# Jillian Barberie
**Jillian Barberie** (born Jillian Marie Warry, 1966, in [Burlington, Ontario](https://www.edgepedia.org/burlington-ontario), Canada) is a Canadian-born American television host, weathercaster, sportscaster, radio personality, and actress best known for co-hosting Fox's Los Angeles morning show *Good Day L.A.* from 1995 to 2012 and presenting weather on *Fox NFL Sunday* from 2000 to 2005.[1](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0053516/bio/) • [2](https://www.celebritynetworth.com/richest-celebrities/jillian-reynolds-net-worth/)
| Key fact | Detail |
|---|---|
| Born | 1966, Burlington, Ontario, Canada, as Jillian Marie Warry[1](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0053516/bio/) |
| Signature roles | Co-host and weathercaster, *Good Day L.A.* (KTTV), 1995–2012; weather presenter, *Fox NFL Sunday*, 2000–2005[2](https://www.celebritynetworth.com/richest-celebrities/jillian-reynolds-net-worth/) |
| Marriages | Bret Barberie, 1996 to October 2002; Grant Reynolds, July 8, 2006 to February 14, 2014; two children, Ruby and Rocco[1](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0053516/bio/) |
| Education | Two-year broadcast journalism diploma, Mohawk College, Hamilton, Ontario[3](https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2001-dec-10-et-brown10-story.html) |
| Citizenship | Became a United States citizen in 2011[4](https://www.athletespeakers.com/speaker/jillian-barberie) |
| Health | Announced in November 2018 that she had breast cancer that had spread to a lymph node; a mass had been found at an annual mammogram that year[5](https://www.cbsnews.com/losangeles/news/jillian-barberie-details-her-journey-from-the-heights-of-fame-to-the-depths-of-despair/) |
## Early life and education
Barberie was adopted as an infant by an electrician and a nurse, Jim Warry and Mariel Warry.[6](https://playersbio.com/jillian-barberie/) As an adult, with the help of a private detective, she found her biological parents and learned that she had two full sisters, Amy and Suzy, as well as a half-brother, Barry Warry, and a half-sister, Dawn Warry, whom she grew up with.[2](https://www.celebritynetworth.com/richest-celebrities/jillian-reynolds-net-worth/) • [6](https://playersbio.com/jillian-barberie/) She told *People* magazine in 2009 that her birth father had married her birth mother and that they had raised a family together.[2](https://www.celebritynetworth.com/richest-celebrities/jillian-reynolds-net-worth/)
She attended Assumption Catholic Secondary School in Burlington and earned a two-year broadcast journalism diploma from Mohawk College of Applied Arts and Technology in [Hamilton, Ontario](https://www.edgepedia.org/hamilton-ontario).[3](https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2001-dec-10-et-brown10-story.html) • [6](https://playersbio.com/jillian-barberie/)
## Weather career and move to Los Angeles
Her first television job was at Canada's Weather Network, where she worked as the nightly weathercaster from 1990 to 1992.[7](https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2000-jun-14-ca-40630-story.html) She has described passing meteorology courses and auditioning against hundreds of candidates to win one of six on-camera meteorologist positions there.[8](https://www.linkedin.com/in/jillian-barberie-b4b20061) In her early twenties she moved from Toronto to Montreal as a weather forecaster, and before age 25 she took a forecasting job at WSVN, the Fox affiliate in Miami, Florida.[9](https://shoutoutla.com/meet-jillian-barberie-artist-interior-decorator-lifestyle-influencer-and-breast-cancer-survivor/) • [7](https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2000-jun-14-ca-40630-story.html)
Barberie came to Los Angeles to KTTV, where she spent two years as weather anchor on the nightly *Fox 11 News at 10* before joining the morning newscast in 1995.[7](https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2000-jun-14-ca-40630-story.html) On *Good Day L.A.*, a 7 to 9 a.m. news and entertainment show that had aired on the Fox-owned Channel 11 since 1993, she worked alongside veteran anchor Steve Edwards and entertainment reporter Dorothy Lucey.[3](https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2001-dec-10-et-brown10-story.html) A *Los Angeles Times* profile described her style as that of "a performer who works as a broadcaster," noting her off-the-cuff and sometimes crass comments, including a recurring Goat Girl character.[7](https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2000-jun-14-ca-40630-story.html) She also created the segments Style File and Adopt Pet for the Emmy-winning morning show.[10](https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/television-celebrity-and-fashion-icon-jillian-barberie-reynolds-joins-the-looks-fashion--beauty-board-of-advisors-106442678.html)
