Shaun Robinson: Walking Her Talk !

Shaun Robinson is co-anchor and correspondent for the show Access Hollywood, the daily entertainment newsmagazine show. She was also the host of TV One Access, a show on the TV One network produced by Access that brings viewers behind the velvet rope for an inside look at who's who in "Black Hollywood".

Robinson, who was born in Detroit, Michigan, is a graduate of Detroit's famous Cass Technical High School. That school also produced Diana Ross, Lily Tomlin, Kenya Moore, Carole Gist and David Alan Grier. She then went south to Atlanta, GA were she attended and graduated from Spelman College.

Shaun Robinson's career began in Detroit at WGPR-TV62, the first African-American owned television station in the U.S. After that Robinson was a medical reporter and weekend anchor for WISN-TV in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, where her series on women and cancer garnered her an Associated Press award. She also served as host of the daily talk show Milwaukee's Talking. Robinson later joined newly formed KEYE-TV in Austin, Texas in 1995, as a reporter and anchor where her series "Profiles in Power", focusing on women who made an impact in Central Texas, earned Robinson an American Women in Radio and Television award.

Before joining Access Hollywood, Robinson was a reporter and anchor for WSVN-TV in Miami, Florida. During her tenure there, Robinson anchored coverage of both the Clinton impeachment hearings and of Hurricane George, which devastated the Florida Keys. She also traveled to Oklahoma to profile survivors of the Oklahoma City bombing.

Robinson has been featured in the fashion pages of In Style magazine, Us Weekly, Ebony, Essence and was named as one of Honey magazine's "Hot 100." Her television and film credits include cameo appearances in Bruce Almighty, Charmed, She Spies, The Parkers, The Proud Family, Half & Half and Any Day Now.

She also played a small part of the 'Pat O'Brien Voice Mail Scandal' in 2005, when some sexual voicemails from O'Brien were uncovered and posted on many websites. Some of those voice mails were reportedly sent to Robinson's phone. This led to O'Brien's immediate removal from Access Hollywood, and Robinson moved into a more prominent role on the show.

SHAUN'S LATEST BOOK

Celebrated Women Share Candid Advice with Today's Girls on What It Takes to Believe in Yourself (Ballantine Hardcover), Emmy Award-winning journalist, Shaun Robinson, shares both the honest comments she's heard from young women and the heartfelt and encouraging advice she's been in the rare position to glean from today's most notable women, namely, Jamie Lee Curtis, Celine Dion, Diane von Furstenberg, Janet Jackson, Patti LaBelle, Queen Latifah, Nicole Miller, Julianne Moore, Mandy Moore, Martina Navratilova, Nancy Pelosi, Diane Sawyer, Gov. Kathleen Sebelius, Gabrielle Union, Meredith Vieira, Vanessa Williams, Oprah Winfrey, and more. Young girls and famous women alike give their inspiring comments on self-esteem to this book, and the result is a collection of voices that will inspire girls to find their inner strength, grow confident, and believe in themselves. Thank You Shaun For such a great book?