TV newswoman Kelly O'Donnell

Kelly O'Donnell covers politics for NBC's news division, and has appeared on its sister network MSNBC. She has served as news anchor and substitute host on the weekend version of "The Today Show" as well as on the weekend edition of NBC Nightly News.



The granddaughter of Irish immigrants, Kelly O'Donnell graduated from Northwestern University in 1987 from the School of Education and Social Policy. Her earlier jobs include a stint as a reporter and anchor at WJW-TV in Cleveland, Ohio, receiving a regional Emmy for her report of a prison riot in Ohio.

She is not related to her co-worker Norah O'Donnell.