Nicolle Wallace Profile
Nicolle Wallace is an American anchor, television host, and author. She is commonly known for her work as the anchor of the MSNBC news and political program.
Nicolle Wallace Age
Wallace is 51 years old as of 2023. She was born on 4th February 1972 in Orange County, California, United States of America. Additionally, she celebrates her birthday on the 4th of February every year.
Nicolle Wallace Height
She stands at an average height of 5 feet 6 inches tall.
Nicolle Wallace Family
Wallace is the daughter of Veronica and Clive Devenish, she was born in Orange County, California. Moreover, she is the eldest of four siblings, Zachary, Courtney, and Ashley. Additionally, she grew up in Orinda, her mother was a teacher’s assistant for third grade in public schools.
Her father was an antique dealer, and her grandfather’s name is Thomas Devenish, he was a Manhattan antique dealer part of Devenish and Company. He was born in England to Vaudevillian parents and immigrated to the United States with his family in 1947.
Nicolle Wallace Education
Wallace graduated in 1990 from Miramonte High School, she received a Bachelor of Arts in mass communications from the University of California, Berkeley in 1994. Moreover, she had a master’s degree from the Northwestern University Medill School of Journalism in 1996.
Nicolle Wallace Husband
Wallace was married to American businessman, former diplomat, and lawyer Mark Wallance in 2005. Moreover in 2012, the couple welcomed a son, and both Wallace and her husband publicly supported the legalization of same-sex marriage in an amicus curiae brief submitted to the U.S. Supreme Court. Additionally, the couple later divorced in 2019.
She described herself as a “self-loathing former Republican” in March 2021. In April 2022, she married journalist Michael S. Schmidt. He is a two-time Pulitzer Prize-winning American journalist, author, and correspondent for The New York Times in Washington, D.C.
Nicolle Wallace Career
Wallace began her political career working in California state politics, she worked on the 2000 Florida election recount. Moreover, she joined the White House staff during George W. Bush’s first term, serving as special assistant to the president and director of media affairs at the white house, where she oversaw regional press strategy and outreach.
On 5th January 2005, Bush named Wallace White House Communications Director. The New York. Times story announcing her presidential appointment carried the headline: “New Aide Aims to Defrost the Ress Room” and described Wallace’s intentions “to improve the contentious relationship between a secretive White House and the press.
She left the White House in July 2006 to relocate to New York City, where her husband Mark was representing the Bush Administration at the United Nations. Her White House colleague, presidential political advisor Mark McKinnon, called her a “rare talent in politics.”Wallace also served as a senior advisor for the John McCain 2008 presidential campaign.
She appeared frequently on network and cable news programs as the campaign’s top spokesperson and defender. Wallace was portrayed by Sarah Paulson in the 2012 film Game Change. Moreover, Wallace described the film as highly credible, saying the film “captured the spirit and emotion of the campaign.”
Wallace also told ABC News Chief Political Correspondent George Stephanopoulos that the film was “true enough to make me squirm.” Eight years after the election, Wallace stated that she did not vote for a presidential candidate in 2008 because Sarah Palin gave her pause.
Nicolle Wallace White House Novel Series
She is the author of the 2010 novel Eighteen Acres a fictional narrative about three powerful women at the top of their careers: the first female U.S. President, her chief of staff, and a White House correspondent.
Craig Wilson of USA Today wrote, “Nicolle Wallace knows what she’s talking about” and Ashley Parker of The New York Times called the book “an engaging, easy read.” TV personalities such as George Stephanopoulos, Rachel Maddow, John King, and Andrea Mitchell also praised Eighteen Acres.
Nicolle Wallace Television
On September 3, 2014, ABC announced Wallace would join The View as a new co-host alongside newcomer Rosie Perez. Wallace made her debut as a co-host on the premiere of the series 18th season on September 15, 2014. Wallace exited the series at the end of the season. Following her departure from The View, Wallace joined NBC News and its cable network MSNBC as a political analyst.
She was also a frequent contributor and guest host on MSNBC programs The 11th Hour with Brian Williams and Morning Joe as well as on NBC’s Today Show. In November 2016, Wallace served as an analyst for MSNBC’s live coverage of election results, which was anchored by Brian Williams, Rachel Maddow, and Chris Matthews. Since May 9, 2017, Wallace has been the anchor of the afternoon news and opinion program Deadline: White House on MSNBC.
Deadline: The White House garnered a total of 2 million viewers in July 2020, and in the following month, it was expanded to two hours. Wallace was an executive producer on July 3, 2022, in MSNBC’s primetime special “Ukraine: Answering the Call”, a fundraiser to support Ukraine during the 2022 invasion by Russia.
Nicolle Wallace Net Worth
Wallace has an estimated annual Net worth of $ 1 million to $5 million earned from his career as an anchor, television host, and author.
Nicolle Wallace Social Media Platforms
Wallace is very active on his Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook pages. He has 1.2 Million followers on Twitter, 116k followers on Instagram, and 90k followers on Facebook.