As host of NBC’s Today programe, Hoda Kotb is one of the most recognisable faces to American television viewers.
The US citizen, whose parents are both Egyptian, rose through the ranks in journalsm, starting out as a news assistant for CBS News in Cairo before working her way up the chain and eventually landing a job as a correspondent on Dateline NBC in 1998, and later as co-host of Today in 2007. Kotb has aslo been announced as a host of a live call-in show on the SiriusXM radio channel, and is possibly best known for her breast cancer awareness advocacy. The TV star underwent surgery for breast cancer in 2007 and allowed television cameras to follow her throughout her cancer battle, while documenting her story on the Today Show.
