Samantha Brown Biography

Fast Facts

• Graduated from Syracuse University with a degree in fine arts
• Almost missed her connecting flight to her audition for "Great Vacation Homes," but pleaded with the dispatcher on the runway to be let onto the plane
• Began her career in New York, where she worked as a waitress and appeared in off-Broadway plays before getting an audition for her first hosting job, "Great Vacation Homes․"
• Created her own line of luggage through the Home Shopping Network in 2011
• Best known as a Travel Channel host whose shows include "Passport to Europe," "Great Weekends" and "Samantha Brown's Asia․"
• Over the course of her career, she has traveled to more than 220 cities in 49 different countries