Gracie Awards for "Nancy Grace Investigates․"
Has authored three books, which have all appeared on the New York Times Best Seller list, and one of which, "The Eleventh Victim," was made into a TV movie in November 2012
Was named one of the most impactful and powerful women in entertainment by Variety and The Hollywood Reporter in 2011
Was a Law Review graduate of Mercer Law School and attended New York University for her degree in Constitutional and Criminal Law
Originally planned on becoming an English professor, but shifted focus to criminal justice after her fiancé was shot and killed in 1979
Her first news job came as the co-host of Court TV's "Cochran and Grace․"
Started out as felony prosecutor in the Atlanta Fulton County District Attorney's Office
Best known as the host of the current affairs show "Nancy Grace․"
She finished in the top five on season 13 of "Dancing with the Stars․"

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