Caroline Rhea Movies and Career Information

Caroline Gilchrist Rhea (born April 13, 1964) is a Canadian stand-up comedienne and actress who was the original host of the reality television show The Biggest Loser on NBC, until Alison Sweeney took her place after the end of the third season. She is also known for her role as Hilda Spellman on Sabrina, the Teenage Witch, and for replacing Rosie O'Donnell as the hostess of her syndicated talk show, renamed The Caroline Rhea Show. She also provides the voice for Linda Flynn, mother of Phineas and Candace Flynn, on the Disney Channel series Phineas and Ferb. Rhea was born and raised in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, the daughter of Marjorie, an antiques dealer, and David Rhea, an obstetrician and gynecologist. On the set of the sitcom Sabrina the Teenage Witch, the cast referred to her as Cathy, a name that has stuck for years throughout her comedic career. She has two sisters, Cynthia and Celia. She attended The Study, an all-girls private school in Westmount, Quebec and Dalhousie University in Nova Scotia. Her boyfriend is Costaki Economopoulos. Their daughter Ava was born in New York on Monday 23 October 2008 . Her film debut was as a bikini-clad extra in the film Meatballs III, shot