Her profile extended beyond Los Angeles. From 2000 to 2005 she presented the national weather segment on Fox's *NFL Sunday* pregame show alongside [James Brown](https://www.edgepedia.org/james-brown), Terry Bradshaw, Howie Long, and Jimmy Johnson, and she worked the [Super Bowl](https://www.edgepedia.org/super-bowl) in 2002, 2005, and 2008.[2](https://www.celebritynetworth.com/richest-celebrities/jillian-reynolds-net-worth/) • [11](https://ga.gov-civil-portalegre.pt/jillian-barberie-bio) From 2001 to 2004 she also co-hosted the syndicated national edition, *Good Day Live*.[12](https://www.encyclopedia.com/education/news-wires-white-papers-and-books/barberie-jillian-1966) In June 2004 her departure from that syndicated show was first described as a mutual decision; that September she told [Howard Stern](https://www.edgepedia.org/howard-stern)'s radio show she had actually been fired, a statement Twentieth Television disputed.[13](https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2004-sep-28-et-quick28.5-story.html)
## Acting and other television work
Barberie built a parallel acting career with more than 20 credited appearances. Her television credits include *Beverly Hills, 90210*, *Clueless*, *Melrose Place*, a recurring role as reporter Foxy Levin on Pamela Anderson's *V.I.P.*, *MADtv*, *Yes, Dear*, *Good Morning, Miami*, and *Quintuplets*; her film credits include *Volcano* (1997), *Popstar* (2005), *Project X* (2012), the television movie *Sharknado 4: The 4th Awakens* (2016), and *Without Ward* (2022).[2](https://www.celebritynetworth.com/richest-celebrities/jillian-reynolds-net-worth/) • [14](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/celebrity/jillian_warry) She hosted *The Test* on FX, the syndicated dating show *EX-treme Dating*, and *American Idol Extra* on the Fox Reality Channel in 2009.[12](https://www.encyclopedia.com/education/news-wires-white-papers-and-books/barberie-jillian-1966) • [10](https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/television-celebrity-and-fashion-icon-jillian-barberie-reynolds-joins-the-looks-fashion--beauty-board-of-advisors-106442678.html) In 2006 she competed on the Fox reality series *Skating with Celebrities*, finishing in second place.[2](https://www.celebritynetworth.com/richest-celebrities/jillian-reynolds-net-worth/)
## Departure from Fox and later work
Beginning in May 2012, the *Good Day L.A.* lineup came apart: Lucey was dismissed amid a reworking of the show, and four months afterward Barberie was released too, having refused a step down.[15](https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/tv/story/2026-08-04/good-day-la-hosts-so-unanchored-podcast?sfmc_id=6532a41525b3640666c398f2&skey_id=b24733d11c19644c90aab9ba168d2bdbcdb69470a5d924032be76d8150ebd9dc) After an 18-year run at KTTV, where she had worked as a weathercaster, lifestyle reporter, and co-anchor, she left the station in 2012 after being removed from the anchor desk.[16](https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/tv/showtracker/la-et-st-jillian-barberie-joins-kabc-talkradio-after-tv-career-fizzles-20140211-story.html)
In February 2014 she moved to radio, co-hosting *Mid-Day LA with Jillian Barberie and John Phillips*, airing weekdays from noon to 3 p.m. on TalkRadio 790 KABC in Los Angeles.[16](https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/tv/showtracker/la-et-st-jillian-barberie-joins-kabc-talkradio-after-tv-career-fizzles-20140211-story.html)
**Podcasts.** Barberie co-hosts the podcast *AskJillian* with her friend Liz Roman, recorded at her home, with open discussions of career, divorce, single motherhood, and health.[17](https://www.edencorner.ca/interviews/journalism/profile-jillian-barberie-small-town-to-the-business-of-rejection) • [18](https://www.knackentertainment.com/askjillian) In 2026 she reunited with Edwards and Lucey for *So Unanchored*, a weekly podcast reviving the banter of their *Good Day L.A.* years; she told the *Los Angeles Times* that losing her job, divorcing, and receiving a cancer diagnosis all happened around the same period.[15](https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/tv/story/2026-08-04/good-day-la-hosts-so-unanchored-podcast?sfmc_id=6532a41525b3640666c398f2&skey_id=b24733d11c19644c90aab9ba168d2bdbcdb69470a5d924032be76d8150ebd9dc)
## Personal life and health
Barberie married former professional baseball player Bret Barberie, who played for the [Chicago Cubs](https://www.edgepedia.org/chicago-cubs) and other teams, in 1996; they divorced in October 2002.[1](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0053516/bio/) • [19](https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1999-jan-28-cl-2282-story.html) She married actor Grant Reynolds on July 8, 2006, and they divorced on February 14, 2014; their two children are Ruby and Rocco.[1](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0053516/bio/) She became a United States citizen in 2011 at a ceremony covered by her own show.[4](https://www.athletespeakers.com/speaker/jillian-barberie) • [20](https://www.laobserved.com/archive/2011/11/fox_11s_reynolds_becomes.php)
