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Nancy Grace      

Anchor of CNN Headline News' "Nancy Grace" & Court TV's "Closing Arguments with Nancy Grace"

An outspoken, tireless advocate for victims’ rights and one of television’s most respected legal analysts, Nancy Grace has headlined A&E’s series "Grace vs. Abrams" since March 2018 and appears regularly on ABC’s "Good Morning America." She is the founder and publisher of CrimeOnline.com, a crime-fighting digital platform that investigates breaking crime news, spreads awareness of missing people and shines a light on cold cases. In addition, "Crime Stories with Nancy Grace," a daily show hosted by Grace, airs on SIRIUS XM’s Triumph Channel 132 and is downloadable as a podcast. Previously, she was the powerful force behind CNN Headline News’ (HLN) top-rated "Nancy Grace."

A former prosecutor with an unparalleled record of success, she has guested on "The Oprah Winfrey Show," "The View," "The Today Show," "Dr. Oz," "Dr. Phil" and "Larry King Live," among others, dispensing her firebrand take on the modern justice system. In addition, she was a highlight and fan favorite of "Dancing with the Stars": Season 13, finishing in the competition’s coveted Top 5. All of her earnings from the show went to support the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children. In 2011, Grace was named one of the most impactful and powerful women in entertainment by both leading industry trade magazines, Variety and The Hollywood Reporter.

Grace’s first book, "Objection!," was published in 2005 and became an instant New York Times best-seller. Her two subsequent novels, The "Eleventh Victim" and "Death on the D-List," were also New York Times best-sellers, and a television movie adaptation of "The Eleventh Victim" launched on Lifetime in November 2012. Grace was an executive producer on the film project. Her latest novel, "Murder in the Courthouse," hit shelves on October 11, 2016, timed to coincide with the first in a series of Hallmark movies based on her popular characters. "Hailey Dean Mystery: Murder, With Love," which Grace executive produced, premiered on October 23, 2016, with second and third installments ("Hailey Dean Mystery: Deadly Estate" and "Hailey Dean Mystery: Dating is Murder") airing in 2017.

She is the recipient of several American Women in Radio & Television “Gracie Awards” for her Nancy Grace Investigates primetime report on Court TV and has been awarded the “Individual Achievement/Best Program Host” honor. Grace has also been widely recognized by many notable organizations (including the Carole Sund/Carrington Foundation, Crime Victims United of California and The Retreat) for her advocacy work on behalf of victims’ rights.

Grace’s life changed forever in 1979 when her fiancé, Keith Griffin, was shot and killed. In the aftermath of that crime, Nancy abandoned plans to become an English professor and turned her focus to criminal justice. She became a Law Review graduate of Mercer Law School and received her degree in constitutional and criminal law from New York University. Additionally, she donated her time to help staff the hotline at an Atlanta battered women’s center for over 10 years.

Grace initially came to television from the Atlanta Fulton County District Attorney’s Office, where she served more than a decade as a special prosecutor of felony cases involving murder, rape, child molestation, and arson. Known for her authentic sensibility and for not holding back her opinion on high-profile cases, she was tapped to co-host Court TV’s "Cochran and Grace" and, later, the live daily trial coverage program, "Closing Arguments." She also presided over the daytime hit "Swift Justice with Nancy Grace," for which she received an Emmy® Award nomination.

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In 2005, she began hosting a legal analysis program called Nancy Grace on CNN Headline News (now HLN). The series ran for 11 years before ending in 2016.

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