In 2018, images from an annual "mammogram-with-friends" gathering revealed a mass in her breast that turned out to be cancerous, and in November 2018 she announced that the cancer had spread to a lymph node.[5](https://www.cbsnews.com/losangeles/news/jillian-barberie-details-her-journey-from-the-heights-of-fame-to-the-depths-of-despair/) She has since described herself as cancer-free.[17](https://www.edencorner.ca/interviews/journalism/profile-jillian-barberie-small-town-to-the-business-of-rejection) After leaving broadcasting, she turned to painting, interior decorating, and social media, where she describes a community of women who have experienced chronic illness, divorce, and loss.[9](https://shoutoutla.com/meet-jillian-barberie-artist-interior-decorator-lifestyle-influencer-and-breast-cancer-survivor/)
## References
1. [Jillian Barberie – Biography, IMDb](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0053516/bio/)
2. [Jillian Reynolds Net Worth, Celebrity Net Worth](https://www.celebritynetworth.com/richest-celebrities/jillian-reynolds-net-worth/)
3. [Plenty of Fluff to Go Around, Los Angeles Times (Dec. 10, 2001)](https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2001-dec-10-et-brown10-story.html)
4. [Jillian Barberie Speaking Fee & Booking Agent Contact, Athletes Speakers](https://www.athletespeakers.com/speaker/jillian-barberie)
5. [LA TV icon Jillian Barberie on her journey through fame, divorce, cancer and debt, CBS Los Angeles (Nov. 22, 2024)](https://www.cbsnews.com/losangeles/news/jillian-barberie-details-her-journey-from-the-heights-of-fame-to-the-depths-of-despair/)
6. [Jillian Barberie Bio: Early Life, Career, Education & Marriage, Players Bio](https://playersbio.com/jillian-barberie/)
7. [KTTV's Wacky Jillian Barbarie Gets Her Shot at the Big Time, Los Angeles Times (June 14, 2000)](https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2000-jun-14-ca-40630-story.html)
8. [Jillian Barberie, LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/in/jillian-barberie-b4b20061)
9. [Meet Jillian Barberie, SHOUTOUT LA (Sept. 23, 2024)](https://shoutoutla.com/meet-jillian-barberie-artist-interior-decorator-lifestyle-influencer-and-breast-cancer-survivor/)
10. [Jillian Barberie Reynolds Joins THE LOOK's Fashion & Beauty Board of Advisors, PR Newswire (Nov. 1, 2010)](https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/television-celebrity-and-fashion-icon-jillian-barberie-reynolds-joins-the-looks-fashion--beauty-board-of-advisors-106442678.html)
11. [Jillian Barberie Bio, gov-civil-portalegre.pt](https://ga.gov-civil-portalegre.pt/jillian-barberie-bio)
12. [Barberie, Jillian 1966–, Encyclopedia.com](https://www.encyclopedia.com/education/news-wires-white-papers-and-books/barberie-jillian-1966)
13. [Barberie says she was fired, Los Angeles Times (Sept. 28, 2004)](https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2004-sep-28-et-quick28.5-story.html)
14. [Jillian Barberie Movies & TV Shows List, Rotten Tomatoes](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/celebrity/jillian_warry)
15. [These popular former 'Good Day L.A.' hosts have reunited for a podcast, Los Angeles Times (Aug. 4, 2026)](https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/tv/story/2026-08-04/good-day-la-hosts-so-unanchored-podcast?sfmc_id=6532a41525b3640666c398f2&skey_id=b24733d11c19644c90aab9ba168d2bdbcdb69470a5d924032be76d8150ebd9dc)
16. [Jillian Barberie joins KABC TalkRadio after TV mishaps and flops, Los Angeles Times (Feb. 11, 2014)](https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/tv/showtracker/la-et-st-jillian-barberie-joins-kabc-talkradio-after-tv-career-fizzles-20140211-story.html)
17. [PROFILE: Jillian Barberie – small town to the business of rejection, Eden Corner](https://www.edencorner.ca/interviews/journalism/profile-jillian-barberie-small-town-to-the-business-of-rejection)
18. [Ask Jillian, Knack Entertainment](https://www.knackentertainment.com/askjillian)
19. [Room With a View for This Hockey Fan, Los Angeles Times (Jan. 28, 1999)](https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1999-jan-28-cl-2282-story.html)
20. [Fox 11's Reynolds becomes a citizen, LA Observed (Nov. 2011)](https://www.laobserved.com/archive/2011/11/fox_11s_reynolds_becomes.php)
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